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Daily Nation
March 26, 2018
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has alleged there is a plot by a section of leaders from the Mt Kenya region to scuttle Deputy President William Ruto's ... Without delving into much details, Governor Sonko claimed a section of political leaders from the region are holding night meetings to craft a plan to field aÃâà...
The Standard
March 25, 2018
I want to tell Kenyans that you cannot see the fate of Wetangula,” Kalonzo said. Mr. Musyoka encouraged an all-inclusive dialogue saying that they will have the 47 counties standing in agreement to actualize the journey to “Canaan”. “The real agenda is coming and that is what Kenya should look forward toÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 25, 2018
“Kenyans should know there are no permanent enemies or friends in politics, only permanent interests,” Dr Sankok says — of course, without mentioning that those interests are not likely to be the welfare of the people. Dr Kamau is too cautious to join the bandwagon: “Political coalitions in Kenya are drivenÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 24, 2018
Much emphasis is placed in Kenyan politics on a leaders' capacity to bring development and other resources to the local level. ... underemployed residents of central Kenya may be drawn to radical opposition politics but be put off by a sense that calls for redistribution that may not only affect the political andÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 24, 2018
Mt Kenya could easily forget their debt to Ruto and decide to pay Raila's debt first. This political debt had risked being declared a 'bad' debt, thereby reducing their creditworthiness in the future. It is amazing how the negative sentiment at Raila in Mt Kenya was wiped out by a handshake and likewise forÃâà...
PRI
March 23, 2018
“Just the extent of how much work they did here was staggering,” said Larry Madowo, a Kenyan broadcast journalist and writer. He says the firm played a critical role in the 2013 election, and the still-disputed 2017 re-election of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. Cambridge's involvement in those electionsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 23, 2018
We know that since 2013, digital tools have been extensively used in our politics as our major political parties spent millions on foreign PR and IT ... Coincidentally, the Kenyan parliament is debating the Cyber Crimes bill this week, but typical of the National Assembly in Kenya, even in the shadow of theseÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 22, 2018
In a telling statement, Ong'wen said the deal is not a State-driven project but a commitment by the two leaders “to unclog Kenya's political arteries.” “The leaders have committed to jointly raise funds for the implementation of the initiative. This means Kenyans' tax money will not be used in its implementationÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 16, 2018
And this notion of “system” refers not only to what is on paper in terms of constitutional and legal provisions, but also how 'politics' and governance more ... standards for millions of its citizens — there has been not the slightest hint of any willingness of the CCP to surrender its monopoly on political power.
New York Times
March 15, 2018
Victims of Political Violence Want More Than Handshake From Kenyan Leaders ... NAIROBI, Kenya — With their meeting last week, Kenya's political archrivals have been hailed for calming ethnic tensions in East Africa's most vibrant democracy and ending a monthslong stalemate that had brought theÃâà...
The Guardian
March 14, 2018
Within months of its release, three central events in the novel found echoes or parallels in fact: a new railway line was inaugurated, replacing the century-old track whose creation is recalled in my story; Kenyans of Indian extraction – central to the book – were officially recognised as the 44th “tribe” of Kenya,Ãâà...
Deutsche Welle
March 13, 2018
The deal between Odinga and Kenyatta "was the best thing that happened to the entire Kenya," said Juma Ayako in Nairobi. "We are telling Kenyans: let us be united." Addressing the press together on Friday, Odinga and Kenyatta pledged to work together. "The time has come for us to confront and resolveÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 13, 2018
A Kenyan professor in the United States is facing deportation months after President Donald Trump announced his vision for 'merit-based' immigration reforms. Mzenga Wanyama, a Kenyan-born graduate of the University of Minnesota, attended a meeting at the ICE office in St Paul on Friday, where "plansÃâà...
africanews
March 12, 2018
After meeting Friday in Nairobi with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Tillerson hailed the political reconciliation between Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga as “a positive step toward healing Kenya's ethnic and political divisions,” the State Department said in a statement. Kenyatta and OdingaÃâà...
CNN
March 11, 2018
"Kenya is a country of tremendous opportunity," he said at a news conference Friday. "With a fast-growing GDP ... a vibrant culture of entrepreneurship, and a regional economic leader, we are eager to find more ways to work with you." Tillerson plans to spend another day in Nairobi before heading to ChadÃâà...
The New Times
March 11, 2018
On Friday the two key players on the Kenyan political scene did something we have seen a couple of times; putting their differences aside and assuring the country that they are willing to work together for Kenya is bigger than any of them. Often times we have seen these two gentlemen throwing verbal jabsÃâà...
The Standard
March 10, 2018
Rivers whose source is the forest are drying up with devastating effects to millions of people who depend on them and to the national economy. In July 2005, the government made a hard decision to remove all beneficiaries who have title deeds for parcels of land but because of political matrix in precedingÃâà...
New York Times
March 10, 2018
“We may differ in political alignment but we should unite as Kenyans in matters that affect the country.” ... “We refuse to be leaders under whose watch Kenya slid into a failed nation,” he added. ... “It's a Kenyan matter that Kenyan leaders are looking into,” said Manoah Esipisu, the presidential spokesman.
The Standard
March 4, 2018
This is the word of caution that four banks that helped Kenya sell its Sh200 billion Eurobond gave to mostly American and European investors that sunk ... Standard Bank, J.P. Morgan and Standard Chartered Bank, the bondholders were informed of the country's “volatile political environment” which sawÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
March 4, 2018
"That is the discos we should be focusing on now so that we empower Kenyans to have better lives as we had promised," the DP said. He said Jubilee leaders should implement the agenda for which they were elected and avoid being dragged into politicking all the time. The DP said political leadersÃâà...
The Standard
March 3, 2018
Nasa leader Raila Odinga with Siaya senator James Orengo during the burial of Mzee David Orengo in Urenga village Siaya county on March 3rd 2018. The deceased was an uncle to the senator. (Collins Oduor,Standard). National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga broke his silence yesterdayÃâà...
Daily Nation
February 23, 2018
Devolution has created an important group of political actors who can play a critical role in national-level politics. ... Kenya's 2010 Constitution and the devolution of power to 47 new county governments was meant to reduce competition for the country's top seat and help address Kenya's chronic ethnicÃâà...
New York Times
February 20, 2018
“Kenyatta would not have been released, and he wouldn't have been made prime minister, if it hadn't been for Odinga's backing,” said Daniel Branch, a professor of history at the University of Warwick and an expert on post-colonial Kenyan politics. “The two men always admired each other.” Willy MutungaÃâà...
The Star, Kenya
February 16, 2018
He spoke these words in October 2001, four months after he formed Kenya's first coalition Cabinet by including members of the then opposition National Democratic Party in the government. At the time, nobody could be sure if the “younger leader” was Raila Odinga, whose “political cooperation” with theÃâà...
New York Times
February 16, 2018
NAIROBI, Kenya — Supporters of Kenya's main opposition leader burned an American flag near the United States Embassy and marched to the building's gate ... “In politics, there are never any permanent lines — in Kenya in particular, but also in other countries,” said Salim Lone, an adviser to Mr. Odinga.
Capital FM Kenya
February 11, 2018
“No Kenyan has ever told America who their President is, neither have we ever told the UK or Germany who its Prime Minister is, why should they tell Kenyans who their President is? Kenyans know who their President is,” the Opposition chief said/FILE. By LABAN WANAMBISI, NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 11Ãâà...
NPR
February 7, 2018
The opposition said he'd been exiled; the government said the Kenyan-born political activist wasn't a legal Kenyan citizen. Miguna's case has become a ... Kenyans view it as a symbol of their bloody past, an era displaced by the freedoms enshrined in Kenya's 2010 Constitution. "People have suffered forÃâà...
Daily Nation
December 31, 1999
Kenya rejects ex-envoys' calls for US mediation in political dispute ... Their knack for getting it wrong on African and Kenyan issues is not only dumbfounding but also a demonstration of why desk research on Africa, with the only source of information being a biased Western media, should be treated withÃâà...
The Standard
December 31, 1999
And whereas Kenya has hundreds of political parties, majority are moribund, briefcase parties with those that have strong following still lacking an ideological base and only surviving courtesy of personalities and ethnic bloc mobilization. Generally, Kenyan political parties are transient and cannotÃâà...
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