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Elections 2022 updates 18th March: DP Ruto leads hustler nation Gatundu tour, Uhuru opens Mama Margaret Kenyatta Children Hospital

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Mulembe Politics elections 2022 updates poster with image of State House Nairobi in the background

Welcome to our daily by the minute liveblog tracker, Mulembe Politics Elections 2022 updates 18th March. Keep it here for all the day’s important political news, opinion and analysis. Trending in Politics Today 18th March 2022 Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Kevin Kioko aka Bahati, Wycliffe Wangamati, Irungu Nyakera, Margaret Kenyatta, Moses Kuria, Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya Kwanza’s earthquake in Busia photos, story

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photo collage of images captured during the political event termed earthquake in Busia

Kenya Kwanza’s earthquake in Busia followed Musalia Mudavadi’s homecoming the day earlier in Vihiga County. ANC Party Leader Musalia Mudavadi, Ford Kenya Party Leader Moses Wetangula among the host of leaders accompanying Deputy President William Ruto on a vote hunt. Among promises made by Kenya Kwanza was scrapping of the controversial CBC education system once … Read more

Sammy Mangara’s Baluya Khurukakho is timely advice for Luhya politians. But who’ll listen?

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Baluya Khurukakho is a political contemporary Luhya folk song by Sammy Mangara and Wanyonyi wa Kakai whose sober message is aimed at the political leadership of the Luhya. Released in the run up to the 2022 Kenya General elections, it can only be much needed and timely. Sammy Mangara is a young Bukusu pop musician … Read more

3 things as Wetangula Ford Kenya celebrate PPDT victory, rub salt into coup plotters wounds ( accept your betrayal and apologize to party members)

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A new stanza in the musical chairs of the latest installment of a long dragging Ford Kenya coup. This time, another battle lost for Wamunyinyi Ford Kenya as Wetangula Ford Kenya win big at the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal (PPDT). Among the Luhya, when one has a dispute with their wife, they cannot just up … Read more

The first battle royal, how Wambilinga dethroned Reginalda to become the second Bungoma Women County Representative – Of politics of where you cook and more

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poster with image of two lions titled wambilinga vs reginalda battle for 2017 bungoma women representative seat

Wambilinga vs Reginalda for Bungoma women county representative remains a reference battle for women seeking political leadership in Bungoma and indeed the entire Western Kenya. It had everything: a hint of a political David vs Goliath battle; reference to Bibilical Esther and Mordechai; to politics of where a woman cooks. The writer looks at the … Read more

Vindu Vichenjanga, a brief history of Ford Kenya coup(s): From the dream of Masinde Muliro, cruelty of Wamalwa’s short journey, Kombo’s double coup d’état to the musical chairs of Ford Wetengula and Ford Wamunyinyi

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poster with Ford Kenya party logo titled from Muliro to Wamunyinyi a brief history of Ford Kenya coup

Whichever side you supported, the latest (failed?) Ford Kenya coup was very much phenotypical of the party’s DNA. Such has been the history of Ford Kenya: bloodless coup after bloodless coup. In the recent weeks, we have been treated to the intrigues of the Kutalang’i party, once the vehicle of Bukusu political dreams. Ford Watengula … Read more

The Battle for Luhya Votes: Betrayal & The Politics of Nabutundu

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The politics of Nabutundu is not equivalent to tumbocracy. Nabutundu politics is not just a selfish nor vain quest. It’s the political equivalent of the concept of BATNA – Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement. The fierce sibling rivalry within NASA, playing to the public gallery didn’t start today. Neither will it end with Raila’s ODM … Read more

A portrait of Moses Masika Wetangula through Bukusu music, urban legend and hearsay

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portrait of Kenyan politician Moses Masika Wetangula in a suit and red tie

Politics is war. Without the bullets, bombs and hopefully refugees. Nothing epitomized this better than the 2017 Kakamega Governor race. In the land that locals call Shifweye, Mudavadi had Michael Osundwa Sakwa to do a job on incumbent Oparanya. A poor pick it must be said. Moses Masika Wetangula had Khalwale on a similar brief. … Read more