News Kenya Politics: How Kiamugumo nuptial may shape Mt Kenya politics
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Mumbi Waiguru and lawyer Kamotho Waiganjo during their wedding last week. [George Njunge, Standard] Last Saturday, the hushed verdant village of Kiamugumo in the pristine ...
News Kenya Politics: ‘Digital Democracy’ delivers a powerful read on politics and social media in Africa
How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya.” And readers, the book exceeded my expectations. We originally selected Nyabola’s book for this summer’s series because we knew it would offer ...
News Kenya Politics: Kenya: Odinga Means Well for Kenya, Says Mutua As the Two Meet
Opposition chief Raila Odinga and Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua have held talks amid increased political realignment since the March 2018 handshake between the ODM leader and President Uhuru Kenyatta.
News Kenya Politics: Kenya: Stop Politicising Syllabus, Says George Magoha
"We can come back to politics after we have discussed serious ... The chairperson of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development Sara Ruto defended the new curriculum as she announced an on ...
News Kenya Politics: A review of Kenya’s universities: what formed them, what’s wrong with them
I show that university policies were a product of political, economic and social forces in Kenya and the region. And I look at what needs to be done to improve the sector. I identified three major ...
News Kenya Politics: Mt Kenya leaders widen pre-2022 talks
“We are going into a period when Mt. Kenya will not present a candidate for the presidency. This has triggered the current scramble for its votes. Often, this sometimes leads to divisions and negative ...
News Kenya Politics: Kenya: Ruto 'Assassination' - Pressure Mounts On Uhuru to Dissolve Cabinet
Leaders from across the political divide are piling the pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve his Cabinet in the wake of a storm created by an alleged assassination plot against his deputy William Ruto.
News Kenya Politics: Kenya: Chirau Ali Mwakwere Poised to Replace Kivutha Kibwana At Wiper
Former Cabinet minister Chirau Ali Mwakwere is poised to replace Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana as the chairman of the Wiper Democratic Movement in party leadership changes to be unveiled this week.
News Kenya Politics: How Kenya’s National Prayer Breakfast came to be
Photo: Courtesy. And because of the political stability that had preceded the 2002 elections, the little Parliamentary Prayer Groups that held their prayer meetings at Boulevard Hotel and Muthaiga ...
News Kenya Politics: Kenya, Somaliland Seek to Strengthen Economic Ties
Last week Somaliland leaders met Kenya's top political leaders and business community to discuss ways of strengthening economic and political partnerships. Somaliland leaders, who met former Prime ...
News Kenya Politics: In a Painful Setback, Kenya’s High Court Upholds Antigay Laws
Even if those numbers have softened since then, the fact remains that Kenya’s political class espouses such views. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta ...
News Kenya Politics: Kenya: Ruto - I Will Quit Politics in 2022, If I Don't Get Jubilee Ticket
Deputy President William Ruto says he is ready to retire and go home with President Uhuru Kenyatta, if he does not secure the 2022 Jubilee presidential ticket. The DP spoke on Thursday during a ...
News Kenya Politics: Kenya gay sex ban upheld by High Court in Nairobi in disappointment for Africa's LGBT rights activists
Resistance to LGBT rights exists at the top of Kenya's politics; President Uhuru Kenyatta told CNN in an interview last year that the rights of such individuals were, "not of any major importance" in ...
News Kenya Politics: Kenyan court upholds laws criminalizing same sex relations
Resistance to gay rights exists at the top of Kenya's politics, however. Gay rights are "not of any major importance" in the country, President Uhuru Kenyatta told CNN in an interview last year. He ...
News Kenya Politics: Bishops from Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia call for disarmament of herders
This has spurred a demand for AK-47s and other small and light weapons, with the communities racing to arm themselves with a disastrous effect, said Bishop Dominic Kimengich of Lodwar, Kenya. [Want to ...
News Kenya Politics: Is Kenya’s reaction to dispute with Somalia over islands justified?
Is Kenya’s reaction to dispute with Somalia over islands justified? Somalia went to the dogs in the early 1990s because of bad politics. To date, there are no indications those bad politics will end ...
