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President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

29Feb

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Africa

President Suluhu has accepted to support my AU bid – Raila

Azimio leader Raila Odinga on Thursday revealed that Tanzanian President Suluhu Hassan has accepted to support his African Union job bid. There have been speculations that Tanzania could front former president Jakaya Kikwete to face Raila in the elections for the AU Commission chairperson elections. Speaking in Marani in Kisii, Raila said Suluhu had accepted to back his bid for the top continental job and that he is ready to lock the East African Community bloc. The opposition leader said that next week he will be travelling to Kigali to seek the support of Rwandan President Paul Kagame in his bid to consolidate the EAC. "Next week, I will be meeting Kagame to ask for his vote. Mam Suluhu has already said she is ready to vote for me,'' Raila said. However, Suluhu has ye...

Teargas As Police Engage Protesters In Running Battles

20Mar

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Teargas As Police Engage Protesters In Running Battles

There is a standoff between police officers and protesters in the Nairobi CBD as demonstrations called by Azimio la Umoja kicked off. Police have been engaged in running battles as they lob teargas to disperse protesters across the city. At around 10.00 am, a delegation of Azimio MPs led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna stormed the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC). The senator and the protesters scampered as teargas was lobbed, with those who had started gathering outside KICC also taking cover. A similar situation has been witnessed in Kibra Constituency, where protesters barricaded roads and hurled stones at police officers who had been deployed there. Kibra is one of the strongholds of Azimio leader Raila Odinga. Armoured police vehicles and...

Song And Dance As Raila Odinga Votes In Kibra

9Aug

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Song And Dance As Raila Odinga Votes In Kibra

Raila Odinga, the Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya presidential flagbearer, has cast his vote at Old Kibra Primary School in Kibra constituency. While making his entry to the polling station, Raila was surrounded with a mammoth of crowd, who blew vuvuzelas and whistles as his motorcade made entry to the premise. The ODM boss walked into the polling station at around 10:30 am alongside his wife Mama Ida Odinga and part of his security team. Polling clerks and officials guided him throughout the voting process and left immediately. His wife Ida voted in a different stream but in the same polling station.

16May

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Politics

Raila to name running mate today

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga is set to unveil his running mate today. Speaking at the Kamukunji grounds on Sunday, the former Prime Minister said he will name the person that will deputise him in the August 9 General Election at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) from 11 am. "Nimeangalia hali ya anga na nataka kuwaambia kwamba kesho saa tano kule KICC nitatangaza," Raila said. This loosely translates to, "I have read the mood and I want to tell you that tomorrow at KICC, at 11 am I will announce." The pressure was mounting on the ODM leader to name his running mate from the speakers who were present at the Kamukunji rally. Raila was expected to announce his running mate at the Kamukunji rally but communication f...

Raila Odinga Pledges to Free All Petty Offenders

16Apr

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Raila Odinga Pledges to Free All Petty Offenders

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya party presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga has pledged to free petty offenders should he clinch the country's top seat at the upcoming August polls. Odinga, speaking in a virtual rally on Friday, castigated the country’s judicial system for prioritizing the arrest of petty offenders instead of going after high-profile persons facing more serious crimes such as graft charges. The ODM party leader was referring to the case of one Alvin Linus Chivondo, a man who was sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing cooking oil at a local supermarket on Monday.

Raila visits Sabina Chege at Nairobi Hospital

23Feb

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Raila visits Sabina Chege at Nairobi Hospital

Azimio La Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga has visited Murang'a Woman Representative Sabina Chege at the Nairobi Hospital. The ODM party leader jetted back into the city on the evening of February 22, after an extensive tour of the Coastal region where he popularized his 2022 presidential bid. During the hospital visit, Mr Odinga was accompanied by MPs Kanini Kega (Kieni), Junet Mohamed (Suna East), Mishi Mboko (Likoni) and Gladys Wanga (Homa Bay County). The Murang'a Woman Rep was expected to appear before an IEBC Committee on Tuesday, Confirming the news, IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati added that Ms Chege has been at the hospital since February 16. "Counsel has produced a document addressed to whom it might concern. The letter indicates that Sabina Chege ...

19Feb

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Raila in Kilifi County on Campaign

Raila is expected to tour Ganze, Bemba, Kaloleni, Mariakani, and Rabai areas during his visit. • Raila is expected to sell his Azimio la Umoja message to area residents as he banks on their support during the August 9 polls. A composite image of Deputy President and UDA party leader William Ruto and Azimio la Umoja Movement leader Raila Odinga.Image: STAR ODM leader Raila Odinga will on Saturday take his campaigns to Kilifi county. During his visit of the coastal county, Raila is expected to sell his Azimio la Umoja message to area residents as he banks on their support during the August 9 polls. The former Prime Minister has great support from the county of Kilifi which he seeks to cement further as he makes his fifth stab at the country's top job.

14Feb

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Raila tours India

ODM leader Raila Odinga is in India to benchmark for the social protection programme he intends to roll out if he wins the August 9 general election. The ODM boss is campaigning on, among others, a promise to implement Sh6000 monthly stipend to poor households to cushion the families from poverty. The Star has established Raila is in India to study how the country’s social security system has managed is working. India is one of the countries with a robust social empowerment programme that has managed to keep its poor population under a safety plan. “Raila main mission here was to study India social security system particularly for the poor, widows and subsidy to farmers,” Raila’s spokesman Dennis Onyango said. During his India visit, Raila also held a meeting with&n...

Ruto resumes Nairobi tour with planned rallies in Raila strongholds

18Jan

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Ruto resumes Nairobi tour with planned rallies in Raila strongholds

Deputy President William Ruto resumes his tour of Nairobi county on Tuesday, with rallies planned across sub counties perceived to be ODM leader Raila Odinga’s strongholds. This will be the DP’s fourth day traversing the city county as he seeks support for his presidential bid, as well as popularising the United Democratic Alliance party. In his programme, Ruto is expected to make at least eight stops, in Lang’ata, Kibra, Westlands and also Dagoretti North and South constituencies. The campaign tour had been scheduled for Monday before it was cancelled as Ruto retreated for a re-strategising meeting. ODM leader Raila Odinga will on the other hand launch the enhanced continuous voter registration at the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC). He is also schedule...

Nairobi MCAs in bid to rename Mbagathi Way after Raila Odinga

20Sep

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Nairobi MCAs in bid to rename Mbagathi Way after Raila Odinga

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga could be the latest public figure to have a road in Nairobi named after him should county assembly members pass a motion backing the move sponsored by Minority Whip Peter Imwatok. The motion, whose notice was tabled last week and is set to be moved this week, wants Mbagathi Way renamed Raila Odinga Road, ostensibly in recognition of the former prime minister’s contribution to the growth of the country by championing good governance, democratic ideals and development of infrastructure. Mr Imwatok (Makongeni, ODM) noted that it was under the leadership of the former Lang’ata MP’s tenure as Roads and Public Works minister in 2005 that plans to rebuild Mbagathi Way were mooted. The second-term ward rep added that Mr Odinga h...