William Ruto was sworn in as the fifth president of independent Kenya on Tuesday. Among the guests was his friend Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda, whose immense convoy of vehicles included his own personal armored mobile toilet.
Kenya’s long, slow presidential election concluded on Monday, with anti-China candidate William Ruto declared the winner by 50.5 percent to 49 percent against Raila Odinga, chosen candidate of outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Early vote tallies in Kenya on Wednesday appeared to show a small lead for current Deputy President William Ruto, an outspoken critic of China’s growing influence in the country.
Contents: Kenya’s bitter rivals, Kenyatta and Odinga, become ‘brothers’ as Tillerson arrives; The Donald Trump – Kim Jong-un meeting hinges on a decision that Kim has already made
Three Kenyan television stations remain off the air for defying government warnings not to cover the mock inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga last Tuesday, in defiance of a court order issued on Thursday.
Contents: Kenya cracks down on political opposition after mock inauguration; Fears grow of repeat of 2008 post-election violence
The messy state of Kenyan electoral politics took another turn for the worse on Tuesday as opposition leader Raila Odinga declared himself “The People’s President” and held a mock inauguration ceremony in a Nairobi park.
Contents: Severe drought in Kenya increases violence among herders, farmers and police; Tensions rise between Kenya and Tanzania over chicks and cattle
Contents: Russia’s ‘telephone terror’ forces evacuation of over 200,000 people; Kenya’s government in chaos as it faces a new election delay
Contents: Kenya’s Supreme Court issues ‘historic’ ruling, overturning presidential election; John Kerry and other election observers come under harsh criticism
Contents: Kenya’s election commission announces that Uhuru Kenyatta is reelected president; Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga promises to ‘remove’ the Uhuru Kenyatta government
Contents: Torture and murder of election official raise fears of violence in Kenya; Widespread fears in Kenya of a repeat of the 2008 tribal violence
Contents: Kenya’s herders attack well-known conservationist, stoking tribal tensions; Battle between Kenya’s farmers and herders morphs into tribal conflict
Contents: Kenya protests take an increasingly dangerous turn; Malawi’s albinos ‘face extinction’ as they’re killed and sold for body parts; Colorado health insurance in crisis as Obamacare continues to collapse
Contents: Increasing violence in Kenya revives fears of tribal war; Generational history of tribal violence in Kenya; Kenya facing fierce criticism over closing the world’s largest refugee camp
