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Vol 66 No 24

Published 5th December 2025


Kenya

Ruto holds the parties together

The president’s party and its allies won most of the seats on ‘Super Thursday’ – yet numbers show a coalition fraying at the edges

President William Ruto and his semi-official allies in the late Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) enjoyed a bumper by-election day on 27 November, winning 16 of the 24 seats contested and retaining all those they previously held. Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) secured its four National Assembly and Senate seats, while ODM held its three in the Western Region and at the Coast. ODM’s victories, with between 65-80% of the vote, suggest the party’s base remains loyal to interim leader Oburu Oginga, Raila’s brother.

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