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Politics of Kenya. General elections were held in Kenya on Tuesday, 9 August 2022. Voters elected the president, governors, senators, members of the National Assembly, and members of county assemblies. This was the third general election and the fourth presidential one since the promulgation of the 2010 constitution.
The politics of Kenya take place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system in accordance with a new constitution passed in 2010. Executive power is exercised by the executive branch of government, headed by the President ...
Kenya Kwanza ( Swahili: "Kenya First") [2] [3] is a Kenyan political alliance currently headed by William Ruto. The political coalition currently holds a majority in both the National Assembly [4] [5] and Senate of Kenya. [6] [7] It was formed in the period leading up to the 2022 Kenyan general election, originally consisting of three parties ...
In the months leading up to Kenya's deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted political advisers, security officials and foreign leaders about the high-profile ...
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) emerged as the largest party, winning 19 seats and taking 67.5% of the vote. The electoral system was changed again prior to the 1963 elections, with the creation of a 129-seat House of Representatives and a 38-seat Senate. KANU won a majority in the House of Representatives and the most seats in the ...
Rigathi Gachagua. Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua (born 28 February 1965) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as Deputy President of Kenya since 2022. He previously served as the Member of Parliament for Mathira Constituency [1] between 2017 and 2022 as a member of the Jubilee Party. In the 2022 election, William Ruto selected Gachagua as his ...
Jubilee Party of Kenya. The Jubilee Party of Kenya is a major political party in Kenya. It was the country's ruling party from 2016 to 13 September 2022. The party was founded on 8 September 2016, following the merger of 11 smaller parties. During the 2017 election, the Jubilee Party secured a plurality of seats in Parliament and the party ...
Website. Official Twitter. Edwin Watenya Sifuna, born 22 May 1982, is a Kenyan politician and the current Senator of Nairobi County after being elected [2] in the 2022 Kenyan general election. He is the Secretary-General of the ODM Party and the deputy minority whip in the Senate of Kenya. [3]