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Raila Odinga, Obama’s cousin, lost two presidential elections. And like his cousin, he was a sore loser. The 2007 loss led to claims of voter fraud and mass rioting. The riots carried with them overtones of ethnic cleansing. A man … read more »
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, jesus, Kenya, Kikuyu, Kisumu, Odinga, Pontius Pilate, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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Kenya’s Supreme Court has upheld the outcome of the country’s general election after allegations of irregularities. There have been fears of violence similar to tribal clashes that followed elections in 2007. Kenya’s chief justice Willy Mutunga said on Saturday that … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Pan African News
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyatta, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Willy Mutunga
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This is a serious question asked by many analysts who are closely watching the deliberations taking place at the supreme court following Raila Odinga’a daft petition to have Kenya’s most peaceful and successful elections ever, nullified. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga … read more »
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 »
In a week leading to Zimbabwe’s referendum on a new constitution and at a time we are experiencing bizarre claims of supernatural happenings across the country it is a bit of a quandary for any columnist to focus on a … read more »
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyatta, Morgan Tsvangirai, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States
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Jubilee supporters celebrate outside State House in Nakuru [Photo: Boniface Thuku/Standard] By Alex Kiprotich, Steve Mkawale and Antony Gitonga Kenya: They thronged the streets, estates with twigs and horn blaring-the chilly morning did not matter to them-what was important … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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AFP At 68, Raila Odinga, son of Kenya’s historical opposition leader Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, failed in his third and probably final stab at Kenya’s top job. The prime minister in the outgoing government, Odinga is a Luo from the … read more »
NAIROBI: Uhuru Kenyatta has won Kenya’s presidential election despite facing an international crimes against humanity trial, provisional results showed on Saturday, as his main rival refused to concede, raising tensions following the key poll. While supporters of Kenyatta, son of … read more »
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The leading candidate in Kenya’s presidential election, Uhuru Kenyatta, saw his percentage of the vote yo-yo just below the 50 percent mark early Saturday, a race too tight to call with only a few votes outstanding. The election commission said … read more »
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Simon Tisdall, The Guardian Presidential frontrunner must stand trial for crimes against humanity at The Hague in July. Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has promised to attend his trial for human rights abuses – just not all the time. Photograph: Simon … read more »
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Celebration is underway at Jubilee Media Centre at the Catholic University in Nairobi following indication that its presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta might be announced the winner in the hotly contested 2013 general election. With only results from 22 constituencies left … read more »
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13: 12 With 226 constituencies reporting: Kenyatta 4,867,683; Odinga 4,335,488. Rejected votes 94.020. 13:10 Kenyatta 4,849,194; Odinga 4,323,153. 225/291 constituencies have filed returns. 13:00 Amani coalition presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi (right) addressed a press conference in Nairobi where he conceded … read more »
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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 »
Vote a test of Kenya’s damaged democratic credentials * Neighbours, Western donors anxious for peaceful poll * Results to be electronically transmitted to election body * Each polling station count to be publicly displayed By George Obulutsa NAIROBI, March 3 … read more »
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NAIROBI, Kenya — Five years after more than 1,000 people were killed in election-related violence, Kenyans on Monday will begin casting votes in a nationwide election seen as the country’s most important — and complicated — in its 50-year history. … read more »
The two front-runners in Kenya’s presidential election have been holding their final rallies in Nairobi, ahead of Monday’s vote. PM Raila Odinga and deputy PM Uhuru Kenyatta are favourites to succeed President Kibaki, in the first poll since the post-2007 … read more »
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Tagged 2013 kenyan elections, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan elections 2013, Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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(AP) Dozens of shack homes have been burned to the ground in recent weeks in Mathare, Nairobi’s most dangerous slum. Families are moving into zones controlled by their own clans, fearful of attacks between the tribes of Kenya’s top two … read more »
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Nairobi, Kenya – Kenyan presidential contenders, Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, are headed for a tie in the Presidential election with a slight Kenyatta lead, needing a runoff to produce a possible Odinga victory, an opinion poll showed Friday. The … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Kenya, kenya election, kenyan elections 2013, Kenyatta, Musalia Mudavadi, Nairobi, Odinga, opinion poll, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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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 »
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Tagged indepthafricva, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Kenyan, kenyan election, kenyan election 2013, Kenyan presidential election, Kenyan presidential election 2013, Kenyatta, Moses Wetangula, Mwai Kibaki, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta
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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 »
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 »
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Tagged Francis Muthaura, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya, Odinga, Raila Odinga, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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In Kenya, Prime Minister Raila Odinga recently told supporters in the Nairobi slum of Kibera that he would order police to arrest gays. In Uganda and Malawi, debate is rising over the legality of homosexuality. Long seen as a fringe … read more »
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December 23, 2010 by benim
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said on Thursday he and his government opposed leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) process and that trials of post-election violence suspects will go ahead at The Hague. “It is said clearly that even if … read more »
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December 20, 2010 by benim
Uganda believed Kenya’s prime minister might back pro-opposition groups to undermine the government in revenge for its stance on Kenya’s disputed 2007 election, a leaked cable from the U.S. Kampala embassy showed. President Yoweri Museveni congratulated Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki … read more »
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November 30, 2010 by benim
Supporters and members of the gay and lesbian community in Kenya blasted the country’s prime minister Monday after he said anyone engaging in homosexual activity should be arrested. “The gay community is very scared as the Prime Minister’s statement will … read more »
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