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3 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga |Justus Ochieng'
Opposition leaders have retained the services of a consulting firm to help them select the best candidate, who they hope will end President William Ruto’s rule in the first round of voting in 2027. The team has six months to deliver a preliminary report, meaning that by December, they will have a clear idea of the strongest ticket.
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4 weeks ago | 
taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Justus Wanga
Habari Presha kwa Mbadi akijiandaa kusoma bajeti Na JUSTUS WANGA May 31st, 2025 Kusoma ni dakika: 2 WAZIRI wa Fedha John Mbadi anakabiliwa na changamoto ya kipekee anapojiandaa kuwasilisha bajeti yake ya kwanza tangu kuteuliwa kwake wakati uchumi wa nchi ungali unazongwa na mzigo mzito wa madeni. Baada ya majuma mawili, Mbunge huyo wa zamani wa Suba Kusini atawasili bunge bajeti ambayo itaamua mkondo wa kiuchumi wa wa taifa hili.
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4 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga
Treasury Cabinet Secretary, John Mbadi, faces an unprecedented challenge as he prepares to deliver his first budget in a debt-strained economy still reeling from last year’s anti-Finance Bill protests. In a fortnight, Mr Mbadi will step into Parliament to deliver a budget that could define Kenya’s economic trajectory—and his own political future. It will either make him President William Ruto’s Mr Fix it or break him.
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1 month ago | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga
As a deepening crisis of public divisions tears at the heart of Raila Odinga’s famed political juggernaut, the risk of Kenya’s most storied opposition party imploding and leaving the veteran politician with depressed support ahead of 2027 is no longer a far-removed reality. Analysts say the schism within Mr Odinga’s camp reflects a fundamental tension between political survival and ideological purity in the broad-based government arrangement with President William Ruto.
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1 month ago | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga |Collins Omulo
Tax experts have hailed the Finance Bill 2025 as a much-needed “clean-up” of the country's tax laws, although they warn that some proposals could have far-reaching implications for businesses and ordinary Kenyans. At the same time, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has defended the government’s approach, arguing that bold reforms are necessary to ensure fairness, boost compliance, and put the country’s finances on a sustainable path.
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2 months ago | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga
Sanctioned by the West, welcomed in Niamey, the seat of power in Niger, Kamlesh Pattni – seen by some as the master of deceit with unmatched survival instincts – raises eyebrows whenever his name is mentioned in Kenya and Zimbabwe.
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2 months ago | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga
Whether it's a conspiracy by the troika of fabled Greco-Roman destinies or not, President William Ruto's first term in office mirrors that of the man in whose cabinet he served, Stanley Emilio Mwai Kibaki. The unfolding events signal the country could be trapped in a time warp, with most political developments drawing a parallel to the mood in 2005 leading up to the divisive 2007 General Election that witnessed widespread violence in the aftermath.
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Mar 22, 2025 | 
taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Justus Wanga
WAZIRI Mkuu wa zamani, Raila Odinga, amethibitisha dhamira yake ya kushirikiana kisiasa na Rais William Ruto katika barua mpya ambayo inaashiria mabadiliko makubwa katika siasa za Kenya. Barua hiyo aliyoandika Machi 3 – ambayo Taifa Leo iliipata jana – inaeleza kwa kina juhudi za kipekee ambazo Rais na serikali yake walifanya katika jaribio la kumwezesha Odinga kupata uenyekiti wa Tume ya Umoja wa Afrika (AUC), ambao alishindwa na Mahmoud Ali Youssouf wa Djibouti mnamo Februari 15.
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Mar 22, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has reaffirmed his commitment to a political partnership with President William Ruto in a new letter that marks a seismic shift in Kenya’s fractured political landscape. The March 3 letter – obtained by the Sunday Nation - details the extraordinary lengths the President and his government went to in a failed bid to secure the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship for Odinga, who lost to Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on February 15.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Justus Wanga
In Kenya, the political stage is a persistently dizzying carousel of intrigue and upheaval, where power shifts faster than the winds flow over the Rift Valley. Imagine leaving the country six months ago in early October last year and returning to find a new Deputy President, Kithure Kindiki, in office without a presidential election, and President William Ruto calling his once-bitter rival Raila Odinga “my brother and prime minister”—a title dripping with both reverence and audacity.
