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25 Jun 2021
DP Ruto prepares his party
The latest salvo from Deputy President William Ruto will add to the sentiment that the Jubilee Party is in its last days. In an interview on KTN News, Mr Ruto criticized the suggestion that the ruli...
18 Jun 2021
Splits and realignments and more political noise
Politicians from the east of Mt Kenya were last week angered by the suggestion from their counterparts from the west of the mountain that there could yet be a candidate from that side fit for the pres...
21 May 2021
After the disastrous judgement, BBI could be out of time
A week after five judges delivered a scathing verdict of the Building Bridges Initiative, President Uhuru Kenyatta is yet to make a statement on the matter. There has been plenty of sentiment from t...
13 May 2021
After Parliament, the BBI debate goes to Wanjiku
The Building Bridges Initiative gained more momentum this week with the approval from the Senate of its Bill to amend the Constitution. Proponents of the initiative have been counting their achievemen...
7 May 2021
After a testing week, Ruto and Raila have a lot to ponder
There were two politically significant events touching on Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, two prominent candidates for the presidency next year. First, Mr O...
30 Apr 2021
BBI faces fresh political and legal headwinds
The desire by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition Leader Raila Odinga to introduce constitutional amendments under the Building Bridges Initiative has run into new headwinds of a political and leg...
23 Apr 2021
Emerging issues threaten BBI in a real way
Emerging issues threaten BBI in a real way After a deadlock on whether they can amend the Bill to amend the Constitution, Parliament’s two committees scrutinizing the bid reported a farcical issue...
16 Apr 2021
In an interview, the Deputy President shows his hand, a little
Deputy President William Ruto on Thursday night admitted that his boss has abandoned him and suggested that he had done nothing to stop the individuals and civil servants who frustrate him. In his int...
13 Mar 2021
Sonko evades trial. A bad signal in corruption fight
Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was on Friday discharged from Nairobi Hospital and allowed to continue the rest of his recovery at home. His lawyer, John Khaminwa, was keen to add that he remains m...
13 Mar 2021
With a third wave on, politicians will need to restrain themselves
It has been an interesting week one year since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with Tanzanian President John Pombe Maghufuli rumoured to have been hospitalized in Nairobi and former Prime Minister...
5 Mar 2021
Violent by-elections a harbinger of a nasty contest in 2022
Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i declared on Friday that politicians involved in the skirmishes that accompanied by-elections in Nakuru and parts of the Western region would lose their f...
26 Feb 2021
After the BBI whitewash, decision time for the DP
Deputy President William Ruto has had plenty of opportunities this week to think about his next moves after County Assemblies across the country approved the Bill to amend the Constitution prompted by...
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