Odinga escaped all attempts by his detractors to reduce him to an ethnic leader.
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Odinga’s political personality contributed to the modernisation of Kenya’s political economy.
Odinga was both a remarkable figure and an embodiment of Kenya’s political contradictions.
The harms of digital lending, such as over-indebtedness, are increasingly being documented by researchers and in Kenyan media.
Gachagua could make history as Kenya’s first deputy leader to be impeached.
President Ruto’s re-awakening of class identities has shifted the character of Kenya’s politics in ways even he could not have predicted.
The government and opposition have a duty to work towards creating a Kenya in which all citizens can live peacefully.
The Kenyan state has historically viewed forests in terms of production and economic development – not biodiversity and conservation.
You can count on Mama Ngina Kenyattta to defend the family name, in good times and bad.
There is a growing public wariness about the performance of the media, which are increasingly accused of being partisan.
Political protests in Kenya have become insular, sectarian, tribal and unashamedly personality driven.
Kenya’s electoral agency is tasked with enhancing and supporting constitutional democracy – any dysfunctions would have dire consequences.
With Uhuru Kenyatta leaving office to make way for a new leader, it was always going to be an eventful year for Kenya.
The East African Court of Justice has been a keen promoter of the rule of law, democracy and human rights.
The purpose of term limits is to minimise corruption and open the government to new ideas that could solve national problems.
Kenya’s election winner has fired the first shot in a war of attrition against legacy media.
Odinga’s legal petitions have entrenched the rule of law and and deepened democracy in Kenya.
The 2022 election proved that the country’s situation and its people have changed since the violence that marred past elections.
The relationship between the state and media soured just months into the Kenyatta regime.
The centrality of religion as a governing principle is cause for concern given the reversals of women’s rights seen globally.
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