Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta

There will be a slow rise in GDP growth but this will not mask the reality of an economy in trouble more corruption scandals rising poverty and ethnic political bickering under the unlikely coalition of President Uhuru Kenyatta and nominal opposition leader Raila Odinga (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...

Somalia announced it was cutting diplomatic ties on 15 December the day after Muse Bihi the leader of the semi-autonomous Somaliland arrived in Nairobi for talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta...

Another fake story published on the masthead of The Standard newspaper had Gicheru alleging that Ruto was behind the 2013 death of outspoken Makueni Senator and former justice minister Mutula Kilonzo who had loudly questioned the eligibility of the Uhuru Kenyatta-Ruto 2013 presidential ticket on moral and constitutional grounds (AC Vol 53 No 8 Kibaki nervous over ICC)...

Three years after President Uhuru Kenyatta won re-election in polls boycotted by opposition leader Raila Odinga the two erstwhile rivals sat on a red-carpeted podium at the Bomas of Kenya venue to launch the long-awaited Building Bridges Initiative report on constitutional reforms...

Further still while months ago there were strong indications that President Uhuru Kenyatta would be pushed by his family into running as an executive prime minister – colloquially known as 'ka-Putin' – the report contains no such clauses...

President Uhuru Kenyatta's government insists it will not take advantage of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) offered by the Group of 20 wealthy nations to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 (AC Vol 61 No 9 AU pushes Africa bonds)...

Despite flying to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and speak to other European leaders President Uhuru Kenyatta's European charm offensive on Mohamed's behalf last week failed to persuade most of the EU envoys who instead agreed to endorse Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Yoo Myung-hee...

After four unsuccessful election attempts Raila Odinga's path to the presidency now rests on his improbable alliance with President Uhuru Kenyatta...

'You should go and insult your mother not mine' said President Uhuru Kenyatta on 10 September to a small crowd just outside Nairobi...

In Kenya where 300 000 people have lost their jobs because of the virus civil society activity has grown sufficiently to persuade President Uhuru Kenyatta to order the Ministry of Health to publish details of all contracts issued and sums paid out...

Meeting chair South African President Cyril Ramaphosa called for Keïta's release while Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta simply pressed for a 'speedy peaceful and democratic' resolution...