He also hinted that ODM could back Fred Matiang'i the nominee of Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party and a combative former interior cabinet secretary (Dispatches 28/7/25 Sifuna goes rogue as ODM splits deepen)...

But RVR's days were numbered after former President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a $4bn deal with China in 2014 to build a standard gauge railway (SGR) between Mombasa and Nairobi with plans to extend the line through the Rift Valley and eventually to Kampala...

Fuelled by the purge of Uhuru Kenyatta-era appointees from the civil service parastatals and security sector the mass dismissals stirred ethnic grievance – particularly among Gachagua's allies...

But aside from his limited appeal outside his Kamba base in three counties the 71-year-old Musyoka is no less of an establishment figure than Odinga Ruto or former President Uhuru Kenyatta – and a defeated candidate at multiple presidential polls...

At a 2015 entrepreneurship summit with President Barack Obama then-President Uhuru Kenyatta name-checked M-Kopa – a fledgling start-up offering pay-as-you-go solar kits now a booming model (AC Vol 56 No 25 Pig-in-a-poke or panacea...

7bn loan secured to finance the Chinese-built SGR between Nairobi and Mombasa during Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency was controversial...

It had soared under Uhuru Kenyatta and has continued to rise with Ruto...