Mwai Kibaki, the gentleman of Kenyan politics
He was the last of the 1963 MPs to leave the political arena, making him one of the longest serving MPs in Kenya’s history.
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He was the last of the 1963 MPs to leave the political arena, making him one of the longest serving MPs in Kenya’s history.
The recent party nomination of deputy president William Samoei Ruto as a presidential candidate sets the stage for a tight race in Kenya’s elections scheduled for early August. Ruto, 55, is leader of the United Democratic Alliance party, the newly formed and largest party in Kenya, under the Kwanza (Kenya First) coalition. His main rival is Raila Odinga, 77, who will run under the rival Azimio la Umoja (Unity Declaration) coalition.
Opinion polls, not all credible, have placed Ruto in pole position for the August elections - but the political ground could shift before then.
?High demand for office and commercial space is pushing estates in Nakuru out of the city centre.
Kenya African National Union (Kanu), the party that strode the country like a colossus, almost collapsed barely three years into existence.