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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says it will declare final results of October 26th repeat presidential election without votes from Kisumu, Migori, Homa Bay and Siaya counties. Addressing a media briefing after a closed-door meeting at the National tallying centre, IEBC…

United States Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta and National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga to hold talks. Godec called on the two leaders to hold an “immediate, sustained and transparent national dialogue to resolve the ongoing political impasse." In a…

Police have been forced to fire teargas to a group of rowdy youth in Kawangware area, Nairobi, after they attacked an entourage of Education acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. The rowdy group temporarily blocked the CS from from exiting Gatina Primary school where he had gone to…

The National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga says that President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto have lost the mandate to speak on behalf of Kenyans. Speaking on Sunday evening during a tour to violence-hit Nairobi's Kawangware estate, the opposition leader said that the…

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have led the nation in mourning Bishop Cornelius Korir of the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret. Bishop Korir was pronounced dead this morning at his Eldoret home and his body was taken to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary. Known to be a…

Deputy President William Ruto says opposition chief Raila Odinga organized a 'militia' to scare away Kenyans from participating in the October 26th repeat presidential election. Speaking on Sunday in an interview with Al Jazeera, Ruto blamed Raila for the low voter turnout. He said that the…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati has defended the October 26th repeat presidential election, describing it as above-board. Speaking during a media briefing at the national tallying center located at the Bomas of Kenya on Sunday, Chebukati said the…

A lobby group dubbed Council of Professionals in Kenya (CPK) has defended the legitimacy of Uhuru's victory in the recently held repeat presidential election. In a statement on Sunday, the group rubbished claims by the Opposition that Uhuru would be illegitimately elected if he is announced as the…

Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed claims by National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga that there will be a fresh election in 90 days. Speaking on Sunday during an interview with Al Jazeera, Ruto said that there are no shortcuts to clinching power and that Kenya is a…

The National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga has dismissed claims by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto that he is ‘old’ and should hang his political boots. Addressing a rally in Kawangware, Nairobi on Sunday, Raila said he will retire once he removes the “corrupt…