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DP Ruto challenges Mudavadi, Wetangula to support Mariga in view of Luhya unity

Deputy President William Ruto and former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale at Mama Adelaide's requeim mass at Malinya grounds, Kakamega County. Photo/DPPS

October 10, 2019

Deputy president William Ruto has urged ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi and Ford Kenya leader Moses Wetangula to support Jubilee candidate McDonald Mariga in the Kibra by-election slated for November...

IEBC to avail Kibra voter register after ODM talks

IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati and ODM chairman John Mbadi speaking to the press after the meeting. Photo/Courtesy

by Samuel Nyongesa

October 9, 2019

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ODM leaders on Wednesday met IEBC officials to iron out issues raised against the electoral body ahead of the Kibra by election on November 7th. Speaking after the meeting, ODM...

Savula calls for peace in NASA after Mudavadi’s comments irked ODM

Lugari MP Ayub Savula addressing residents in his constituency

by Joseph Amunya

October 4, 2019

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Lugari MP Ayub Savula has called for a ceasefire between the warring factions in the spiritless NASA coalition over recent remarks that were made by the ANC party leader Musalia...

ODM hits out at Mudavadi after claims the handshake happened due to blackmail

Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi

by Samuel Nyongesa

October 3, 2019

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The ODM party has lashed out at ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi's after he said that the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was as...

Busia, Siaya Jubilee members oppose a proposed Constitutional amendment

by Leonard Acharry

September 19, 2019

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Members of the Jubilee Party from Busia and Siaya Counties have opposed proposed changes to the Constitution terming it a waste of time and resources. Addressing the media after holding...

Savula urges ODM to brace for competition in Kibra race; says ANC is not fighting them

Lugari MP Ayub Savula speaking at Itumbu primary school in his constituency

by Joseph Amunya

September 14, 2019

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Amani National Congress (ANC) deputy party leader Ayub Savula has asked ODM party to brace itself well and be ready for a tough battle a head of the November 7th Kibra...

Trans Nzoia rights activists give opinions on constitutional change during Katiba Institute forum

Katiba Institute director Prof. Yash Pal Ghai in Kitale

by Peter Nyongesa

September 12, 2019

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Rights activists in Trans Nzoia County have voiced their varyingopinions on the effectiveness of the 2010 Kenyan constitution in thewake of a raging national debate on constitutional changes. Some of...

Khalwale contrasts Mariga’s woes with Oburu Odinga, Kennedy Kalonzo appointments

Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale in a past event

by WestFM Staff

September 12, 2019

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Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale has controversially contrasted former footballer McDonald Mariga's woes after being barred from vying for the Kibra parliamentary seat with Oburu Odinga and Kennedy Kalonzo EALA...

Dan Wanyama dismisses Kimilili MP’s notion of being the Bungoma Jubilee leader

Webuye West MP Dan Wanyama (far left) Deputy President William Ruto (centre left) Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa (centre right) and Sirisia MP John Waluke (far right) in a past function

by Victoriah Sindani

September 9, 2019

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Divergent views are still coming up concerning the self announcement of Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa as the chairperson of Jubilee Party in Bungoma County. Speaking during a fundraising in Khalala...

By-elections are not proxy wars between political leaders, says Mudavadi

by Samuel Nyongesa

September 3, 2019

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ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi has urged Kenyans to avoid making by-elections proxy battles of political party leaders. This comes even after the ANC party gave a direct ticket to...