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Kenya’s rejection of the Pan-Africanis may have been God’s plan to ensure he becomes chairperson of the AU Commission COMMENT | DAK BUOTH RIEK GAAK | On 27 August 2024, former Africa Union High Representative on Infrastructure and Former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga launched his candidature for the chairman …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Six leaders from the East African Community (EAC) on Tuesday vowed to support former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s bid for the chairmanship of the African Union Commission (AUC). The leaders from Burundi, Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda said Odinga is the right …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has joined other leaders in East Africa to support Raila Odinga’s campaign for the African Union Chairmanship. The veteran Kenyan politician, Raila Odinga is competing for the African Union (AUC) post against Djibouti’s Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssou, former Mauritius Foreign Minister Anil Kumarsingh …

NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya on Wednesday set up a campaign secretariat to work with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in his bid for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson. The campaign will be led by highly experienced and knowledgeable officers, said Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Raila Odinga, the runner-up in the 2022 general elections in Kenya has explained that his move to petition the Supreme Court of Kenya is aimed at not only making him president but saving Kenya from criminal cartels. Odinga as 1st Petitioner and Martha Karua, 2nd …

  The political biography of one of the most compelling politicians in postcolonial Africa THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | I admire Raila Odinga. I think he is one of the most dynamic politicians in postcolonial Africa. So, I wished he would win the 2022 presidential elections in …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Kenya’s second president Daniel arap Moi took power promising peace, love and unity, but ended up mired in graft scandals, stifling democracy and fanning the dangerous embers of tribalism. Leading Kenya from 1978-2002 with an iron fist, his 24-year reign was infamous for torture, corruption, the …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | It was a handshake that drew a line under Kenya’s bruising election, left many people bewildered and swung open the starting gate for the 2022 presidential race. After months of insults during a deadly and divisive election, the two heirs of Kenya’s most powerful political …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | A Kenyan government critic appeared in court Tuesday to face charges related to the mock inauguration of the “people’s president” Raila Odinga, as the authorities barred 14 opposition leaders from leaving the country. Protestors and police clashed in the opposition’s stronghold of western Kenya, and …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Several people were injured in protests in Kenya on Wednesday, a day after opposition leader Raila Odinga announced he would quit the presidential race, in a move that plunged the country into uncharted waters. Election officials have been locked in crisis meetings since the decision, as …