Why being vilified as being the most corrupt politician in Kenya did not undermine but facilitated his victory THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | This week, the Supreme Court confirmed the election of William Ruto as the fifth president of Kenya. The election poses a dilemma for many …
Read More »Cartels flexed their power in Kenyan polls: Odinga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Raila Odinga, the runner-up in the 2022 general elections in Kenya has explained that his move to petition the Supreme Court of Kenya is aimed at not only making him president but saving Kenya from criminal cartels. Odinga as 1st Petitioner and Martha Karua, 2nd …
Read More »Museveni congratulates William Ruto upon his victory
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this morning congratulated William Samoei Ruto upon his election as the 5th president of Kenya. Ruto was declared the winner of the hotly contested election by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission-IEBC of Kenya last evening. According to results released …
Read More »Uganda denies interfering in Kenyan politics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda has denied that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is interfering in the internal politics of Kenya. Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem said Uganda’s foreign policy is …
Read More »Kenya opposition says US, Canadian poll advisers deported
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Two foreign nationals working on the opposition’s poll campaign are being deported from Kenya, the opposition and the US embassy said Saturday, just three days before a general election. In a tweet the US embassy in Nairobi said an American and a Canadian had been detained …
Read More »Two dead as Kenyan police end siege at home of deputy president
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Elite Kenyan security forces on Sunday killed a man at the home of Deputy President William Ruto, ending a 20-hour siege that left one officer dead and another wounded, security officials said. Ruto and his family were not at the vast property in the northwest of …
Read More »Kenyatta must attend trial – ICC
By The Independent Team In the Hague, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has reversed a ruling that allowed Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to attend only parts of his trial in The Hague. Kenyatta’s trial begins in February and his lawyers argued that attending the trial would prevent him from governing …
Read More »