Kenya Elections

Kenya’s opposition leader Odinga addresses the nation after Ruto declared president-elect

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Kenya: Martha Karua files case at regional court over August election

Raila Odinga’s running mate Martha Karua has filed a case with a regional court to challenge the ruling from Kenya’s Supreme Court. She claims that th...

© President William Ruto reads out his new cabinet on 27 September 2022 (photo twitter: @WilliamsRuto)

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Premium badgeKenya: Meet President Ruto’s new 22-member cabinet Kenyan President William Ruto has unveiled a 22-member cabinet that he will entrust to deliver on his pre-election pledges. The list, a mix of loyalis...
© Kenya’s President William Ruto and former prime minister Raila Odinga (photo: TAR)

playing fair

Kenya: New battle brewing as Ruto and Raila claim majority in parliament The battle has intensified between William Ruto and Raila Odinga after Kenya’s top coalition parties picked their majority leaders to preside in the N...
© William Ruto and Raila Odinga on 16 August 2022

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Premium badgeKenya: Can Ruto win over Raila’s allies in the post-election battle? After beating the odds to become Kenya’s fifth head of state, President William Ruto has set his sights on sending his fierce rival Raila Odinga into ...

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© President William Ruto reads out his new cabinet on 27 September 2022 (photo twitter: @WilliamsRuto)

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Premium badgeKenya: Meet President Ruto’s new 22-member cabinet Kenyan President William Ruto has unveiled a 22-member cabinet that he will entrust to deliver on his pre-election pledges. The list, a mix of loyalis...
© William Ruto and Raila Odinga on 16 August 2022

no handshake

Premium badgeKenya: Can Ruto win over Raila’s allies in the post-election battle? After beating the odds to become Kenya’s fifth head of state, President William Ruto has set his sights on sending his fierce rival Raila Odinga into ...
© Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto speaks after the Supreme Court upheld his win in Nairobi, Kenya September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

double power

Premium badgeKenya: Ruto’s coalition wins control of National Assembly and Senate Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto got a boost on Thursday after his Kenya Kwanza coalition won the position of speaker in both the National Assembl...

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© President William Ruto reads out his new cabinet on 27 September 2022 (photo twitter: @WilliamsRuto)

full house

Premium badgeKenya: Meet President Ruto’s new 22-member cabinet Kenyan President William Ruto has unveiled a 22-member cabinet that he will entrust to deliver on his pre-election pledges. The list, a mix of loyalis...
© William Ruto and Raila Odinga on 16 August 2022

no handshake

Premium badgeKenya: Can Ruto win over Raila’s allies in the post-election battle? After beating the odds to become Kenya’s fifth head of state, President William Ruto has set his sights on sending his fierce rival Raila Odinga into ...
© Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto speaks after the Supreme Court upheld his win in Nairobi, Kenya September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

double power

Premium badgeKenya: Ruto’s coalition wins control of National Assembly and Senate Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto got a boost on Thursday after his Kenya Kwanza coalition won the position of speaker in both the National Assembl...

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© Kenya’s new president William Ruto, right, shakes hands with outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta, left, as he is sworn in to office at a ceremony held at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

taking over

Kenya: Ruto sworn in as new president, Raila declines to attend inauguration William Ruto was on Tuesday sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president in a ceremony attended by thousands of supporters and dozens of heads of state and gov...
© Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto speaks after the Supreme Court upheld his win in Nairobi, Kenya September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

double power

Premium badgeKenya: Ruto’s coalition wins control of National Assembly and Senate Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto got a boost on Thursday after his Kenya Kwanza coalition won the position of speaker in both the National Assembl...
© Ruto may be unable to prevent a sovereign rating downgrade for Kenya this year. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Tightrope Act

Premium badgeKenya: Ruto to improve medium-term public finances but 2022 ratings downgrade looms William Ruto’s presidency is likely to be supportive for Kenya’s public finances over the medium term, REDD Intelligence senior credit analyst Mark Bo...
Kenya’s election results are announced

time and money

Premium badgeKenya: Why does the electoral commission struggle with elections each time? Despite being allocated billions of shillings every five years, the electoral body continues to fail the test of delivering a free, fair and verifiabl...
© Kenya’s Supreme Court judges William Ouko listens as hearings commence on the petitions challenging the result of the recent presidential election, at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)/

legal battle

Kenya 2022: Lies, damn lies, and statistics The outcome of the Kenyan presidential election now lies in the hands of the Supreme Court. William Ruto may be the president elect on the basis that ...
© Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Paul Kagame of Rwanda, sit during a photo session at the 8th Northern Corridor Integration Projects Summit at Safari Park Hotel, in Nairobi December 11, 2014. REUTERS/Noor Khamis

BIG SHOE TO FILL?

Premium badgeEthiopia, DRC, Uganda…Can Ruto take on Kenyatta’s roles in East Africa? Congratulations messages from regional heads of state came in quickly after William Ruto was declared winner of Kenya’s presidential election, despite...