Of the two frontrunners Raila Odinga benefitted hugely in his Kibra stronghold a constituency in Nairobi county when President Uhuru Kenyatta endorsed him late last month...
With the GEMA communities seemingly undecided a 'Limuru III' conference a follow-on from the 2012 conference in the town of Limuru northwest of Nairobi that endorsed Uhuru Kenyatta as the community's leader is set for later this year...
Other Mount Kenya Foundation directors include: Pius Ngugi the Chika-based coffee baron; George Muhoho the former Rome-based priest and Uhuru Kenyatta's uncle; former parastatal executive Titus Ibui who is Peter Munga's deputy at the Foundation; and Stanley Kinyanjui owner of outdoor advertising firm Magnate Ventures...
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- PANDORA PAPERS
These include Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta and Gabon's Ali Ben Bongo...
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African heads of states named in the Pandora Papers include Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta Congo-Brazzaville's Dénis Sassou-Nguesso and Gabon's Ali Ben Bongo...
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Odinga and the other 'handshake' principal President Uhuru Kenyatta said that they would respect the court's ruling that the BBI was unconstitutional but there will be new days in court...
Despite a presidential decree explicitly forbidding him from undertaking any international initiatives Roble then reconciled Mogadishu with Nairobi and even signed a military pact with President Uhuru Kenyatta...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta and his ally erstwhile oppositionist Raila Odinga are yet to reveal their alternative plans – but they don't include the Deputy President...
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The judges ruled by 5 to 2 that President Uhuru Kenyatta acted unconstitutionally and cannot initiate constitutional change via a referendum because he does not fall under the category of the 'general public' (AC Vol 62 No 11 Picking up the pieces)...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta and 'handshake' partner Raila Odinga have paved the way for their constitutional reform package to speed through parliament with a referendum to be held within two months should the Court of Appeal agree this week that it can be salvaged...
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Nasa has existed in name only since Raila Odinga was co-opted into President Uhuru Kenyatta's government via the 'handshake' deal in 2018 in which he abandoned the allies that had supported his unsuccessful presidential campaigns in 2012 and 2018 (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
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Deputy President William Ruto notched up another success in his bid to win next August's presidential election after his personal political vehicle the United Democratic Alliance won a parliamentary by–election in President Uhuru Kenyatta's back yard...
Although Ruto has not formally left the Jubilee party that he founded with President Uhuru Kenyatta a formal split appears to be only a matter of time although Ruto aides following his meeting with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni last week indicated that they have not given up on Kenyatta endorsing Ruto (AC Dispatches 13/07/21 Deputy President Ruto courts Museveni's support)...
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