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The Mwakenya and NRM were both left-leaning groups, [6] while the Kenyan government and the NRM were hostile towards each other. [6] [7] The Kenyan government confirmed that NRM officials allowed Mwakenya fighters to travel freely through Uganda, providing them with passports and other documents. In turn, Kenya armed and funded rebels in Uganda ...
Elections. Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party, popularly referred to as Azimio la Umoja (Swahili for "Resolution for Unity"), [2] or simply Azimio, is a Kenyan political alliance and party headed by Raila Odinga. It is composed of the Orange Democratic Movement, the Jubilee Party, NARC–Kenya, KANU, and other parties. [3]
Jeff Mwaura Koinange MBS (born 7 January 1966) is a Kenyan journalist and host of Jeff Koinange Live, a talk show on Citizen TV since February 2017. He was also a radio host, alongside Nick Odhiambo, on the breakfast show at HOT 96, the English-language station owned by Royal Media Services. He was a judge representing Kenya at the new East ...
The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June ...
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi CGH (/ ˈmoʊiː / MOH-ee; 2 September 1924 – 4 February 2020) [2] was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He is the country's longest-serving president to date. Moi previously served as the third vice president of Kenya from 1967 to 1978 under President Jomo Kenyatta ...
Mekatilili was born in the 1860s at Mutsara wa Tsatsu in Bamba, in present-day Kilifi County. She was an only daughter in a family of five children. One of her brothers, Mwarandu, was kidnapped by Arab slave traders and was never seen again. [2] At some point in her life, Mekatilili became married to Dyeka at Lango Baya.
The alliance was established to support the joint presidential election ticket of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto in the 2013 general elections. At the time of the election, its members were The National Alliance, the National Rainbow Coalition, the United Republican Party, and the Republican Congress. [1] [2] Machel Waikenda was the director ...
John Nzenze (1940 – 30 May 2020) [1] was a musician from Kenya. He had performed the twist dance style. [ 2 ] Some of his most popular songs were "Angelike" (released in 1961), [ 2 ] "Julieta Rudi Tuone" and "Habari za Nairobi (Nairobi twist)".