Kibii Eliud
Foreign Affairs Writer and Subeditor at The Star (Kenya)
Foreign Affairs| Diplomacy| Climate| Social Justice| Byline @TheStarKenya @theelephantinfo, @TheAfricaReport @DiploBrief | CFAU Alumnus| @greensofa_betd fellow|
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1 week ago |
the-star.co.ke | Julius Otieno |Kibii Eliud
A controversial past looms over former powerful Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i’s presidential bid as the 2027 race for the country’s top seat takes shape. Controversies—including the deportation of lawyer Miguna Miguna, alleged involvement in the Sh1.5 billion Ruaraka land saga, and accusations of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances during his tenure—have resurfaced and threaten to overshadow his ambitions.
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the-star.co.ke | Julius Otieno |Kibii Eliud
President William Ruto and the uniting opposition are gearing up for a high-stakes showdown over key swing vote regions, while also securing their traditional strongholds as critical launchpads for the 2027 general election. In what is shaping up to be an epic contest of numbers, both sides are already engaged in strategic maneuvering to expand their political influence and outsmart one another—even with the general election still more than two years away.
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the-star.co.ke | Kibii Eliud
The implementation of South Sudan’s truce agreement has ground to a halt, the peace deal monitor has declared. The agreement, signed in 2018, is officially called the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan. In a report covering January-“During the quarter, armed conflict and violence erupted across the country, several high-ranking opposition members and Parliamentarians were detained and imprisoned,” the report said.
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the-star.co.ke | Kibii Eliud
President William Ruto is on the spot for hiring a ballooning team of advisers despite promising to reduce them by half last year after Gen Z protests called out waste in government. The latest to join the team is Prof Makau Mutua, who was on Wednesday appointed senior adviser on constitutional affairs in the Office of the President.
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the-star.co.ke | Kibii Eliud
President William Ruto is facing multi-pronged hurdles to secure a second term at State House as the opposition relentlessly plots his downfall. Opposition bigwigs are uniting and have vowed to pull another ‘2002 moment’, in which the Narc unity ended Daniel Moi’s autocratic 24-year rule. With the entry of former CSs Fred Matiang’i, Mithika Linturi and Justin Muturi into the fold, the team is aiming to confine Ruto to a one-term presidency, a feat the head of state said will not be easy.
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Senator Edwin Sifuna: ODM is not in government and therefore, its secretary general cannot be in government https://t.co/i2aBL7rcbk
