‘David fighting Goliath’: Drama as Ruto wins Kenyan election
There was drama and disagreement in parts of the capital after Deputy President Ruto was declared president-elect.
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The anti-corruption watchdog recommended that 241 candidates be disqualified from running, but only five were.
The electoral commission had said that three employees of voting technology firm Smartmatic were arrested on Thursday.
The Parliamentary Budget Office has warned that campaign spending could lead to possible inflation in the country.
Instead of healing rifts, a 2018 truce between the president and his longtime rival opened up new faults.
Report says 130 TikTok videos push ‘widespread disinformation’ and ‘violent, ethnic discriminatory narratives’.
Gay people in Kenya say they would rather try risky alternatives than suffer humiliation at public hospitals.
The reforms would’ve been the biggest change to Kenya’s political system since it introduced a new constitution in 2010.
Odinga says he is committed to building ‘democratic and progressive Kenya’ as battle for Kenyatta’s successor heats up.
Kenya’s High Court last month ruled President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposed constitutional reforms were illegal.
The second republic Kenyans tried to create with the 2010 constitution looks much like what it was supposed to replace.
