Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Raila Odinga, the 77-year-old Kenyan veteran opposition leader was on Saturday endorsed by an alliance of more than 20 political parties to contest for presidency during the country’s August polls. Among the parties that pledged support for Odinga’s quest for presidency in the East Africa’s …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga will make a fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency in next year’s election. He made the announcement on Friday at a packed Nairobi stadium. It comes after a near year-long build-up to the campaigns, following a surprise truce …
Read More »Inside Museveni, Ruto election deal
What Ugandan leader hopes to achieve by backing the Kenya 2022 frontrunner Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The Kenyan government may have blocked the deputy president William Ruto from travelling to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Aug. 2 but insiders say that the bond between the two politicians …
Read More »RAILA ODINGA: The John Pombe Magufuli I knew
OBITUARY | BY RAILA ODINGA- The Citizen Tanzania | When rumours started going around about the health and whereabouts of my friend President John Pombe Magufuli, I placed several calls to him. Later, I sent him a text message. Both went unanswered. I then resigned to expect the worst …
Read More »Court can’t reverse Museveni election win
So why did Bobi Wine go there? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Feb.01 former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine filed a petition at the Supreme Court challenging the 2021 election results that declared the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni winner. In the petition, Bobi Wine who ran …
Read More »President Museveni hails role of Public-Private Partnership conference
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has highly commended the private sector for their idea of supplementing government’s efforts in the development of both economic and social infrastructure. He said the two areas form the main core foundation of the country’s economy. The President was officially opening …
Read More »Kenyatta, Odinga resolve to work together
Nairobi, Kenya | PSCU | President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga have resolved to work together to unite the country. Addressing the Press after they held talks at Harambee House, Nairobi, today, President Kenyatta and Odinga said time has come for the country to stop allowing political differences …
Read More »Kenyatta meets Odinga
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Raila Odinga, who was recently inaugurated as Kenya’s “People’s President”, has in a surprise move met President Uhuru Kenyata in Nairobi. According to Nzoika Waita, the chief of staff in the office of the president, “Kenyatta has reached out to Opposition Leader Raila Odinga. …
Read More »When Odinga swore in as ‘People’s President’
NASA’s Musyoka, Mudavadi skip event Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Huge crowds gathered at Uhuru Park in Nairobi to witness the swearing in of Kenya’s Leader of Opposition, Raila Odinga as the ‘People’s President’ on Jan. 30. Earlier in the day, the government shut down three television stations; Citizen TV, …
Read More »United States warns on Odinga action
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States has come out to warn that the decision by Raila Odinga to swear in as the people’s president this week undermines the Kenyan constitution. “The United States is gravely concerned by Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga’s self-“inauguration” on January 30. We …
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