Kenya News News Kenya » Politics: Kenya 2027: How Oburu Oginga’s health threatens Ruto’s strategy
Oburu Oginga succeeded his late brother, Raila Odinga, as leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party late last year. But frequent hospital visits and prolonged absences from the political ...
News Kenya » Politics: Kenya: Crackdown on foreign traders prompts xenophobia fears
Fears of xenophobia are rising in Kenya after President William Ruto ordered a crackdown on foreigners working as hawkers. The government insists however that legally documented foreign traders remain ...
News Kenya » Politics: Kenyan politicians trade accusations of ‘goonism’ as political violence rises ahead of 2027 election
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s political word of the moment is “goonism,” frequently uttered by national leaders to convey annoyance at the gangs that intimidate those whose political activities they ...
News Kenya » Politics: Kenya’s revered opposition leader Raila Odinga laid to rest
Kenyans have bid a final farewell to esteemed opposition leader Raila Odinga, days after several people were killed as mourners gathered to pay their respects in the capital Nairobi. Odinga, a ...
News Kenya » Politics: Atwoli to Gachagua: I undertsand Kenyan politics better than you
Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has hit back at former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, questioning his understanding of Kenya’s political history and ...
News Kenya » Politics: SULTAN: Kenya’s publicly funded political parties: Cash without conscience, power without purpose
In Kenya,we hand millions of taxpayers’ shillings every year to political partiesthrough the Political Parties Fund, yet we receive in return little more thanethnic mobilisation machines, personality ...
News Kenya » Politics: Kenya ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga buried as the country faces political uncertainty
A signature cowboy hat that former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga loved to wear lies on top of his coffin during his state funeral at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025 ...
News Kenya » Politics: Former Kenyan premier Raila Odinga, a key figure in African politics, dies at 80
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political ...
News Kenya » Politics: Guest Post: 'Plays About Kenya Are Hard To Come By': Actor Grace Saif On Activism, Politics And Representation in A FINE IDEA
Here in the UK, the Finance Bill 2024 Gen Z Protests in Kenya were a moment that came and passed by unnoticed. This is not surprising, as most people in the UK, and indeed most people in the world, ...
News Kenya » Politics: Kindiki urges Mt Kenya to reject divisive politics
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during a church service at Gaichanjiru Catholic Church in Kandara, Murang’a County, on August 9, 2026. [DPCS] Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged the Mt Kenya ...