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The Ruto-Raila trade-off redraws the electoral map

Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga is in power if not in office after four members of his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) including party chair John Mbadi now Finance Minister and Odinga's two deputies Hassan Joho and Wycliffe Oparanya were brought into William Ruto's unofficial unity government in July with Mbadi as Cabinet Treasury Secretary (AC Vol 65 No 16 Raila names his price)...


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Ratings downgrade adds to pressure on new Treasury minister Mbadi

Minister designate John Mbadi who is yet to be approved by the National Assembly told lawmakers last week that he would seek to expand Kenya's tax base and revenue mobilisation by giving the Kenya Revenue Authority more resources to ensure compliance rather than by imposing new taxes and higher rates...

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Raila names his price

Most notably Homa Bay's John Mbadi takes the Treasury a reward for Odinga's Luo community while Opiyo Wandayi gets the energy ministry (AC Vol 59 No 19 Populists hack at the budget)...


Populists hack at the budget

Fearing that the back bench might call for a division on the vote Majority Leader Aden Duale assisted by former Finance Minister Amos Kimunya and Minority Leader John Mbadi supported by the Minority Whip Junet Mohamed instructed those MPs who would listen to leave the chamber immediately...


Fuelling a debt crisis

Minority Leader John Mbadi who leads Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement group in Parliament argued that government over-borrowing had made Kenya vulnerable to international lenders...


Down the autocrat's alley

This severely angered Odinga's core supporters led by the parliamentary minority leader John Mbadi Ng'ongo who called Kalonzo Mudavadi and Wetangula 'cowards' to their face...


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