Victor Abuso

Africa, Dar es Salaam

Journalist at The Africa Report

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Kenya: Governor Orengo reignites old rivalry with Raila over UDA-ODM political deal

2 days ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso |in Nairobi

Siaya Governor James Orengo has sparked a political storm in Kenya by openly criticising the power-sharing arrangement between President William Ruto and main opposition leader Raila Odinga, reigniting a long-standing rivalry within the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Orengo, a veteran politician and Raila’s ally once dubbed the “walking constitution” for his legal mastery, appears to be breaking ranks with his party.
Kenya MPs and governors fight over control of development funds

1 week ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

A fresh row between Kenya’s lawmakers and governors has deepened tensions over who should control KSh10bn ($77m) earmarked for road repairs in their jurisdictions. Members of Parliament, whose major role is to determine the allocation of national revenue between the levels of governments, have refused to pass the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill 2025 for governors to receive funding.
Israeli, German patients linked to Kenya’s underground kidney trade

1 week ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

The Kenyan government has launched a probe into a suspected illegal kidney transplant syndicate, implicating the privately owned Mediheal Hospital in Eldoret, amid growing concerns that foreign patients are receiving organs sourced from vulnerable local donors enticed by financial incentives. A government investigation has raised concerns about the potential organ trafficking activities at the facility, following recent revelations from a German television documentary.
Gold, guns, graft: Ruto’s ex-officials accuse him of grand corruption, war profiteering

1 week ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

A new row is shaking Kenya after two former top officials – ex-public service cabinet secretary Justin Muturi and former Vice President Rigathi Gachagua – accused President William Ruto of exploiting regional conflicts for personal gain, fostering ties to rebel groups in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo and allowing the government to profit from illicit gold deals.
Kenya: Showdown looms as Karua, Kalonzo reject IEBC selection process

2 weeks ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Martha Karua and Eugene Wamalwa have vowed to reject the nomination of Kenya’s new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson and six commissioners. The leaders are alleging political interference in the recruitment process. Get full access to The Africa Report
Kenya: Who’s running for chairperson of electoral commission?

1 month ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

Eleven candidates — three women and eight men — are vying for the position of chairperson of Kenya‘s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). Additionally, 105 candidates have been shortlisted for the six vacant commissioner slots. Kenya has lacked a functioning electoral agency since the contentious 2022 elections, which saw four commissioners resign over the presidential results.
Kenya: Ruto expands government, appoints more Raila allies to key positions

1 month ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed more political allies of opposition leader Raila Odinga to senior government positions, days after their parties – the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and the main opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) – formalised a political pact. According to Ruto, these changes aim to accelerate the implementation of his bottom-up economic transformation agenda.
Raila’s coup claims rock Kenya’s fragile political alliance

1 month ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

In a sensational claim published by Kenya’s Sunday Nation on 16 March, opposition leader Raila Odinga stated he intervened to save President William Ruto from an attempted military coup during the Gen Z anti-price-hike protests in June 2024. Raila asserted that an unnamed friend urgently asked him to help prevent the military from overthrowing Ruto’s government. He defended his decision to politically support Ruto, saying, “Once soldiers get out of the barracks, they never go back”.
Kenya: MP Nyoro stripped of leadership of powerful parliamentary committee

1 month ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

Kenyan MP Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu constituency), who led the powerful Budget and Appropriations Committee of the National Assembly for more than two years, was replaced on Wednesday by opposition lawmaker Sam Atandi. This political move solidifies the recently sealed political cooperation between President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party.
Kenya: Victory for Uhuru as court recognises allies as lawful leaders of former ruling Jubilee Party

1 month ago | theafricareport.com | Victor Abuso

Former ruling Jubilee Party is slowly finding its way back to the Kenyan political stage after allies of ex-president Uhuru Kenyatta won a court battle confirming them as the rightful leaders of the party. In its ruling in Nairobi, the Court of Appeal rejected a case filed by rebels within the party, led by lawmaker Kanini Kega, who sought to have the court overturn an earlier High Court ruling that upheld the leadership of Uhuru’s allies.