Tag: Odinga
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga enters race for AU presidency
Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has officially launched his election campaign to become chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission. Member states will elect Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat’s successor…
Third protest in ten days by supporters of Raila Odinga in Kenya
The opponent has called for marches twice a week against inflation and against the power he continues to accuse of having ” stolen the presidential election. Overall, however, the day…
Rising tensions between Ruto and Odinga, as opposition protest approaches
Tension is mounting on the Kenyan political scene. The main opponent called for a large demonstration on Monday to protest against the cost of living and – still – to…
opponent Odinga launches protest campaign against President Ruto
Raila Odinga begins a protest movement against the Kenyan government. The unsuccessful presidential candidate of August 2022 issued a 14-day ultimatum to the government of William Ruto. The opponent demanded…
Raila Odinga criticizes the Kenyan justice system
Raila Odinga spoke in public on Thursday, September 15, for the first time since the Supreme Court confirmed the results of the presidential election and therefore his defeat. Defeated in…
the Supreme Court has received the answers to the appeal filed by the Odinga camp
William Ruto was declared the winner by the chairman of the Electoral Commission but Raila Odinga’s camp says the election was marred by irregularities. He immediately rejected the results and…
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga challenges Kenya’s election result in Supreme Court – election ambiguities fueled unrest
Odinga also challenged the election result in 2017, when Kenya’s Supreme Court ordered new elections in the country. Even now, there were several ambiguities associated with the vote, and the…
Raila Odinga rejects William Ruto victory
Coalition candidate Azimio la Umoja (“Quest for Unity”) claims that the results giving his opponent William Ruto the winner are invalid. Presidential candidate Raila Odinga called it ” parody »…
last meeting of Raila Odinga in front of a jubilant crowd
The two presidential favorites in Kenya, Raila Odinga and William Ruto, held mega-meetings in Nairobi on Saturday, August 6, on the last day of the electoral campaign, before the August…
Raila Odinga calls for a “free and fair” presidential election to avoid violence
Three weeks before the presidential election in Kenya, one of the main candidates Raila Odinga spoke to the international press in Nairobi on Monday 18 July. Although supported by outgoing…