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Kenya: Odinga's Fresh Headache in 2022 Presidential Bid After BBI Fails
Nation, 24 August 2021
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga faces an uphill task in his 2022 State House quest following the collapse of the Handshake-backed Building Bridges Initiative… Read more »
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Kenya: BBI Would Have Resulted in an Imperial Presidency, Say Ruto
Nation, 24 August 2021
Deputy President William Ruto has lauded Friday's Court of Appeal BBI judgement, saying the proposed amendments by the Building Bridges Initiative would have created an imperial… Read more »
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Kenya: BBI Dispute Moves to Supreme Court
Nation, 24 August 2021
The battle to amend the Constitution has formally moved to the Supreme Court after one of the private citizens who fought the proposed referendum filed a notice of appeal. Read more »
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Kenya: Ruto Allies Challenge Kenyatta to Resign
Nairobi News, 24 August 2021
Deputy President William Ruto's allies say he has no intention of quitting before the end of his term. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta Unloads on Ruto, Defends BBI Process
Nation, 24 August 2021
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday went on his most serious criticism yet of his estranged deputy William Ruto, daring him to quit the government over what he said was his… Read more »
Huge Blow For Odinga's Presidential Bid as Kenya Law Change Flops
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga faces an uphill task in his 2022 State House quest following the collapse of the Handshake-backed Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
Though he has always insisted that the 'Handshake' - the political truce between him and President Uhuru Kenyatta - was not geared towards 2022's elections, its collapse deals a blow to Odinga, who drove the process with President Kenyatta.
BBI proposed among other changes an expanded Executive, which would have given politicians an easier time when negotiating for backing for the presidency.
Having announced his bid for the top job in Bondo, Siaya, Odinga now finds himself in a tight spot, with what would have been his biggest legacy having been thrown out by the courts.
What remains uncertain in ODM chief's 2022 journey is whether he can rally the mountain behind his candidacy, with or without the help of the president, writes Onyango K'onyango for The Nation.
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The Court of Appeal has ruled that a plan by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga to change the Constitution was unlawful. Justice Gatembu Kairu said the ... Read more »
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President Kenyatta has accused judges of constitutional rigidity that is denying Kenya the opportunity to address its cyclic election troubles over the Building Bridges Initiative ... Read more »
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The High Court has declared the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) illegal, null and void, dealing a death blow to President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga's fo Read more »
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