And in 2021 and 2022 it struck down the ambitious constitutional reform known as the Building Bridges Initiative that was designed by former President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga as part of the latter's failed bid for the presidency (AC Vol 62 No 17 The bridge collapses)...
Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga can still get his supporters onto the streets but at 78 shows little enthusiasm for another election campaign...
Wage gapMaking a presentation before a bipartisan committee set up by President Ruto and opposition Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga to discuss governance and political reforms in the wake of last year's disputed presidential elections the audit chief pointed to her own wages which she said appear in the Treasury's official records as being three times higher than the sum she actually receives...
Raila Odinga's opposition Azimio la Umoja coalition condemned the Privatisation Bill contending that 'these entities some of which are critical to our nation's security must be allowed to continue serving public good rather than lining the pockets of individuals...
Ruto and his camp led the campaign to mothball the scheme describing it as a vote-rigging device designed to favour Kenyatta's political ally Raila Odinga...
Before last year's national elections Mudavadi and his Amani National Congress broke with Raila Odinga's opposition Azimio la Umoja coalition but he didn't bring the substantial numbers of Luhya votes that Ruto's camp had expected...
The prospect of a political deal between President William Ruto and opposition Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga is unsettling some of their followers and allies who fear they could lose out in any new partition of the spoils of power...
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The bill was tabled by opposition MP George Kaluma a member of Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja but appears to have cross-party support...
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The raft of new taxes of which the higher fuel tax and scrapping of the subsidy were among the most painful measures for low and middle income Kenyans have been seized upon by Raila Odinga's Azimio la Umoja opposition coalition...
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Co-ordinated by Azimio La Umoja leader Raila Odinga Kenyans are being urged to bang kitchen pots and pans at midday in protest at food prices...
But expectations of an early deal are low and creating the opposition leader position would require a constitutional amendment (AC Vol 64 No 10 What does Raila Odinga want...
RUTO GAMBLES ON AUSTERITY On the campaign trail last year William Ruto refused to join his rival Raila Odinga in calling for debt restructuring...
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Opposition leader Raila Odinga's protests against the Ruto government's economic management and the cost of living crisis have not forced concessions from the President they show the pain felt by Kenyans particularly the lower middle class voters who shifted to Ruto's camp in last August's elections...
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