There is still speculation that Ruto's allies led by Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi will try to push through constitutional amendments that look remarkably similar to those in the Building Bridges Initiative – the result of the handshake deal between Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga that was supposed to carry the latter to the presidency in 2022...
The Malava seat had been held by Musalia Mudavadi's Amani National Congress folded into the UDA after Mudavadi became Prime Cabinet Secretary...
Some like Odinga's former running mate Kalonzo Musyoka and Musalia Mudavadi later left to form their own parties when it became clear they could not break Odinga's grip on ODM...
Having supported Odinga in the previous three elections the Luhya community split in 2022 after Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetang'ula switched to Ruto's camp and were appointed Prime Cabinet Secretary and National Assembly Speaker respectively (AC Vol 63 No 17 How the hustlers toppled the dynasties)...
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Ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi warned that Somalia could ‘relapse' if the European Union and broader international community pulled its support...
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For the President Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula will need to be rewarded for delivering a substantial share of the Luhya vote in western Kenya – though only Wetang'ula managed this in 2022...
He has since reverted to a formulaic ethnic calculus now relying on regional powerbrokers to deliver votes: Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula to mobilise the Western Kenya vote; Senate Speaker Amason Jeffa Kingi and Youth Affairs Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya – formerly Kwale governor – for the Coast; and Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale for the northern vote...
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Ministers say that China has also agreed a public-private partnership to finance several roads and bridges as well as ‘major investments across infrastructure healthcare education culture ICT the job market and the blue economy ' said Musalia Mudavadi the Prime Cabinet Secretary...
But leading the charge for a new IMF loan is Musalia Mudavadi Ruto's highest-ranking cabinet minister with an expanding portfolio that now includes foreign affairs...
The president has already made Musalia Mudavadi his Prime Cabinet Secretary effectively the most senior minister in government – a position created at the president's discretion...
Kenya had no ulterior motives in hosting the RSF insisted foreign minister Musalia Mudavadi on Wednesday...