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Tag Archives: Kalonzo Musyoka
Raila Odinga claims he won kenya election
Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who was the Coalition for Reform and Democracy (Cord) presidential candidate in the recently concluded presidential poll, on Monday claimed that he had won the March 4 General Election. Mr Odinga said he garnered 5.7 … read more
Kenyan Election Update: Kenyatta lead shrinks, raising chance of run-off
(Reuters) – Kenyan presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta’s share of the vote slipped below 50 percent for the first time in the slow counting of results on Thursday, raising the prospect that the country could be headed for a divisive second … read more
Posted in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Tagged International Criminal Court, Jomo Kenyatta, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, kenya election, kenyan election 2003, kenyan election act, kenyan election candidates, kenyan election crisis, kenyan election dates 2013, kenyan election news, kenyan election opinion polls, kenyan election polls, Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Tensions rise in Kenyan election
By Sudarsan Raghavan, washingtonpost NAIROBI — Kenya’s presidential election, beset by technical glitches and vote tallying delays, was thrown into more disarray on Thursday after the party of one of the top contenders alleged that preliminary results had been tampered … read more
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Tagged International Criminal Court, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, kenyan election 2013, kenyan election act, kenyan election candidates, kenyan election crisis, kenyan election dates 2013, kenyan election news, kenyan election opinion polls, kenyan election polls, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States, William Ruto
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Rigging claims throw Kenya presidential vote into chaos
NAIROBI: Kenya’s critical presidential election was plunged into further disarray on today after the party of one of the leading candidates alleged vote-rigging and demanded that the count be halted. The accusations by Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s running mate came … read more
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Tagged International Criminal Court, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Kenyatta, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Kenyan Election: Raila Odinga’s Party Calls for Vote Recount
Associated PressA man and woman speak on the phone as they wait for results at a provincial vote reporting center in the Mathare slum of Nairobi on Wednesday. NAIROBI—Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s party has alleged that the ongoing vote … read more
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Zimbabwe
Tagged Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, kenyan election, kenyan election 2013, kenyan election act, kenyan election candidates, kenyan election crisis, kenyan election dates 2013, kenyan election news, kenyan election opinion polls, kenyan election polls, Nairobi, polling place, Raila Odinga, Running mate, voting, Wednesday
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Kenya 2013: rise of the six-piece suit
By Andrew Green Though the presidential race is getting most of the attention, when voters go to the polls today, they will be voting for more than an executive. They are also being asked to decide five additional races – … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
Tagged Garissa, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Odinga, Orange Democratic Movement, Raila Odinga, Tana River, Uhuru Kenyatta
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This time the Kenyan presidential election could have been about issues
By Andrew Green Since multi-party democracy returned to Kenya in 1992, voting at election time has largely divided itself along ethnic lines. In 2007, when President Mwai Kibaki narrowly edged out Raila Odinga under a cloud of suspected vote tampering, … read more
Main players in Kenya elections
Kenya will hold new elections next March, the first since the 2007 vote triggered ethnic killing across the country in which at least 1,220 people died. Two senior politicians facing charges of playing a part in that violence at the … read more
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga announces bid for presidency
NAIROBI — Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga announced Saturday he would be running again for the presidency in the elections to be held in March next year. “I commit myself to the people of Kenya and the Coalition for Reform … read more
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, Saturday
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Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki retires
Nairobi, Kenya — Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki (centre) walks with Speaker of Parliament Kenneth Marende (left) and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka (right) at Parliament in Nairobi yesterday. President Mwai Kibaki yesterday delivered his final speech at a special sitting in … read more
Kenya: the rise of the ‘Uhuruto’
By Daniel Waweru Like the platypus, the Uhuruto — the newly-unveiled political alliance featuring Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto (with a supporting cast of Musalia Mudavadi and Najib Balala) — is a strange beast, consisting of two such different parts … read more
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Musalia Mudavadi, Raila Odinga, Ruto, Uhuru, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Kenya Election: Raila Odinga still the front runner for president in New Poll
By Nzau Musau, The Star Raila Odinga address participants during a farewell reception of UN Habitat Executive Director Ann Tibaijuka.. THE latest opinion poll by Infotrak released yesterday showed Prime Minister Raila Odinga is still the front runner for president … read more
Posted in Kenya
Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Martha Karua, Musalia Mudavadi, Peter Kenneth, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Kenya remains on high terror alert – VP
The government has reassured that the country’s security forces are on high alert to prevent terror attacks in Kenya, hours after Al Shabaab militants warned of attacks in the country during the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan. Vice president Kalonzo … read more
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Kenya, News
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Shabaab, All Africa, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IntelCenter, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Nairobi, Nigeria news, niheria newspapers, nothafrica, Somalia, United States, Wajir, West Africa
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Kenya: Uhuru and Ruto sowing seeds of discord
Samuel Omwenga The virulent speeches and chest thumping by two of Kenya’s presidential aspirants, both suspected of committing crimes against humanity, is extremely worrying. The government needs to act quickly and firmly and the people should reject these politicians. Deputy … read more
Kenya: ICC shakes up politics, but Ruto and Kenyatta may still run for President – By Ken Opalo
On 23rd January 2012 a panel of judges at the ICC (International Criminal Court) announced a majority decision that four Kenyans, part of the so-called Ocampo Six, will face charges of crimes against humanity, murder, rape, forcible expulsion and other … read more
Kenya: Ruto slams ‘strange’ ICC charges
Nairobi – Kenyan presidential candidate William Ruto on Monday dismissed as “strange” the International Criminal Court charges against him over 2007-08 post-election violence. “Allegations against me will forever be strange to me. My legal team will move expeditiously to analyse … read more
WFP declares Somalia situation catastrophic
The World Food Programme (WFP) needs over US$ 580 million approximately Kshs 52.2 billion shillings to adequately intervene in the famine ravaging the horn of Africa region. WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran says the current high commodity prices and poor … read more
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Josette Sheeran, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Kevin Rudd, North Africa, Pan African News, Somali people, Somalia, Southern Africa, West Africa, World Food Programme
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Kenya: Raila ahead of the pack, new opinion poll shows
Prime Minister Raila Odinga remains the most preferred presidential candidate if elections were held today. Latest opinion poll released by Synovate showed Raila leads the pack with 38 per cent while Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta trails the PM at … read more
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, Kenya, News
Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Eugene Wamalwa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenneth Marende, News local news, Orange Democratic Movement, Raila Odinga, Synovate, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, World news
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