Tag Archives: Prime Minister Raila Odinga

The Raila Odinga touch is no more as Kenya looks forward to a new poli...

February 17, 2013 3 comments

Newstime Africa’s recent report that Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga, is to step down from politics, brought in a swift reaction from Odinga’s supporters and hired hands, with u...

Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Odinga to step down from politics a...

November 28, 2012 45 comments

Credible reports coming out of Nairobi are hinting that the country’s controversial Prime Minster, Raila Odinga, who has spent the most part of three decades aspiring to be Kenya’s leader...

Raila Odinga’s Communication Director Barrack Muluka quits ODM p...

October 14, 2012 2 comments

A press statement released early on Thursday by Raila’s ODM Chief Campaign Manager Eliud Owalo stated, “This is to let you know that Barrack Muluka has now relinquished his position as the National D...

The Return of Miguna Miguna!!! Is he ‘Peeling’ another book in the off...

August 19, 2012 4 comments

After jetting back from a tour in Canada in a bid to publicize his memoir ‘Peeling Back the Mask’, Miguna Miguna’s return is set to trigger political temperatures as he hits left, right and centre of...

Raila rally’s massive support for Prezzo in BBA

July 30, 2012 no comments

As intriguing as he may be, Kenya’s Prime Minister never seizes to amaze with almost each and every tweet that hits the social media via his twitter handle. His passion for supporting the youth must ...

Kenya’s Premier meets soccer legends Didier Drogba and Nicholas Anelka...

July 24, 2012 no comments

While spending his time in China, Kenya’s Prime Minister on Sunday managed to meet former Chelsea players Didier Drogba and his fellow teammate Nicholas Anelka. Raila who’s on a one week official vis...

Kenya’s Prime Minister applauds ongoing infrastructure projects as the...

July 20, 2012 no comments

This week saw the Prime Minister convene meetings and talks with Chinese leaders as he led a government delegation in consultations with Chinese officials of the China Communications and Construction...

“COME BABY COME!!!” Miguna Miguna tells his critics as he jets out for...

July 18, 2012 11 comments

The latest developing news from Kenya indicate that the former senior legal advisor to the Prime Minister Raila Odinga, left the country early today morning with his family for Norway and later sched...

Multi-party elections alone are not sufficient to save Africa from aut...

April 30, 2011 no comments

The Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, has said that multi-party elections alone are not enough to save Africa from authoritarian rule. He made the remarks as he urged Zimbabwe to pursue deeper ref...

Raila Odinga says Gbagbo should have taken teaching job offered by Pre...

April 12, 2011 no comments

NAIROBI, April 12, 2011 (AFP) – Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga said Tuesday that Ivory Coast’s Laurent Gbagbo had stubbornly refused mediation offers and should have accepted a job as...

Laurent Gbagbo offers to talk as military chiefs embark on invasion pl...

January 18, 2011 no comments

ABIDJAN, January 18, 2011 (AFP) – Laurent Gbagbo gave new assurances Tuesday that he is open to talks with his rival for the Ivory Coast presidency, while regional leaders mulled military inter...

Tension in Ivory Coast as four people are murdered

January 11, 2011 no comments

ABIDJAN (AFP) – Two police and two civilians were shot dead as Ivory Coast forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo moved into an Abidjan bastion of his presidential rival on Tuesday, dashing hopes for a...

Raila Odinga departs for the Ivory Coast with a final warning for dict...

January 2, 2011 no comments

The African Union has sent the Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, with a final message to the Ivory Coast dictator, Laurent Gbagbo, to step down or face the ultimate threat of legitimate forceful...

Six suspects to be named in ICC probe into post-elections violence in ...

December 14, 2010 no comments

ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo is about to name six suspects that were behind the post-elections violence that rocked Kenya in 2008. There is heightened tension amongst the different politic...

Cabinet shake-up in Kenya as William Ruto is sacked

October 22, 2010 2 comments

Kenya’s president Mwai Kibaki in an unusual but not surprising move has sacked Higher Education Minister, William Ruto. The decision to remove Ruto from the cabinet seems to have stemmed from the dis...

Succession talk has to wait – Kenya’s PM Odinga cautions

August 17, 2010 no comments

Prime Minister Raila Odinga has asked the political leadership in the country to stop the debate on 2012 succession to give the nation a chance to anchor the approved constitution. He told the leader...