Uhuru’s options when he leaves State House after August elections

President Uhuru Kenyatta with AIPCA Archbishop Dr. Julius Njoroge, National Presiding Archbishop Samson Muthuri and Archbishop Fredrick Wang'ombe when he received prayers during the AIPCA National Holy Oil Consecration Ceremony 2022 at AIPCA Gakarara in Kandara, Murang'a County on April 14, 2022. [PSCU, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to leave office in August after serving the constitutional two five-year terms. If Kenya has a smooth presidential election on Tuesday, August 9, President Kenyatta should leave office by Tuesday, August 30. However, whether he will also retire from politics is a different story.

The political optics and pronouncements of the season indicate that the President may not be keen to retire from politics after he leaves office.

The recently published schedule of officials of Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance is only the latest indicator that Kenya’s fourth president expects to carry on in the political arena beyond his formal retirement date.