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Matiang'i the Interior Cabinet Secretary in President Uhuru Kenyatta's government has the nomination of what remains of Kenyatta's Jubilee party and has been touted by some as a potential candidate representing the Gen Z protest movement...
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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...
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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...
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Before the tariffs were announced Kenyan economist and former advisor to Uhuru Kenyatta government Alexander Owino argued that AGOA would be ‘dead in the water' under the new US administration that wanted to move towards bilateral trade arrangements...
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It is dead in the water ' says Alex Owino in Nairobi a former advisor to Kenya's Treasury under President Uhuru Kenyatta...
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The result the signing of a 10-point Memorandum of Understanding on 7 March with Ruto is reminiscent of the 2018 ‘handshake' with Ruto's predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta but offers more perks for the veteran opposition leader (AC Vol 59 No 6 Raila beats rivals to a new deal)...
Matiang'i who was represented at the PLP event has the support of the Jubilee Party founded by former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ruto but which was reduced to a mere 28 National Assembly seats in 2022...