Tag: Odinga
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Experienced Raila Odinga pushes for peaceful, prosperous Africa – By Ikeddy Isiguzo
FOR decades, hundreds of conferences have been held on the importance of breaking the barriers that national borders colonialists imposed provide against the development of Africa. They have all ended up as gas, mere words. One man – Raila Amolo Odinga, former Prime Minister of Kenya,
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Kenya charges opposition figure present at Odinga ‘swearing in’ with treason
Kenyan opposition politician was charged on Tuesday with treason and unlawful assembly for his involvement in the symbolic presidential “swearing in” of opposition leader Raila Odinga. The charge sheet presented by police to the court in Kajiado south of Nairobi said Miguna Miguna was being charged with “being present and consenting to the administration of…
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#KenyaDecides: ‘There won’t be peace for your government,’ Odinga tells Kenyatta
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday rejected outright the result of last week’s “sham” election, vowing to fight on after the protest-hit poll that handed President Uhuru Kenyatta a landslide win. “This election must not stand. If allowed to stand, it will make a complete mockery of elections,” he said in his first remarks…
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JUST IN: Don’t partake in tomorrow’s presidential re-run election, Odinga tells supporters
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga urged his supporters to boycott Thursday’s presidential re-run election, claiming it would not be free and fair. “What we do tomorrow: one, do not participate in any way in the sham election, two, convince your friends, neighbours and everyone else not to participate,” he told a crowd in Nairobi Wednesday.…
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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…
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No sex on eve of election, Kenya’s opposition leader, Odinga tells supporters
Kenya’s main opposition leader Raila Odinga has called on his supporters not to have sex on the eve of the elections on August 8. The National Super Alliance party candidate said on Monday in his local Dholuo dialect at a rally in Homa Bay in western Kenya that his supporters should only have intercourse after…