Tag: William Ruto

Ruto and Falana: Brother for enslavement and brother for liberation. By Owei Lakemfa

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His Excellency William Ruto, Kenya’s newly minted President, prides himself as the Hustler-in-Chief of the country. He says he is from the “Hustler Nation” – the informal economy where he used to sell chickens for survival.   However, having a dog-eat-dog street ideology as he claims, does not preclude a sense of basic human decency. It is indecent and completely un-African for a man to invite a brother to a ceremony with the latter traveling 6,090 kilometres to rejoice with him, only for the celebrant to announce to the world…

Kenya Decides: Raila Odinga vows to challenge ‘flawed’ election result in court

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Raila Odinga, the candidate who was declared the first runner-up in the Kenya presidential election, has rejected the result and has vowed to challenge it in court.   Mr Odinga accused Wafula Chebukati, the chairperson of the Kenyan electoral commission, IBEDC, of dictatorship in the announcement of the result.   PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr Chebukati, on Monday, declared William Ruto, the current vice president, as the winner of the election.   Mr Chebukati said Mr Ruto polled 50.49 per cent of the votes cast while Mr Odinga polled 48.85…