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Kenya: Ruling Jubilee Party's Rebranding Plans Divide Kenyatta's Camp
Nation, 7 July 2021
Jubilee leaders' proposal to change the party's colours, logo and slogan to mark its severance of ties with Deputy President William Ruto has divided opinion in President Uhuru… Read more »
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Kenya: Split Over Ethnic Balancing in North Rift Elective Posts
Nation, 8 July 2021
The political deals struck in 2017 among communities in multi-ethnic counties in the North Rift are now the subject of debate, with elders warning leaders to tread carefully in a… Read more »
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Kenya: Ruto's Camp Wants Kenyatta to Emulate Kibaki on Succession
Nation, 8 July 2021
Deputy President William Ruto's allies now want President Uhuru Kenyatta to keep off the 2022 succession politics to create what they have termed as a 'level ground' for all… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta is Not 'Finished' Yet - Kutuny
Nairobi News, 5 July 2021
Cherangany lawmaker Joshua Kutuny insists Uhuru Kenyatta is not 'finished' yet as a politician. Read more »
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Kenya: New Jubilee Party Logo and Colours in Rebrand Plan
Nation, 5 July 2021
The ruling Jubilee Party plans to change its branding to mark severance of ties with Deputy President William Ruto's wing and set the stage for coalition negotiations with the… Read more »
Kenya's Ruling Party Split on Rebranding Plan
The plan by ruling Jubilee Party top brass to change the party's colours, logo and slogan to mark its severance of ties with Deputy President William Ruto, has divided opinion in President Uhuru Kenyatta's camp - this as the majority of the party members said it is "unwise and unnecessary", despite the irreconcilable differences between the president and his deputy.
Jubilee deputy secretary-general Joshua Kutuny, a former presidential political adviser, said they would "shed the colours associated with the Deputy President Ruto's defunct United Republic Party, which merged with The National Alliance and 10 other parties in 2016 to form the coalition".
Ruto's allies have since shown interest in the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), which could be his political vehicle in the 2022 general election, writes Onyango K'onyango for The Nation.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Deputy President William Ruto (file photo).
