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Kenya's William Ruto declared President-elect
2 years, 4 months ago

Kenya's William Ruto declared President-elect

The Hindu  

Kenya’s electoral commission chairman has declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of the close presidential election over five-time contender Raila Odinga, a triumph for the man who shook up politics by appealing to struggling Kenyans on economic terms and not on traditional ethnic ones. The sudden split in the commission came minutes after Odinga’s chief agent said they could …

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Kenya’s election rips open scars of inequality, corruption
2 years, 4 months ago

Kenya’s election rips open scars of inequality, corruption

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — In the shadow of a glossy, thousand-dollar campaign billboard, one of many across Kenya’s capital, street vendors struggle to make even 200 shillings a day and often pocket none. “But I’m a poor man, and maybe the way I talk is distant from the way it is.” Rising prices for food and fuel, exacerbated by Russia’s invasion …

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Fifty days to D-day: The men vying to become Kenya’s next president
2 years, 6 months ago

Fifty days to D-day: The men vying to become Kenya’s next president

Al Jazeera  

Nairobi, Kenya – On August 9, Kenyans head to the polls to elect their next president. The two main challengers remain opposition leader Raila Odinga, for whom Kenyatta has publicly declared his support, and William Ruto, the president’s deputy. Odinga, one of Kenya’s most popular politicians, is the patriarch of a dynasty that began with his father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, …

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Live TV debate exposes Democrats’ differences in Senate race
2 years, 8 months ago

Live TV debate exposes Democrats’ differences in Senate race

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The first live-televised prime-time debate between leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat exposed differences between the rivals Thursday, as they seized opportunities to attack each other. John Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor who has led polls and fundraising, took the brunt of the attacks from state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philadelphia …

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Kenya’s president names country’s first female chief justice
3 years, 7 months ago

Kenya’s president names country’s first female chief justice

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Court of Appeal Judge Martha Koome as the East African country’s first woman chief justice and head of the judiciary. I, Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defense Forces appoint Martha Karambu Koome to be the chief justice of the republic of Kenya,” Kenyatta’s announcement said. She replaces David …

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