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NASA leader Raila Odinga yesterday told off his Jubilee critics for their persistent calls for his retirement from politics, saying he will do so on his own time and terms. Addressing a a public rally in Nairobi's Kawangware estate, where he visited to calm NASA supporters after two days of running
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Nasa leader Raila Odinga has now asked his supporters not to take to the streets on Thursday during the repeat presidential election and stay away from polling stations. "We have not told people to demonstrate on the polling day. We have not said that at all,” Mr Odinga said on Tuesday
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For many months now, I have questioned my role as a commissioner at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. But I have soldiered on hoping that we could collectively find a way of addressing the crisis our country faces today. I have agonised over the decision to leave my committed IEBC
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IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe has resigned from the poll agency. Dr Akombe sent the statement from New York, where she was based, working for the UN, before she took the job at the electoral commission. In the statement, Dr Akombe said the repeat election as planned cannot meet the basic expectations of
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By squarely blaming the electoral commission and its chairman for the failure of the presidential election, the Supreme Court has put the country on a collision course towards a constitutional crisis. The decision to annul the ballot - unprecedented in Africa - was welcomed by many observers as a triumph of
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The National Super Alliance (NASA) on Friday set the battleground at the Supreme Court in a petition that seeks to annul President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election. IEBC declared Uhuru the winner on August 11 with a 54 per cent against Raila's 44 per cent, hence avoiding a runoff. But Raila Odinga, in the
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Kenyan President and Jubilee Party candidate Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared winner of the 2017 Kenya Presidential elections beating, National Super Alliance (NASA) Presidential Candidate Raila Odinga. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declared Ihuru Kenyatta winner with 54.3% of the total votes cast, while his rival Raila Odinga got 44.7%. This
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Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o’s father, Prof. Anyanga Nyong’o has been elected Governor for Kisumu County in Kenya. Prof. Anyanga Nyong’o who ran under the National Super Alliance (NASA) defeated his rivals Jackton Ramguma and Christine Otieno to win the seat. He garnered 252, 490 represent 63% of the total votes. Jackton Ramguma got
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Heavy investment in electronic results transmission system has shown the first signs of bearing fruit after the presidential results started trickling in 30 minutes after voting ended. The live figures running on the electoral commission's results portal is giving Uhuru Kenyatta of Jubilee a slight edge over his fierce challenger Raila
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A heavily pregnant Paulina Chemanang was feeling fine as she left to vote early at a polling station in remote West Pokot country, she told local radio Capital FM. “I had no labour pains, and they just came as soon as I arrived here. I was not feeling anything since yesterday,”
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