Tag: Uhuru Kenyatta

William Ruto Sworn In As Kenya’s Fifth President

Ganiyu Amodu

Odinga’s reaction + what Kenyatta, Others said at the inauguration of Ruto who “retired” Raila   William Ruto has taken the oath of office and was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president on Tuesday. This came in a week after the Supreme Court rejected a challenge by his main political opponent, Raila Odinga. Odinga faults Supreme Court ruling in Ruto’s favour, says ‘doesn’t end our movement’ The election that installed Ruto as Kenya’s president was appealed by Odinga but the country’s apex court upheld the result announced by the Independent…

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Roles Money, Social Media Played In Kenya Election

Ganiyu Amodu

Social media, bribery, thuggery, violence, votes buying and rigging allegations; Kenyan Journalist, Kurian Musa, who sheds lights on these during the Platforms Africa e-Discourse, opens up on lessons Nigeria and Ghana can learn from the election won by William Ruto and lost by Raila Odinga and Kenyatta coalition   So far so good. Looks like the Kenyan Election has landed softly on a sofa. There was no buga. What is your assessment? Here in Nairobi, unlike other elections, there is a lot of peace, vote tallying goes on longer than…

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William Ruto and Kenya Election, by Reuben Abati

Reuben Abati

How the Kenyatta and Odinga coalition was clearly humbled and humiliated + a particularly interesting tale of Prof. George Wajackoyah, candidate of the Roots Party of Kenya, whose social media sensation and populism fetched him less than 1 % of the total votes despite social media unorthodox campaign targeted at young voters   We are here this evening to witness this momentous occasion as the people of Kenya restate what is in article one of the constitution of Kenya that all sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya…I want…

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Kenyan school pupils to repeat classes as nation embargoes resumption until 2021

Aoko Benjamin

  All Kenyan primary and secondary  schools will remain shut until January 2021 The country’s education ministry, which declares this, noted that it would explore how to make online learning accessible to all students All schools in Kenya will remain closed until next January because of the coronavirus pandemic, the ministry said. Final year exams, usually taken in October and November, have also been cancelled. Education Minister George Magoha said students would repeat a year as schools had closed in mid-March, three months after the school calendar had begun. But…

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