Kenya: Ruto marches into Raila’s political empire one year after his death
Kenya President William Ruto entered a power-sharing arrangement between his ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party and Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The arrangement was intended to sway the second-largest voting bloc of Western Kenya. Ruto’s intentions were evident even before Odinga’s death.
Why it matters: This matters for the politics theme because Ruto’s power-sharing arrangement with ODM moves into Odinga’s Western Kenya support base.