Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya
William Ruto criss-crosses the country in advance of crucial by-elections

The 20 or so local elections and by-elections are a full-scale test for the government, which has been plagued by demonstrations for over a year.

Kenya
William Ruto overhauls public broadcaster with an eye on 2027

The Kenyan president wants to streamline and renew the teams of the public television channel and its subsidiaries to give greater visibility to his work, two years before elections.

Ethiopia
Uhuru Kenyatta struggles to revive Tigray mediation effort

The African Union mediator for Tigray wants to convene a meeting of the signatories to the so-called Pretoria peace deal amid escalating tensions in northern Ethiopia, yet he is facing resistance from Abiy Ahmed.

Kenya
Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

In the midst of a subscriber haemorrhage and laden with debt, the former state-owned operator is on its last legs, despite the arrival of a new shareholder two years ago. Yet letting it fail outright would be politically costly and potentially damaging to national infrastructure interests.

Kenya
Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

The chain of revelations by certain opposition leaders, especially ousted deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, are vexing President William Ruto's entourage. His close allies have set themselves the task of tracing the source of these leaks.

Kenya
William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

The Kenyan president continues to forge alliances ahead of the 2027 election. He is trying to curry favour with a range of political bigwigs and former ministers from the Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley regions.

Kenya
Ex-interior secretary Fred Matiang'i one step closer to presidential candidacy

Former strongman of Uhuru Kenyatta's administration hopes to gain the support of the latter's Jubilee Party in the 2027 campaign. Meanwhile, the rest of the opposition remains divided on what approach to take.

Palace Intrigues
Uhuru Kenyatta, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema

Intrigues big and small... Every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

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GabonIsrael sends its deputy foreign minister to the presidential inauguration

Kenya
Ruto struggles to forge new alliances ahead of next presidential election

Now halfway through his first term, the Kenyan president is already looking ahead to his bid for re-election in 2027. He is hoping to rally to his cause political heavyweights from the west of the country, but so far they have proved resistant to his overtures.

Kenya, Sudan
Kenyan tea squeezes into Sudan despite import ban

The diplomatic wrangling between the two states rumbles on, after Sudan's embassy responded to remarks by William Ruto. The Kenyan president had insisted his country was still exporting tea to Sudan, despite a recently imposed embargo.