Tag Archive: Uhuru Kenyatta

COVID-19: Kenya Records First Case of Coronavirus Recovery

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday (25/03/2020) announced that the first patient diagnosed with coronavirus in Kenya has fully recovered. The patient was first diagnosed...

Matiang’i: Uhuru’s Middle Finger To The Constitution

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s recent elevation of Fred Matiang’i to “chief” of the Cabinet Secretaries has been widely interpreted as a swipe against his deputy,...

The Outlook for Kenyan Politics in 2019

For Kenyans, 2018 begun on a knife edge. The final months of 2017 had been dominated by a dispute over the annulled August presidential...

Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Crusade, Genuine Graft Purge or Political Duel?

For the first time in independent Kenya’s history, the country is seemingly tackling corruption in high places. Over the past few months, senior government...

‘The Handshake’ – Kenya’s Sweet and Sour Political Deal

On 9th March 2018, history was re-written in Kenya. President Uhuru Kenyatta and hiss arch nemesis former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition...

The Lies That Bind

The recent revelations about the role played by British spin doctors, Cambridge Analytica, in Uhuru Kenyatta’s campaigns during the last two elections in Kenya...

Innocent Victim? Not Exactly

The last few weeks have been rather trying for Kenyan media. The government’s criminal overreaction to the mock swearing in of Raila Odinga did...

Kenya’s Future Increasingly Looks Like Its Past

In early 1965, after just a year of independence, Kenya’s first President, Jomo Kenyatta suspected Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was planning a coup...

The 55-year Fight For Kenya

Two elections in two months has not settled Kenya’s political crisis. But the impasse is not really about who will sit in State House....

Could ICC Hand Uhuru Kenyatta a Second Term Victory?

Antone Steynberg – A senior ICC lawyer has been quoted saying that the ICC might consider re-opening cases against President Kenyatta and his Deputy,...

The “Independent Revolution” – Will it Save Kenya from Tribal Politics?

Politics in Kenya has from late 70s been a game of ethnic numbers. This game was perfected by the advent of multiparty democracy in...

Whom Should Kenyans Blame For The Faltering War On Corruption?

The resignation of Philip Kinisu as head of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission caps off yet another week during which corruption and the faltering...