Tag: kenyatta
-
Kenya’s Kenyatta advises Tinubu on what to do after Inauguration
Uhuru Kenyatta, Former President of Kenya, has urged Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, after his inauguration to use his office as a force to bond Nigerians together irrespective of tribe, religion and culture. Kenyatta made this known on Saturday while delivering a keynote address at the presidential inauguration lecture held ahead of Tinubu’s swearing-in on…
-
Kenya arrests youth service chief after theft of funds – media
Kenyan authorities have arrested the head of the National Youth Service as part of investigations into a 99-million dollars theft of funds, media said on Monday. In spite of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s pledges to stamp out graft when he was first elected in 2013, critics say he has been slow to pursue top officials.…
-
Kenyatta is Kenya’s President, U.S. tells Odinga
The U.S. Government declared that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was validly elected as the president of the country in accordance with Kenya’s constitution. The U.S. Department of State in a statement said it was gravely concerned by Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga’s self-“inauguration” on Tuesday as Kenya’s ‘People’s President’. The statement issued by Ms Heather…
-
#KenyaDecides: Kenyatta wins again, rakes in 98 percent of total vote
Kenya’s incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta won 98 percent of the vote in a repeated election in which an opposition boycott helped lower turnout to 39 percent, the electoral commission said on Monday. The announcement touched off small protests in a few opposition strongholds but also celebrations in pro-Kenyatta areas. Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga said…
-
Kenya re-run: Kenyatta blasts Odinga, says ‘We’ll go ahead with elections despite your withdrawal’
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday said a re-run of August’s nullified presidential election would go ahead as planned on Oct. 26 after opposition leader Raila Odinga said he was withdrawing from the race. “We have no problem going back to elections. “We are sure we will get more votes than the last time,” Kenyatta…
-
Private Letter To Kenyatta – Azu Ishiekwene
By Azu Ishiekwene, Mr. President, I can imagine your disappointment last week after the ruling of the Supreme Court declaring your election null and void. Four out of six justices nullified an election in which 10.6 million or 54 percent voted for you as their choice, each Justice assuming the equivalent or more of 2.6…
-
Video: Kenyatta accepts S’Court’s ruling, says ‘we’re ready for repeat election’
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said he is ready for a repeat election, insisting the supreme will of the Kenyan people will once again prevail. President Kenyatta restated that he will go back to the people and prove that he won fairly during the August 8 election where the will of the people was expressed. TheNewsGuru.com…
-
Kenyatta’s rival, Raila Odinga hails Supreme Court’s ‘historic’ decision overturning poll
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday hailed as historic a court decision nullifying an election won by President Uhuru Kenyatta and calling for a re-run. “This is a historic day for the people of Kenya and by extension for the people of the continent of Africa,” said Odinga, adding it was the first time…
-
Kenya2017: Osinbajo, Obasanjo congratulate Kenyatta on re-election
The Acting President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated President Uhuru Kenyatta on his re-election as President of the Republic of Kenya. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Kenyatta was declared the winner on Friday of with 54.27 percent of votes, beating his rival Raila Odinga who scored 44.74 percent. In a letter signed by the Acting President after…
-
BREAKING: Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta wins second term
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner Friday of a disputed election with 54.27 percent of votes, beating his rival Raila Odinga who scored 44.74 percent, the election commission announced. “Having fulfilled the requirement by law… I therefore wish to declare Uhuru Kenyatta… as president elect,” said polls commission chairman Wafula Chebukati, as cheers…