Some in Azimio believe that Odinga's AU campaign which relies on the government's diplomatic machine amounts to a 'handshake mark 2' a reference to the deal between Odinga and Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta that was supposed to pave the way for Odinga not Ruto to win in August 2022...
The collapse of the Jubilee party formed by Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto has left the Kikuyu without a voice...
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Mathuki was picked for the EAC job by former President Uhuru Kenyatta but he is a close ally of Ruto's which explains why he has been given one of the top embassies albeit one which carries far less political influence (AC Vol 62 No 7 How not to win friends)...
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- AFRICAN UNION
When Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta met with President Samia on 21 February rumours swirled in Nairobi that Kenyatta who backed Odinga's presidential bid in 2022 would break the pro-Odinga consensus and back Kikwete...
One of the committee's main recommendations was to revive an idea in the Building Bridges Initiative set up by Odinga and Uhuru Kenyatta which was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; that of creating an official Leader of the Opposition office after the 2027 elections...
And in 2021 and 2022 it struck down the ambitious constitutional reform known as the Building Bridges Initiative that was designed by former President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga as part of the latter's failed bid for the presidency (AC Vol 62 No 17 The bridge collapses)...
Former ministers in Uhuru Kenyatta's government including Treasury cabinet secretary Ukur Yatani are facing charges that could go to court in 2024...
UltimatumAt a parliamentary hearing in March Nyakang'o reported that Ukur Yatani the former Treasury Cabinet Secretary and a loyalist of former President Uhuru Kenyatta gave her less than half an hour to give the green light for KSh23bn ($150m) of spending just days before last August's general election...
Last year a concession agreement struck by President Uhuru Kenyatta's government with the United Arab Emirates-based DP World fell victim to the campaigning ahead of the August 2022 elections...
Kenyatta gets his identity card back The Huduma Namba digital identity card project was one of the symbols of the breakdown in relations between Uhuru Kenyatta and his then deputy William Ruto (Huduma Namba means 'service number')...
We hear that Chris Coons the United States Senator who helped broker the 'handshake' between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Odinga in March 2018 is helping to shape the talks having met both political leaders in August (AC Vol 63 No 18 Brussels greets Ruto)...
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In 2022 Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta had been on the brink of an agreement to run operations at the three major ports only for the idea to be shelved following Ruto's victory in August's presidential election...
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In 2015 British Prime Minister David Cameron and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta agreed to a revamp of the British-Kenya defence pact which included provisions that British soldiers accused of lawbreaking would be tried in Kenya be subject to Kenyan law for any infractions outside their base and that British military sites would be subject to Kenyan inspection (AC Vol 56 No 21 Uhuru's frequent flyer card)...
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