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With the combined support of most of the Jubilee party of President Uhuru Kenyatta and almost all of the official opposition parties led by Raila Odinga's Orange Democrat Movement it is certain to be adopted...
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Kenyatta's line is repeatedly heard from his closest political allies – Raila Odinga and his associates in the Orange Democratic Movement – as they join the President in campaigning for the constitutional reforms in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) which is being sold as a tool that will double government funds to the villages and counties (AC Vol 62 No 1 Handshake to face poll test)...
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When President Uhuru Kenyatta shuffled and expanded his pack of ministers on Thursday (19 February) it was his 'handshake' partners Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga and his Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka who benefited most...
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A respected technocrat Kituyi would be a viable candidate if Raila Odinga chooses not to stand...
Ruto sees the abandoning of the impeachment motion against him as evidence of his strong support and disaffection towards President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga...
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President Uhuru Kenyatta's 'handshake' partner Raila Odinga has been told by his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) that they will agree to support Ruto's impeachment only if it is certain to get the two-thirds support needed in the National Assembly...
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With his estranged Deputy President William Ruto conspicuously absent – it is as yet unclear whether or not he was invited – President Uhuru Kenyatta followed by erstwhile opposition leader Raila Odinga and other political leaders took the pulpit to urge Kenyans and politicians to maintain peace in pointed references to Ruto...
Meanwhile the Deputy President was busy campaigning at the Coast one of the regions loyal to Raila Odinga which Ruto believes he can swing ahead of the 2022 elections (AC Vol 61 No 20 Raila's path to power)...
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The next pitched battle between Deputy President William Ruto and the 'handshake' coalition of President Uhuru Kenyatta and erstwhile opposition leader Raila Odinga is centred over whether and when a by-election to replace impeached Nairobi governor Mike Sonko should be held...
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Extremely popular in Nairobi's slums – where half the city's population lives and where he hands out cash freely – Sonko seemed likely to support Ruto's candidate for the city's governorship if only to get even with Kenyatta and his ally Raila Odinga who lined up legislators at the Nairobi County Assembly and Kenya's Senate to remove him from office...
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It would count as a major win for supporters of the rapprochement between President Uhuru Kenyatta and former opposition leader Raila Odinga...
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There will be a slow rise in GDP growth but this will not mask the reality of an economy in trouble more corruption scandals rising poverty and ethnic political bickering under the unlikely coalition of President Uhuru Kenyatta and nominal opposition leader Raila Odinga (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
