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In the meantime further ministerial appointments are expected this week with veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga seemingly prepared to break up his Azimio la Umoja coalition to join a Ruto unity government...
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Early last week opposition Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga held talks with Ruto on a ‘handshake 2...
Their dissent towards anyone who has been part of the political class became clear when veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga declared in early July that he would be open to dialogue with President William Ruto (Dispatches 9/7/24 Ruto pledges cuts on state budgets and anti-graft action as he struggle to assert control)...
It which promises ‘a holistic program of support to strengthen the capacity and impact of pro-democracy leaders' has built a stable of clients including Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga Congo-Kinshasa's Martin Fayulu and Senegal's Idrissa Seck but has rarely acted for a sitting government (AC Vol 64 No 19 Seck seeks DC clout & Dispatches 4/10/23 Fayulu confirms candidacy for presidential polls)...
With opposition leader Raila Odinga and his Azimio la Umoja party neutered at least in part by Odinga's reliance on the government for diplomatic support to secure him the chair of the African Union Commission the youth protests may mark the biggest political challenge to William Ruto's presidency...
Vol 65 No 12 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
In Kenya the administration formed in 2008 after post-election violence between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader turned Prime Minister Raila Odinga was marred by infighting and a lack of coherent policy direction...
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Raila Odinga is looking increasingly odds-on to become the next chair of the African Union Commission (AUC)...
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However late last week opposition leader Raila Odinga finally attacked the Ruto government for demolishing housing in Nairobi's slums accusing ministers of leaving people destitute...
This is the first time Odinga has broken ranks and publicly criticised the government on any front since it became clear in February that President Ruto would front Odinga's campaign for the chair of the African Union Commission (Dispatches 23/2/24 Raila Odinga's bid for AU chair wins consensus in Nairobi)...
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Winning on Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket in August 2022 Sakaja bucked the trend in Nairobi which backed Raila Odinga in the presidential contest and Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in the capital's parliamentary seats (AC Vol 63 No 17 Ruto takes his revenge)...
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Vol 65 No 10 |
- KENYA
- ZIMBABWE
On 27 April Nairobi's State House reported that President Mnangagwa had confirmed Zimbabwe's support for Raila Odinga's candidacy for the chair of the African Union Commission next February...
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Following Ruto's narrow and controversial win over Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga Ogolla a Luo like Odinga was marked out as one of the securocrats promoted by Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta who would quickly be shown the door (AC Vol 63 No 18 Kenyatta's securocrats cast into the cold)...
