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Ruto faces tough battle as key ally Munyaka defects

Ex-Machakos Town legislator accuses Raila of exploiting the Kamba community before ultimately abandoning them.

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[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga, in a rare show of unity and reading from the same script, Tuesday condemned President Uhuru Kenyatta's government over the gangland-style arrest and ejection from Nairobi of three senators on Monday.

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Source: allAfrica.com

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This is likely to cause a sharp split among leaders, as farmers from the region pressurise the government to hasten the process of reviving the sector that forms their economic

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Murkomen yaps himself out of majority seat

Within the circles of the Kalenjin political elite, Kipchumba Murkomen, the Elgeyo-Marakwet senator, is usually referred to as the “deputy

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Kenya: Governor Tolgos Hails Jubilee Purge on Senate Leadership

Elgeyo-Marakwet Governor Alex Tolgos has welcomed the changes President Uhuru Kenyatta made to the Senate Jubilee leadership, saying that those kicked out had publicly disrespected the party

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Release Me From Custody, Ruto Lawyer Gicheru Begs ICC

[Nation] In his first appearance before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, lawyer Paul Gicheru has asked to be released from custody.

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Source: allAfrica.com

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The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic across Africa is heading is gone past the 1,000 mark as of April 18, 2020. The casualties cut across age groups. From the death of a 6 year-old in Kenya, older patients in most instances and persons in the youth

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Kenyatta Hosts 200 MPs at State House

President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi chaired a Jubilee Coalition National Assembly Parliamentary Group (PG) meeting in his capacity as the Coalition's Party

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Kenya: Kalonzo, Mudavadi, Wetang'ula and Ngilu Unite Against DP Ruto

[Nation] Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday hosted Amani National Congress chief Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford-Kenya counterpart Moses Wetang'ula for the third time in two weeks in what is seen as the formation of a force against Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 polls.

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Kenya: Have Mercy on Washiali, Troubled Echesa Tells Kenyatta

Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa has pleaded with President Uhuru Kenyatta to have mercy and pardon Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali, the Majority Chief Whip, amid a looming purge as the Head of State seeks to stamp control over the Jubilee parliamentary

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sudi: Voters will punish errant MPs

With Deputy President William Ruto studiously silent on controversial changes to the Jubilee leadership in the Senate which saw two of his top lieutenants stripped of lucrative posts, vocal Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi has sought to fill the gap, taking aim at the party’s senators from the Rift Valley

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Kenya: Ruto Sets Eyes on Top Seat, Trains Focus on Clergy and Youth

[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto has trained his focus on religious leaders and the youth ahead of the 2022 elections.

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Kenya: There's No Room for Tribal Politics, Ruto Warns Leaders

[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto has warned that there is no room for divisive, tribal politics in his Rift Valley backyard ahead of the 2022 elections.

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Sympathy for Ruto in Rift and Central

Even as a number of leaders from the region supported the ouster of Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen as Leader of Majority in the Senate and Majority Chief Whip Susan Kihika, residents of various parts of Central Kenya have castigated President Kenyatta over what they term betrayal of his

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Africa's Presidents Have Been Wrongly Stereotyped - What We Can Learn From Kenya

[The Conversation Africa] All-powerful presidents are an essential part of a stereotypical representation of African politics controlled by a few individuals, rather than by institutions. This view has been reinforced by a literary tradition sanctifying the biographies of "great men" while

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Kenya: Uhuru, Ruto Camps Hold Secret Meetings On BBI

[Nation] MPs allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto held talks at the weekend to try reach a compromise on the referendum, with sources saying the discussions have a Friday deadline.

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Kenyatta, Odinga Hold the Aces in Bid to Reconstitute IEBC

[Nation] President Kenyatta holds the key to a reconstituted electoral commission after MPs passed a law that will guide the process.

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Kenya: I Want People Who Will Not Fight My Agenda - Kenyatta

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Kenya: Kisii State Lodge Gazetted as a Protected Area

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has gazetted Kisii State Lodge as a Protected Area.

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Rift Valley leaders divided over Uhuru, Ruto war

A section of Jubilee Party senators and MPs from the Rift Valley — Deputy President William Ruto’s political bastion — are divided over the ruling party’s purge, which has seen some of the DP’s key allies kicked out of plum leadership

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Analysis - The recent Kenya Somalia diplomatic spat where Somalia President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo recalled his envoy from Nairobi, brings to the Farmaajo administration's displeasure at what he terms Kenya treating Somalia like a "foster child" and not an equal partner.

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Uhuru, CSs’ pay cuts raise Sh214m for Covid-19 kitty

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Kenya: I Didn't Lose in 2007, 2013 and 2017 Presidential Polls - Odinga

Interview - The push to amend the Constitution reached a crescendo this week after President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Handshake partner Raila Odinga launched signature collections. Mr Odinga sat down with our reporter Justus Wanga. Here are some of the excerpts of the interview

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Senators impeach Kithure Kindiki

Out of the total 67 senators, 54 voted to kick out the deputy speaker who they accused of party disloyalty and disrespect to the party

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Kenya: Majimbo Kalasinga to Fly Ford-K Flag in Kabuchai By-Election

[Nation] Mr Majimbo Simiyu Kalasinga has bagged the Ford Kenya party nomination for the Kabuchai Constituency by-election slated for March 4, 2021.

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Kenya: Ruto, Like Njonjo Before Him, Being Primed to Be the 2022 Poll Fall Guy

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Kenya: Mudavadi, Ford-K Leaders Discuss 2022 Pact With DP Ruto

Ms Beatrice Adagala, the woman representative of Vihiga, Mr Mudavadi's county of birth and Matungu MP Justus Murunga - both elected on ANC ticket - attended both the "Mulembe" meeting and the one convened by the DP in the

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