By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Standard
According to The Standard, President William Ruto has challenged former president Uhuru Kenyatta to canvass the views of sober Kenyans on the next election. The newspaper gives these voters a voice on abductions, fuel prices and rising taxes.
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12 NovSifuna leads Ruto in several regions ahead of 202712 NovRuto orders review of school funding in KenyaKenyan President William Ruto has asked his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta to seek the views of Kenyans he considers reliable ahead of the 2027 general election. Ruto made the criticism at a political rally in Kisii, in response to Kenyatta’s comments on public opinion.
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Kenyan President William Ruto is asking former vice-president Rigathi Gachagua to stop targeting young political leaders. He says his generation will leave the political stage in 2032, according to The Standard.
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Kenyan President William Ruto promises to dual the 482-kilometre Nairobi-Mombasa Highway within the next twelve months. The government says it wants to finance the project through innovative mechanisms, without new taxes or borrowing, according to Tuko.
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Former Kenyan chief justice David Maraga accuses President William Ruto of hypocrisy after the government’s change of position on Ebola quarantine centres. He recalls the June protests in Laikipia, where two young Kenyans died in police gunfire, according to Capital FM.
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Kenya’s Kalonzo Musyoka leads opposition, poll saysAccording to polling firm Swiss Poll International, published on Saturday, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has 28% of presidential preferences against 37% for President William Ruto. Among opposition candidates, he has 45%, well ahead of Senator Edwin Sifuna on 28%, according to the same poll, which says it is not a projected result.
Jeune Afrique says Djibouti remains removed from regional crisesRe-elected in April for a sixth term with nearly 98% of the vote, Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is relying on the country’s geography and diplomacy to keep it away from regional tensions. Despite Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, this strategy has enabled him to keep the country out of conflicts, according to Jeune Afrique.The week in Africa
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