Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed more political allies of opposition leader Raila Odinga to senior government positions, days after their parties – the ruling United Democratic Alliance ...

A mastermind of Kenya’s power-shifting handshakes, Raila Odinga, 80, has spent more than two decades refining the art of political compromise. Although unsuccessful in five consecutive presidential ...

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President William Ruto (right) and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. [File, Standard] Political uncertainty is mounting ahead of Kenya's 2027 General Election, with concerns growing over the ...

Leaders from the Nyanza region have intensified their defence of the broad-based government arrangement, urging residents to embrace cooperation with President William Ruto's administration instead of ...

Nothing could more starkly capture the political and moral bankruptcy of Raila Odinga’s legacy than the massacre that unfolded at his funeral, carried out by the “broad-based” Kenyan government he ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was buried Sunday with full military honors as Kenya grapples with political ...

After Charles Were fatally shot in capital, opposition leaders call for swift and impartial investigation. A Kenyan ...

Thousands paid their respects at a stadium in Nairobi. President William Ruto said the spirit of Mr. Odinga, who died at 80, “lives within every Kenyan and every African.” By Matthew Mpoke Bigg ...

Kenyan President William Ruto is moving to integrate the Kenya African National Union (KANU) into his “broad-based” government aimed at stabilising his crisis-ridden regime. Ruto’s government, already ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns challenged one-party rule, rattled authorities and gave him outsized ...