After filibusters and fisticuffs in parliament before Christmas President Uhuru Kenyatta and his chosen successor Raila Odinga got what they wanted on 8 January when the National Assembly passed the key provisions of a law designed to skew the rules for the August presidential election in their favour (AC Vol 63 No 1 Hustlers and handshakes)...
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Some go further and say that Njonjo ran the government during the first decade of the reign of Kenyatta Uhuru Kenyatta's father following his falling out with his Vice-President Oginga Odinga Raila Odinga's father...
In the elections of 2013 and 2017 Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga contested for power sparking a bitter dispute between their supporters and families which seemed to end in March 2018 with the historic 'handshake' of the protagonists (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
Now Uhuru Kenyatta is backing Raila Odinga's campaign for the presidency in the August elections...
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Big challenges to President Uhuru Kenyatta's government are looming this year on the economic management front and on regional security...
President Uhuru Kenyatta's new year message oozed optimism as he pointed to the high growth figures of the second half of 2021 which he attributed to the political calm brought by his 'handshake' alliance with Raila Odinga...
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The poll also points to the last rites for the Jubilee party formed by Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta ahead of the 2012 presidential elections which polled just 2%...
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That helps explain why Uhuru Kenyatta's government has ruled out new restrictions despite a sharp recent increase in Covid cases...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta may have been the most obvious absence from Kasarani with State House sources saying that it would be a breach of protocol for him to formally endorse Odinga but the supporting hand of State House was plain enough to see...
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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced plans to set up a fill-finish vaccine plant known as Kenya Biovax Limited in the next six months...
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Leader of Orange Democratic Movement and veteran oppositionist Raila Odinga held his Azimio la Umoja rally to launch his presidential candidacy on 10 December at the 60 000-seat Kasarani Sports Centre in Nairobi backed by a phalanx of President Uhuru Kenyatta's cabinet secretaries and Gideon Moi son of late President Daniel arap Moi...
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Blinken and President Uhuru Kenyatta agreed on the necessity of unhindered humanitarian access and an inclusive political dialogue...
The latest surveys show that Ruto could have the support of two-thirds of Kikuyu voters in Central and Nairobi provinces the biggest electoral bloc in the country and President Uhuru Kenyatta's stamping ground...
The alliance between Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga is a political and historical oddity a marriage of duelling dynasties that could still fail...
When Moi named Uhuru Kenyatta as his successor and leader of KANU Ruto quickly befriended the new party chief...