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Gakuu Mathenge

Jayne Kihara: Uhuru will be disappointed

That the soft-spoken MP for Naivasha fired the first salvo against Uhuru is loaded with significance. Kihara wants the Uhuru to come clean on his role in the ongoing Azimio mass protests.

By Gakuu Mathenge 1 year ago

Jayne Kihara: Uhuru will be disappointed

Raila Odinga team's demos an acid test for Ruto

Raila Odinga team's demos an acid test for Ruto

By Gakuu Mathenge 1 year ago

Julius Karangi now deployed to boost vote listing

Julius Karangi now deployed to boost vote listing

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Mt Kenya billionaires pool resources in hunt for voters

Mt Kenya billionaires pool resources in hunt for voters

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Opinion: Mt Kenya billionaires pool resources in hunt for numbers

The campaign, headed by a retired District Commissioner, operates separately from the party secretariat. So critical is the drive that the party suspended membership recruitment last week to mobilise supporters.

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Opinion: Mt Kenya billionaires pool resources in hunt for numbers

Small parties in ingenious plan to beat the big boys

Keen to reap big from an acrimonious fallout in the big parties, small political outfits are now selling membership and nomination certificates to aggrieved politicians.

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Small parties in ingenious plan to beat the big boys

Voter transfer as Jubilee plots to turn tables in battle for Nairobi

Jubilee Party’s scramble for Nairobi governor’s seat has triggered a massive voter importation into the city to the tune of 166,000 voters by Tuesday this week.

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Voter transfer as Jubilee plots to turn tables in battle for Nairobi

Go slow on TJRC talk in campaigns, elders urge politicians

The Kikuyu Council of Elders has called on politicians to go slow on agitation for implementation of the controversial Truth, Justice and Reconciliation (TJRC) report.

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Go slow on TJRC talk in campaigns, elders urge politicians

Cracks in Jubilee as elders caution against joint UhuRuto vote hunt

The feeling within the elected leaders from Central who spoke to The Standard on Sunday is that the DP’s overly aggressive campaigns may have cost him votes in his Rift Valley backyard.

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Cracks in Jubilee as elders caution against joint UhuRuto vote hunt

Martha Karua opens up on presidential hug that jolted race for power in Central

Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua has spoken for the first time about her public display of warmth and exchange of pleasantries with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

By Gakuu Mathenge 7 years ago

Martha Karua opens up on presidential hug that jolted race for power in Central

Change in strategy as Jubilee drops push for one party

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto will endorse the formation of a coalition of the willing re-election strategy at Afraha Stadium in Nakuru town next Saturday.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Change in strategy as Jubilee drops push for one party

President Uhuru Kenyatta turns the heat on quarrelling Mt Kenya leaders

President Uhuru Kenyatta has turned the heat on Mount Kenya leaders and said rather than fighting among themselves, they should be in the forefront in calling attention to the government’s development record.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

President Uhuru Kenyatta turns the heat on quarrelling Mt Kenya leaders

IEBC will deliver credible elections in 2017, Hassan assures

IEBC, he said, has put its staff through a continuous training program by the government of South Korea in readiness for the poll.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

IEBC will deliver credible elections in 2017, Hassan assures

The Kriegler lessons for 2017 presidential re-election contest

The 2017 General Election is reminiscent of the 2007 contest, with a sitting president seeking re-election.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

The Kriegler lessons for 2017 presidential re-election contest

Kibaki’s PNU says ‘No’ to Uhuru’s push to disband affiliate parties

Retired President Mwai Kibaki’s Party of National Unity (PNU), will not disband to join Jubilee Party of Kenya (JPK), a senior official has said.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Kibaki’s PNU says ‘No’ to Uhuru’s push to disband affiliate parties

Uhuru's legacy: Historic lessons from power intrigues that shaped party politics

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s twin agenda to secure re-election next year and position his deputy to succeed him depends on Central Kenya buying or rejecting it.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Uhuru's legacy: Historic lessons from power intrigues that shaped party politics

Tough task for Ruto: How will he overcome Gema’s fear of an ‘outsider’ president?

The fear by the Kikuyu of a government in which they have no control is the biggest hurdle confronting the Jubilee Party’s twin mission to secure President Uhuru Kenyatta’s re-election in 2017, and play launching pad for Deputy President William Ruto’s presidential contest in 2022.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Tough task for Ruto: How will he overcome Gema’s fear of an ‘outsider’ president?

Like father like son: Inside Jubilee’s political dynasty

Plans to collapse the Jubilee coalition parties into one outfit marks phase one of the re-construction of Kikuyu-Kalenjin dynasty arrangement that ensured Kanu ruled Kenya for 36 years.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Like father like son: Inside Jubilee’s political dynasty

Kenyans given three days to contribute to land laws

Kenyans have up to Wednesday to submit recommendations to Parliament on three new bills on land laws.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Kenyans given three days to contribute to land laws

Coming: New law that could ease land prices, but...

The Government has published a bill that could add millions of acres of land to the property market, thus taming ever-rising land prices in the country.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Coming: New law that could ease land prices, but...

Radical ideas on land laws ignite debate as deadline looms

The Government has proposed radical changes in land laws to unlock stalled reforms in the face of looming constitutional deadlines.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Radical ideas on land laws ignite debate as deadline looms

Court orders adopted Kenyan children taken away from foreign couples

The High Court has stopped two Swedish couples and a Danish couple from taking three Kenyan children out of the country.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Court orders adopted Kenyan children taken away from foreign couples

Court orders adopted children taken away from foreign couples

The High Court has stopped two Swedish couples and a Danish couple from taking three Kenyan children out of the country.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Court orders adopted children taken away from foreign couples

Provisions of proposed plan for re-allocate land in Kenya raises critical questions

A radical government proposal to ensure no Kenyan is landless has caused uproar in some quarters and been faulted as ill-conceived and impractical.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Provisions of proposed plan for re-allocate land in Kenya raises critical questions

Jitters over proposed land sizes for Kenyans

Land experts have warned that a proposed new law that limits the amount of land an individual can own will face serious opposition if not amended.

By GAKUU MATHENGE 8 years ago

Jitters over proposed land sizes for Kenyans

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