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Instead of healing rifts, a 2018 truce between the president and his longtime rival opened up new faults.

The alliance led by Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga will come down hard on corruption if it wins in August, his running mate Martha Karua said, but dismissed her nickname "Iron Lady" as a sexist trope directed at tough women leaders.

A lollipop dangling from his mouth and two silver chains from his neck, Valentine Ndalo threw his hands in the air and swung his dreadlocks as Octopizzo, one of Kenya's hottest artists, rapped about the celebrity high life.

Leo ni leo. Inawezekana (Today is the day. It is possible). These are the Kiswahili lyrics of Raila Odinga’s presidential campaign anthem. The 77-year-old veteran Kenyan politician has not lost optimism even though he’s contesting the election for the fifth time. He was in the race in 1997, 2007, 2013…

Media complacency has allowed for a thriving disinformation industry that threatens Kenya’s democratic discourse, says Kenyan journalist Odanga Madung

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Friday rethinking his political strategy after the country's top court stopped his move to make constitutional changes that opponents have branded a bid to increase his power.

Kenya's Supreme Court is scheduled on Thursday to rule on President Uhuru Kenyatta's bid to make sweeping constitutional changes, which critics have seized and turned into a top issue for a presidential election this August.

The trial of Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru began in mid February 2022 at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The charges against him relate to witness tampering in connection with the failed ICC case against Kenya’s then-presidential candidate William Ruto and broadcaster Joseph Sang.

Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto is due to be nominated on Tuesday by his new party to stand for the presidency in an August election after his public split with President Uhuru Kenyatta who is backing another candidate.