The bitter political fallout in Kenya between President William Ruto and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has turned the Mt Kenya region into a new zone of violent opposition politics, a scenario ...

Kalonzo Musyoka, the leader of Wiper Party, has been a co-principal in the Raila Odinga-led Azimio la Umoja coalition since its inception in 2022 in the run up to the general election. After Raila’s ...

In June, a series of protests led by young people and others frustrated with regressive tax reforms and police brutality swept Kenya. Its Left Alliance played a role in organizing these protests, and ...

Though largely silent and rarely seen in public, former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s shadow looms large over Kenya’s political landscape, with signals that he could play a decisive role in shaping the ...

When Azimio MPs walked out of the chambers as then CS Treasury Njuguna Ndungu read the Budget Highlights for the 23/24 financial year on June 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] The recent move by ...

Raila Amolo Odinga, who died on 15 October 2025, aged 80, ran five times for the Kenyan presidency but didn’t win. Yet he became a statesman of enormous influence, whose political and humanitarian ...