KENYA, the most prosperous economy in East Africa, appears poised on the brink of a major political catastrophe after last week’s “swearing in” of opposition leader, Raila Odinga as “People’s President” at the Uhuru Park, Nairobi, a potentially treasonable offence punishable with the death penalty under Kenyan law.
President Uhuru Kenyatta had ordered a massive crackdown on media coverage of the event, swiftly followed immediately by a government gazette declaring the National Resistance Movement, NRM, the “C” wing of Odinga’s party, the National Super Alliance, NASA, as “an organised criminal group”.
This face-off is the latest juncture of an acrimonious electoral struggle between President Kenyatta and Odinga which started after the August 8, 2017 general election in which Kenyatta was declared winner for a second term. Odinga challenged the election at…
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