President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has been declared winner of the August 8 presidential election, but opposition candidate Raila Odinga remained adamant that the results are fraudulent and rejected the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announcement late Friday. Kenyatta was declared president-elect with 8,203,290 votes, or 54.27 percent of…
Kenyan opposition candidate Raila Odinga on Thursday again challenged the reported results of the country’s presidential election and demanded that Kenya’s election commission declare him the winner. Odinga, speaking at a news conference on behalf of his Nasa coalition, said real results show him with more than 8 million votes…
Election results coming in from Kenya’s Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) showed President Uhuru Kenyatta ahead in the tally with 54.6 percent of the vote compared with main challenger Ralia Odinga’s 44.5 percent. Those figures were reported early Wednesday with just under 90 percent of the vote counted. Kenyatta…
Kenyans arrived early at the polls overnight, waiting in lines in the dark to cast their vote in today’s national general election. Polling places officially opened at 6 a.m. Incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for calm and unity in a televised statement on Monday night, urging voters to participate while…
In Kenya, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) issued a warning Friday against electoral violence ahead of the country’s August 8 elections. “The Commission strongly condemns the incidents of violent interference with presidential campaigns in Kisumu, Kabarnet and Thika,” the statement said. The IEBC said it was sending teams…
Western diplomats in Kenya issued a joint statement on Thursday urging the nation’s leaders to move forward in this year’s election process in a fair and transparent manner. The statement followed a three-day National Election Conference this week in Nairobi, geared toward ensuring a peaceful election process on August 8….
An independent audit of Kenya’s voter registration rolls shows a number of discrepancies, including 2.9 million voters with some type of inaccuracy in their records, with the recommendation that thousands of names of now-deceased persons need to be removed by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) of Kenya. Comprehensive…
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is now under new leadership, with the arrival this week of Lieutenant General Frank Mushyo Kamanzi of Rwanda. Kamanzi will lead a force of 17,000 military personnel from 55 different countries, UNMISS said in a statement. The new commander has nearly 30…
The controversy over Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s trip to the United States and high-level meetings with American officials elicited a response Monday from Vanguard Africa, the nonprofit organization that facilitated the meetings. Odinga, the candidate of the National Super Alliance coalition (Nasa) and a former prime minister who is…
President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in China to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) in Beijing, which runs through May 15. The Government of Kenya announced in April that it was one of more than 100 participating nations, with the heads of state of at least…
President Uhuru Kenyatta and the Jubilee party in Kenya have hired British data firm Cambridge Analytica to boost their candidates’ chance of success, according to The Star. The firm – with teams of data scientists, campaign strategists, researchers, and content and digital marketing pros – uses the power of big…
President Uhuru Kenyatta is pressing his re-election bid in Kenya, but not without disturbing controversy as he blamed the opposition on Wednesday for the electoral violence that scarred the nation a decade ago. Kenyatta, campaigning in the Kisii region, appealed to voters to choose Jubilee in August and shun the…
Kenya has warned that doctors on strike who do not return to work by Monday will be fired and replaced. Council of Governors Chairman Peter Munya issued the ultimatum on Wednesday, even as 12 doctors at the Kenyatta National Hospital were dismissed for refusing to resume work, The Standard reports….
Kenyans have until the end of the day on Thursday to register to vote and be eligible to participate in the August 8 election, after a decision by the country’s High Court extended a registration deadline until a legal challenge is reviewed. Those registrations were to have closed on Tuesday. The…
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday ended his official visit to India with a business forum in New Delhi, where he chaired a meeting with Indian business leaders focused on investment in Kenya. Kenyatta urged Indian firms to establish operations in Kenya, which can serve as a “launch pad” to access…