The former Public Works Minister and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Raila Amolo Odinga accused Kibaki and his allies of betraying the memorandum of understanding which brought the constituent parties together to defeat Daniel Toroitich arap Moi's Kenya African National Union (KANU) in December 2002...
NARC-Kenya grew from the ashes of Kibaki's defeat in the November 2005 referendum by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) which brings together KANU under Uhuru Kenyatta and the LDP under Raila Odinga...
Uhuru Kenyatta and ex-President Daniel arap Moi campaigned for KANU's David Manyara who came in last; Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka set aside their differences to support the LDP's Michael Brawan who came a creditable second...
He is suspicious of the more street-smart LDP leader Raila Odinga...
Alongside ex-President Daniel arap Moi he distrusts the Orange Democratic Movement and Raila Odinga although he is willing to support their demands for minimal constitutional change...
Raila Amolo Odinga (Luo and LDP leader) ran a television campaign smartly timed to catch the World Cup football audiences; his new authorised biography puts him at the heart of the 1982 failed coup against Moi that earned him six years in jail...
The tale sharpened divisions both between Kibaki and his supporters and between Musyoka and Liberal Democratic Party leader Raila Odinga...
The opposition ODM led by former Public Works Minister Raila Odinga says this isn't enough...
The following day ODM luminaries - Raila Odinga William Ruto Anyang' Nyong'o Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (the leading ODM contender for the presidency) and Mutula Kilonzo - addressed a huge impromptu rally outside the KTN offices...
Opposition leaders Kenyatta and Raila Odinga want mass protests and a confidence vote...
Opposition kingpins Raila Odinga William Ruto Uhuru Kenyatta and Kalonzo Musyoka - nominally united under the banner of the Orange Democratic Movement - are demanding the immediate recall of parliament and a vote of no confidence in the government...
Vol 47 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
KENYA: The stand-off over the new constitution between President Mwai Kibaki's supporters and those of Raila Odinga will dominate politics...
Raila Odinga Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi have announced their interest...
Kibaki left out all seven ministers from the Liberal Democratic Party faction of the coalition including Raila Odinga and Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka who had campaigned for rejection of the constitution...
The Orange victory prompted Kibaki to sack his entire cabinet and prorogue parliament on 25 November; the Orange campaigners led by Raila Odinga called for new national elections (AC Vol 46 Nos 21 & 23)...
There are memories of 1997 when a national alliance between ex-President Daniel arap Moi (widely accused of funding the 'No' campaign) and Raila Odinga marginalised the mainly Kikuyu politicians in Kibaki's Democratic Party despite economic mismanagement and rampant corruption...
The referendum has relaunched or unmade several political careers: Raila Odinga: The referendum brought his rivalry with President Mwai Kibaki to a head...
