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Opposition leader Raila Odinga's exit from his role as the African Union Commission (AUC) envoy for infrastructure development in Africa has fired up debate over whether he jumped or more likely was pushed out from the role (AC Vol 60 No 25 Pouring cold water on the mega dam)...
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That was in the run up to the August presidential elections pitting Ruto against Raila Odinga and the Azimio la Umoja alliance...
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But his reputation as a technocrat and lack of any significant support base saw him instead emerge as one of the most voluble ministerial voices backing Azimio la Umoja's Raila Odinga in the elections...
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Claims that Ruto is trying to ensure that the new IEBC is controlled by his supporters have prompted his defeated opponent Raila Odinga who has been quiet since the August elections and his Azimio la Umoja coalition to organise public rallies across the country to protest the election results and secure the opposition's involvement in the IEBC reform process (AC Vol 63 No 23 Ruto and Odinga loyalists battle over election body)...
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Formed by the infamous 'handshake' between Kenyatta and Raila Odinga in 2018 Azimio brought together Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the rump of the Jubilee party formed by Kenyatta and his successor William Ruto along with a group of smaller parties led by Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
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Determined to increase his profile as an active regional statesman Kenyatta's additional role as guarantor of the Ethiopia peace deal has also allowed him to relinquish his role in Raila Odinga's Azimio coalition...
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Azimio's Parliamentary Group meeting attended by Raila Odinga and Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka described the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) hearings against the four IEBC commissioners as a 'lynch mob a hired hit squad and an illegality with a predetermined position...
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The only foreign dignitaries at Tshisekedi's inauguration after the election that many judged to have been won by Fayulu were Kenyatta and his ally Raila Odinga (AC Vol 60 No 3 A day of portents)...
Claims from defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga's team that the IEBC colluded with Ruto's camp to fix the election have re-emerged in recent weeks...
The composition and future direction of the IEBC is set to be a key battle between Ruto and the opposition forces led by Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka with the latter demanding an overhaul of the institution...
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His opponent Raila Odinga had pledged he would open discussions with creditors about stretching out some of the repayment periods to allow the new government more budgetary flexibility...
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