The optimism of Kenya’s 2022 elections, once hailed for policy-driven campaigns, has collapsed into tribal politics reminiscent of the Moi era Rigathi Gachagua’s fallout with President William Ruto ...

A power struggle between Gachagua and Matiang’i is testing Kenya’s united opposition, as both men position themselves to challenge President Ruto in 2027.

The death of Raila Odinga on 15 October has left a void not just in Kenya’s opposition politics but in the country’s collective political memory. For more than four decades, Raila embodied defiance, ...

He was one of the most pivotal public figures in Kenya. He died this week after fighting against tribalism for decades. By Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey Gettleman was the Times’s East Africa bureau chief ...

The battle for Mt Kenya is about to fire up as Deputy President Kithure Kindiki declared he will push Rigathi Gachagua out Kindiki vowed that once the Kenya Kwanza political machinery is fully ...

Kenya's long-time opposition leader Raila Odinga was buried in a state funeral in the west of the country on Sunday after days of commemorations attended by tens of thousands. Odinga died aged 80 on ...

Kenya’s former Prime Minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Widely regarded as one of the country’s most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya’s ...