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Kenyatta counts on Qatar to make true on his campaign promises

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. © Twitter account of the State House of Kenya

Qatari property developer Mohammed Bin Twar plans to build the social housing promised by President Uhuru Kenyatta in his "Big Four Agenda". [...] (240 words)

Issue dated 19/08/2021

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Richard Ngatia, head of the Kenyan Chamber of Commerce, is carrying out an intense diplomatic campaign as he bids to become governor of Nairobi. He is already influential in East Africa but is also strengthening his ties in the Gulf as he promises jobs for young voters.

Richard Ngatia, the chairman of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Gideon Moi prepares Kenyatta's last government

Gideon Moi, the chief presidential campaign backer of Uhuru Kenyatta's protégé Raila Odinga, has deployed his sidekick Nick Salat to sound out potential members of the government that will run the country until next August's elections.

Gideon Moi, son of former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. © Twitter/State House Kenya

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KENYA Politics 22/09/2021

Kenyatta wants to raise debt ceiling - again

Uhuru Kenyatta's lieutenants have been asked to persuade MPs and senators to let Kenya increase its debt yet again. But the circle of presidential loyalists capable of pushing such a measure through is shrinking by the day.

KENYA Business 20/09/2021

National Chamber of Commerce becomes a presidential battleground

Uhuru Kenyatta wants to keep a handle on the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry for as long as possible so he can garner support for his heir apparent Raila Odinga.

KENYA Politics 24/08/2021

Kenyatta loyalists target senior officials suspected of ties with Ruto

The number two in the foreign office, Ababu Namwamba, is set to be the latest casualty in President Uhuru Kenyatta's war with Deputy President William Ruto.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Deputy President William Ruto (right).

KENYA Infrastructure Business 16/08/2021

Kenyatta and Lafarge struggle with Kenya's floundering parastatals

In the last week of July, President Uhuru Kenyatta himself intervened to ask Kenya Power not to cut off state-owned East African Portland Cement Company's (EAPCC) power supply once again due to unpaid bills. The company's shareholders include several subsidiaries of French construction giant Lafarge.

KENYA Politics 16/04/2021

Presidential hopefuls seize on Odinga rift to woo Kenyatta

While Kenyatta favourite Raila Odinga reaches out to the opposition, Musalia Mudavadi and Mukhisa Kituyi have called on their sponsors to support their bid in State House to be designated as the president's new candidate.

Musalia Mudavadi (left) and Mukhisa Kituyi (right) are positioning themselves to replace Raila Odinga as Uhuru Kenyatta's runner-up.

KENYA Politics 19/03/2021

Kenyatta spreads his bets by getting close to presidential hopeful Mukhisa Kituyi

UN veteran Kituyi, who entered the presidential race in January, is backed by an array of hitherto neutral businessmen close to President Uhuru Kenyatta. This is only adding to the paranoia of Raila Odinga, who hopes to see his own candidacy blessed by the head of state.

Former secretary-general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Mukhisa Kituyi.

KENYA Politics 01/12/2020

Ruto tries to siphon off Kenyatta's campaign war chest

Deputy president William Ruto has turned to the businessmen of Central Kenya, who generally back President Uhuru Kenyatta, to raise funds for his election campaign.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto.

KENYA Business 26/11/2020

ISM and Megascope fight it out for emergency hospitals build

Despite Kenyatta's backing, businessman Richard Ngatia is facing stiff competition from ISM Africa for a contract with the Ministry of Health to build temporary hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients.

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