The two leaders called on Kenyans, friends of Kenya, and international partners to support the candidacy of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for the position of Chair of the African Union Commission.
With the 2022 political wars now changing tact from verbal attacks to ‘near deployment’ of the most sophisticated weapons either side may possess, August 9 polls remain a battle between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, Dr. William Ruto. The trading of political salvos has heightened since President Kenyatta made it public that he is […]
The race to 2022 elections began taking shape after the infamous handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the opposition chief Hon. Raila Odinga. Events that followed the handshake exposed Uhuru’s betrayal of his deputy, Dr. William Ruto whom he had promised to back upon expiry of his term. Jubilee purge was the core of it […]
Former Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju has been unveiled as the Executive Director of the Azimio la Umoja secretariat. His appointment was announced on Wednesday, April 6, by the former prime minister Raila Odinga who is Azimio’s Presidential flag bearer. Tuju’s new role will be to coordinate Azimo coalition parties and also to lead […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta used his address to Mt Kenya leaders yesterday to make a strong pitch for ODM leader Raila Odinga’s presidential bid and explain his beef with Deputy President (DP)William Ruto. In no-holds-barred speech at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri County, the President who has bitterly fallen out with a deputy who he only […]
BY SAM ALFAN. President Uhuru Kenyatta has continuously lost various legal battles bringing into sharp focus the role of the Attorney General and whether he is giving the head of state sound advice. From the loss of cases on the attempt to change the Constitution, by the government, through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), to […]
Meeting at the White House, Biden and the Kenyan president promised to work together on climate change and ending violence on the Horn of Africa, although there appeared to be no headway on Kenya’s hopes on a trade deal. Biden announced that the United States would immediately donate another 17 million doses of the single-shot […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday made history by becoming the first African Head of State to be hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House since the American leader took over office in January this year. At the historic meeting, President Biden announced a US Government donation of 17 million more Covid-19 vaccines to […]
Reports by Citizen Weekly indicated that the differences between the Head of State and his Deputy are not political as many people perceive, but the course of their rift is economical after the two disagreed on the financial firm that was to be picked to roll out Safaricom’s multibillion Fuliza program after the 2017 general […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to secure loan from France to finance the construction of a railway line linking Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Nairobi’s central business district during his last week’s visit to Paris, delaying the €128 million (Sh16.3 billion) infrastructure plan. Kenya was expected to ink the deal during President Kenyatta’s two day visit […]
The national treasury has allocated close to Sh1 billion in gratuity payments for President Uhuru Kenyatta and the 416 MPs when the current Jubilee administration’s term comes to an end in August 2022. Budget estimates for the financial year 2021-22 tabled in Parliament show that gratuities to the retired presidents and MPs will be hiked […]
The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) wants the government to stop the planned privatization of the loss making Kenya Meat Commission (KMC). KDF through the Ministry of Defence has written to the Privatization Commission to remove the meat processing enterprises from the list the Cabinet approved for sale. KMC was transferred to the KDF in September […]
