John Ndiso | SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 | The Christian Science Monitor Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who successfully rallied to nullify last month's presidential election, has refused a newly proposed voting date unless six election board officials are removed. NAIROBI—Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga said on Tuesday his coalition would not participate in the … [Read more...]
Ruto: My support for Raila sent me to ICC
By NELCON ODHIAMBO, SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2015, The Nation (Kenya) Deputy President William Ruto on Sunday said his support for ODM leader Raila Odinga during the 2007 elections led to his trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court. Addressing a church service at Bondo Anglican Church in Mr Odinga’s political bedrock, Mr Ruto also declared that … [Read more...]
Kenya: ODM hits at Uhuru, Ruto over massacre
By WYCLIFF KIPSANG, THURSDAY 7 MAY 2015, Daily Nation (Kenya) The opposition ODM party Thursday accused President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy of “dancing on the graves of Kenyans”, and accused the government of failing to guarantee the security of Kenyans. Speaking just three days after 56 people were killed by bandits in Nadome, a remote area on the boundary of Turkana … [Read more...]
Kenya: Assaulted journalists file complaint
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2015, The Daily Nation (Kenya) The journalists and Tana River County staff who were attacked and injured by General Service Unit officers have recorded statements with police. Mr Nehemiah Okwembah of NTV, Citizen TV’s Reuben Ogachi, county information officer Ali Wario and driver Abdi Elema filed complaints at the Malindi Police Station on … [Read more...]
Kenya: Uhuru cancels US trip after drama in the air
By Bernard Namunane, Aggrey Mutambo and Samwel Born Maina, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2015, The Daily Nation (Kenya) President Kenyatta’s trip to the United States was cancelled last evening hours after his plane turned back to Nairobi on Thursday night following heavy fighting in Yemen. The jet, which is operated by the Kenya Air Force, had left Nairobi around 8pm destined for … [Read more...]
AUTHORITARIAN CONTAGION IN AFRICA
Robert Herman: The recent pressure on civil society and independent media in Kenya is not only a significant threat to democracy in a geopolitically important country, but also the predictable outcome of the international community’s failure to punish earlier, comparable state-driven repression in Ethiopia, another African nation that is viewed in Western capitals as a … [Read more...]