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Kenya: Talk of a Rotational Presidency Heats Up Political Climate
East African, 22 January 2021
Kenya is bracing for a surge in toxic political rhetoric in the coming months amid renewed agitation for a rotational presidency. Read more »
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Kenya: Politicians Rush to Register Parties Ahead of 2022 Election
Nation, 23 January 2021
Three more political parties are in the process of registering to join a crowded field of political parties ahead of the General Election in 2022. Read more »
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Kenya: Facebook Apologises for Flagging Kenyatta's Message to Museveni
East African, 21 January 2021
Social media giant Facebook on Thursday apologised to Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta after it erroneously flagged his congratulatory message to his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri… Read more »
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Kenya: Top Guns in By-Election Plan to Lock Ruto Out of Western Kenya
Nation, 8 January 2021
Rattled by inroads made by Deputy President William Ruto into the 2.2 million western Kenya vote bloc, Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Musalia Mudavadi's Amani… Read more »
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Kenya: Stop Blaming Me for Jubilee Failures, Raila Tells Ruto
Nation, 4 January 2021
ODM party leader Raila Odinga started campaigns at the Coast to popularise the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) proposed constitutional reforms with a meeting of the region's… Read more »
Kenyatta Hint at Rotational Presidency a Bid to Block DP Ruto?
President Uhuru Kenyatta has set the tone for the rotational presidency debate with remarks suggesting he would prefer a person from an ethnic community other than any of the two that have produced the country's past presidents to succeed him. The president, who is serving his second and final constitutional term in office, is set to leave office in 2022. His remarks have particularly unsettled supporters of Deputy President William Ruto who see them aimed to block the deputy president from succeeding him.
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Kenyan editors and media practitioners have been cautioned against the dissemination of fake news as the country prepares for a constitutional referendum and the 2022 general ... Read more »
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The government is reportedly moving to curb the influence foreign money in elections, by blocking direct financing of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ahead of ... Read more »
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Leaders and members of the public from across the country have launched the Building Bridges Initiative report, which has proposed that President Uhuru Kenyatta's successor may w Read more »
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The Labour Court has ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to start afresh the process of recruiting a new chief executive, who also doubles up as the ... Read more »
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Spearheaded by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga, the Building Bridges Initiative proposes that the constitution be changed to introduce Read more »
President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and his deputy William Ruto leave Harambee House Annex (file photo).
