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Kenya: Kenyatta and Odinga's Pact Has Led to a New Elite Alliance. Why It Won't Last
The Conversation Africa, 23 June 2020
On March 9, 2018 Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and the leader of the main opposition, Raila Odinga, surprised their supporters when they publicly shook hands and agreed to work… Read more »
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Kenya: Odinga Allies Push Him to Run in 2022
Nation, 24 June 2020
The Orange Democratic Movement is fronting party leader Raila Odinga for President in 2022, the Nation has learnt. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta Says Committed to Term Limits, Steers Clear of Premiership Debate
Capital FM, 19 June 2020
President Uhuru Kenyatta has reiterated his commitment to presidential limits amid speculations the review of term limits could be part of the Building Bridges Initiative… Read more »
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Kenya: Coast Jubilee Bigwigs Now Cosy Up to Odinga
Nation, 17 June 2020
Jubilee bigwigs in the Coast region have started aligning themselves to ODM leader Raila Odinga after his Handshake with President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2018. Read more »
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Kenya: Jubilee Party Exit is Our Last Option, Say DP William Ruto Allies
Nation, 15 June 2020
Following the endless onslaught from his own party and political friends, Deputy President William Ruto could be considering an exit from the party he founded. Read more »
Why Kenyatta, Odinga's New Elite Alliance Won't Last
If the proposed distribution of power and the proposal to enable many ethnic elites to access political power get endorsed at the referendum or win support at parliament, President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga's new political pact will collapse as others have before. The powerful actors in the new arrangement will begin to disagree on the distribution of power. This will widen political divisions and lay the context for a highly competitive and a violent 2022 election, writes Karuti Kanyinga of The Conversation.
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Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga is reportedly pitting President Uhuru Kenyatta against his deputy William Ruto. Odinga says the issue is about the change of the ... Read more »
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