After weeks of speculation the running mates selected by presidential aspirants Raila Odinga and William Ruto confirmed what has been apparent for several years: the next president will be decided in central Kenya...
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Deputy President William Ruto has chosen Rigathi Gachagua a first-term MP from the Mount Kenya region mainly because of his ability to organise mass rallies in that key voting region...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to force out his deputy William Ruto could trigger further political instability ahead of national elections in August...
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Hustler's chanceDeputy President William Ruto's 'Hustler Nation' campaign is built on the untested premise that a presidential bid can do without the support of the Mount Kenya kingpins in Central Kenya...
The rival presidential candidates Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga have heaped praise on former President Emilio Mwai Kibaki who has died at 90...
In August Raila Odinga and William Ruto who were on the same side during and after the disputed poll and the violence that ensued are vying for the presidency...
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But he supports as does his rival William Ruto a tough line against Moscow...
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Both Deputy President William Ruto and erstwhile oppositionist and now establishment candidate Raila Odinga used recent trips to the United States and the United Kingdom to pitch for diplomatic support and to define their main campaigning lines...
However with both Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto having said that they will table supplementary budgets should they win August's presidential polls to finance their own campaign promises there is every reason to believe that the debt and deficit projections will be exceeded (AC Vol 62 No 25 Raila's shallow coalition)...
The ruling means that the main presidential contenders Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto will have fewer top jobs to offer to would be supporters in the horse-trading ahead of the general elections in August...
Deputy President William Ruto has led a popular campaign against BBI insisting that Kenya's constitution approved by referendum and promulgated in 2010 needs no revision...
Kenyans have been given a short break from the day-to-day drama of election rallies and media debates as presidential candidates Deputy President William Ruto and ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga took their campaigns briefly overseas...
Following his meeting with Ruto Archbishop Welby posted a picture with the Deputy President on Twitter with a diplomatic caption: 'Good to meet William Ruto this afternoon and looking forward to seeing Raila Odinga next week...
Itumbi lifted a picture captured in 2000 during a mega Christian meeting by Christworld Dominion Ministry in Nigeria and published it on his Twitter handle captioned: 'DP William Ruto was in Embakasi earlier today...
A ten-day tour of the United States and Britain at the beginning of March marks Deputy President William Ruto's most important trip yet ahead of August's presidential elections...
