Mutua Kilonzo News Today

Underneath bland mainstream media coverage, social media and vernacular broadcast stations are stirring ethnic divisions, Hopes for credible and peaceful national elections in August are getting shakier. Hate speech and ethnic-baiting in local languages are back in force. Frustrated by official complacency, many Kenyans are alarmed; some fear a repeat of the epic post-election violence of 2008. But not so the government or many of the leading politicians. Neither have the mainstream press, civil...

Politician Who Replaced Their Dead Relatives Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo (left) and Kibra MP Imran Okoth. Twitter The history of relatives replacing their dead kin has seen many gain access to political power in Kenya. Kenya has for a while been accused of supporting dynasties in political circles. The claim has never sounded more true that when family members are elected to replace their deceased kin. From Kibra MP Imran Okoth to Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua, most by-elections have become p...