This was despite Odinga being supported by Uhuru Kenyatta the president at the time a Kikuyu and son of the country's founding president (AC Vol 65 No 17 Kenyatta's favourite minister plans presidential bid)...
Gachagua is now trying to position himself as the political representative of Mount Kenya and claims to have made peace with the Kenyatta family after bitterly attacking former President Uhuru Kenyatta and the family's business interests during and after the 2022 election campaign...
The likes of former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu and Ukur Yatani Treasury cabinet secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government and Marsabit governor are also facing trial over accusations of land grabbing embezzlement procurement and tender irregularities (AC Vol 61 No 6 The fight for Jubilee)...
A close ally of President Uhuru Kenyatta Matiang'i was in cabinet for almost all of Kenyatta's ten-year presidency...
The deal with Ruto which is reminiscent of the ‘handshake' between Odinga and Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta returns the seven-time presidential candidate to his status as the power behind the throne...
The Jubilee party which was created by Uhuru Kenyatta with Ruto to fight the 2012 elections still has a rump of 29 MPs despite being routed by Ruto's United Democratic Alliance in 2022...
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Vol 65 No 16 |
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There was the Nairobi Process driven by Uhuru Kenyatta which unfortunately was subsequently managed by the new president William Ruto...
The process is almost dead apart from the fact that the designated facilitator Uhuru Kenyatta has stayed on...
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‘Listening to the people is not a choice but a mandate enshrined in the principles of our constitution and in the very basis and philosophy of democracy ' said Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta in an open letter to Kenyans...
Having promised to control borrowing which grew sharply under his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta Ruto told Kenyans to brace for austerity...
A decade ago Ruto together with former President Uhuru Kenyatta was facing indictment at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity after lengthy investigations of post-election violence in 2007-2008 left 1 200 people dead and drove 300 000 from their homes...
Ruto's equally embattled deputy Rigathi Gachagua who has spent recent weeks attempting to cosy up to former President Uhuru Kenyatta to shore up support in the Mount Kenya region may be looking for a new party...