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Formed by the infamous 'handshake' between Kenyatta and Raila Odinga in 2018 Azimio brought together Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the rump of the Jubilee party formed by Kenyatta and his successor William Ruto along with a group of smaller parties led by Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
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Odinga's real headache will be how he handles increasingly louder appeals to endorse the presidential ambitions for 2027 of his 2013 and 2017 running mate Kalonzo Musyoka...
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Azimio's Parliamentary Group meeting attended by Raila Odinga and Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka described the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) hearings against the four IEBC commissioners as a 'lynch mob a hired hit squad and an illegality with a predetermined position...
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The composition and future direction of the IEBC is set to be a key battle between Ruto and the opposition forces led by Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka with the latter demanding an overhaul of the institution...
This may appease voters in the Lower Eastern Ukambani region which stuck by Kalonzo Musyoka Wiper party leader and key ally of Raila Odinga in the August elections...
Since Odinga's return it is Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka who has taken the lead...
A report that Ruto would offer Kalonzo Musyoka the foreign ministry in exchange for dropping his backing for Odinga's Azimio La Umoja coalition was quickly scotched after the inauguration...
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After his inauguration on 13 September President William Ruto starts his first term with clear control of both houses of parliament and a good chance of expanding that majority by co-opting waverers such as the Wiper party's Kalonzo Musyoka...
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Like his handshake partner President Kenyatta whose Jubilee party was trounced by Ruto's United Democratic Alliance across most of central Kenya and the Rift Valley Odinga has not groomed an obvious successor and his allies such as Orengo and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka are 71 and 68 years old respectively...
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka is being touted to stand on the Azimio slate – though he is unwilling to make any commitment until after the Supreme Court ruling – and being a less divisive figure than Wetangula would hope to pick up some KK votes...
Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won all the four Luo counties both Gusii counties Busia Vihiga and much of the coast while Kalonzo Musyoka's Wiper party took the three Kamba counties and pro-Azimio small parties and the rump of the incumbent Jubilee party in the north...
