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The country might be slowly forgetting the violent crackdown of protests by police that left scores maimed and others killed.
Veteran politician Raila Odinga’s ODM party is laying out strategies to avert any embarrassment in the upcoming by-elections across the country.
Kisumu City manager Abala Wanga confirmed told The Standard that the decision is part of the preparations to ensure that the exercise is seamless.
The planned public viewing of the body of the late ODM leader Raila Odinga in Kisumu has been moved from Moi Stadium to Jomo Kenyatta Stadium in Mamboleo.
The death of ODM leader Raila Odinga adds another dark chapter to the history of the Nyanza region, following the deaths of other prominent leaders in less than a year.
Raila’s backyard faces a new political reality, and ODM party’s ability to adapt will ultimately shape the destiny of his political legacy amid fires of sibling rivalries within the party.
For the last three days, the city has known no sleep. An endless session of mourning has been its constant rhythm, climaxing with today’s public viewing of Agwambo’s body.
It is the end. A very sad ending to a true-life story of organic love, unquestionable loyalty, and an outpouring of care to a political patriarch of millions of Nyanza residents.
On Sunday, as curtains came down on Raila Odinga's physical existence in the world, many hoped it had not closed the window of opportunity in the push for national unity.
The Odinga dynasty has been the constant feature in the Nyanza region’s political spine and a point of unity among the Luo community for several generations.
They are the group that won seats with minimal sweat after getting endorsements from Raila. In Nyanza, critics have always mocked them as 'osiem gi luth', which loosely infer to handpicked.
The bishop criticised what he called government theatrics to hoodwink Nyanza.
Winnie Odinga is eloquent, straight-talking and a student of her father’s school of politics.
The EAC has partnered with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa to develop a Regional Blue Economy Strategy.
ODM party leader Oburu Oginga has travelled to Dubai, his younger sister Ruth Odinga has confirmed.
The candidates themselves are merely actors in a much larger play directed by bigger political hands seeking survival—or intent on crippling rivals—long before 2027.
The report aims to address a wide range of challenges facing the basin, including the growing threat of water pollution.
Wanga claimed he was mistreated by the EACC and has been a subject of persistent harassment by the anti-graft agency.
Impeachment of governors is a noble role for MCAs provided for in the Constitution but it has since turned into an avenue of corruption, coercion and blatant misuse of tax payers money.
He has channelled billions into transport, housing and water infrastructure. This is matched by quiet but expansive voter registration and national ID mobilisation.
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