A bishop from Kenya’s vote-rich Mt Kenya region assured President William Ruto on Sunday of the region’s strong support in the 2027 elections, directly countering claims that the president has lost backing there. The bishop of the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA) in Gatundu North spoke during a church service the president attended….
The IEBC remained one of Kenya’s most searched institutions in 2025, as citizens tracked debates about electoral reform ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi said Friday that Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga now holds sole authority to decide the Orange Democratic Movement’s political direction and any coalitions ahead of Kenya’s 2027 elections. Speaking in an exclusive Newsroom interview, Mbadi, a former ODM national chairman, sought to end weeks of speculation about the party’s future following…
The death of former IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati in 2025 prompted reflection on Kenya’s electoral history and the personal cost of overseeing disputed elections.
Uganda is barreling toward presidential elections on Jan. 15, 2026, in a contest that once again pits the formidable machinery of President Yoweri Museveni’s 39-year rule against the defiant street energy of opposition leader Bobi Wine. Museveni, 81, has not formally declared his candidacy for a seventh term, but the ruling National Resistance Movement has…
Museveni’s claim that the Indian Ocean belonged to Uganda sparked outrage in Kenya and became one of the year’s most searched political controversies.
The death of a nominated Kenyan lawmaker in a car crash has created a rare constitutional headache for the country’s election body: how to replace a member of parliament whose political party no longer exists. Joseph Denar Hamisi, 56, Joseph Denar Hamisi, 56, died Dec. 6 when his vehicle was involved in an accident in…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has publicly endorsed Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka as the Mt Kenya region’s preferred candidate to challenge President William Ruto in 2027, pledging to deliver millions of votes from his stronghold. Gachagua, impeached in October 2024 and now heading the small Democracy for Citizens Party, told supporters in Murang’a County this…
Brumelda Zuma, a daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, was sworn in as a lawmaker Wednesday, filling the parliamentary seat left vacant by her half-sister who resigned amid allegations of recruiting South Africans to fight as mercenaries in Ukraine. The rapid family succession highlights the continued grip the Zuma name holds over the…
Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko stormed back into Kenyan politics Tuesday with the official launch of his National Economic Development Party (NEDP), declaring the new outfit will contest every elective seat in 2027 — including the presidency — despite a Supreme Court ban that still bars him from public office. Sonko, whose colorful tenure as…
