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Vol 67 No 21

Published 23rd October 2026


Kenya

The opposition must solve its alliance arithmetic

A unified ticket could win the popular vote, but constitutional thresholds and the country’s first presidential runoff deny anyone a clear run

Kenya’s politics is a permanent campaign. Less than two years after President William Samoei Ruto’s narrow defeat of Raila Amolo Odinga in August 2022, the Gen Z protests redrew the political map, pulling Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) into a de facto unity coalition (AC Vol 66 No 15). That deal was meant to help power Ruto to a second term next August.

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