A 44-year-old senator, Edwin Sifuna, has emerged as a rising challenger to Kenya's President William Ruto ahead of next ...

Kenya has repeatedly used treason charges to frame dissent as a threat, from the June 2024 parliament storming to activist ...

Political parties have been urged to strengthen their internal processes, including nominations, to help guarantee credible elections in 2027.Office of the Registrar of Political Parties Registrar J.C ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political ...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki during a church service at Gaichanjiru Catholic Church in Kandara, Murang’a County, on August 9, 2026. [DPCS] Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged the Mt Kenya ...

A sustained campaign by environmentalists and resistance from local communities threaten Kenya’s plan to break ground on its first nuclear power plant next year. Does the government have the political ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s political word of the moment is “goonism,” frequently uttered by national leaders to convey annoyance at the gangs that intimidate those whose political activities they ...

For the first time in the region’s history, Mount Kenya, with more than six million voters, will not go into one voting basket with the people united behind a single presidential candidate when Kenya ...

Kenya has held a state funeral for revered opposition leader Raila Odinga, a day after security forces killed several people after opening fire to disperse crowds of mourners at a stadium hosting a ...

Has there ever been any serious academic study undertaken to demonstrate the devastating impacts of Kenyan politics on a politician's personal finances?If indeed it exists, I know nothing about it. I ...