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  President William Ruto is facing a major litmus test since assuming office. The forthcoming by elections is a must to win in order to scale up his popularity ahead of the 2027 general elections. Ruto's major headache is the united opposition. Going by precedence the ascendance of Ruto to presidency was triggered by mini-polls where he managed to humiliate the then president Uhuru Kenyatta, where Kawanjiku won the Kiambaa seat on a UDA ticket among other key regions. Malava and Mbeere constituencies have attracted high voltage political campaigns. Both the government and the united opposition aren't leaving anything to chance. The united opposition bringing together Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, DP leader Justin Muturi, DAP-K's Eugene Wamalwa and DCP's Rigathi Gachagua has made serious political forays across different regions where by-elections will held. on Friday, Jubilee Deputy Party Leader Dr Fred Matiang'i joined the opposition leaders at Malava where t...

 President William Ruto expressed optimism on his quest towards developing Kenya's economy to a first class status. The president, in his 2025 state of the nation address, expressed some of the projects initiated by his government towards achieving his vision. Ruto's dream is derived from the progress made by Asian Tigers such as Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea. Unlike his 2023 address, where he was sharing his vision, Ruto stated that he had a story to tell the nation. The president lauded the affordable housing project. President Ruto revealed that 230,000 housing units are under construction. Ruto claimed that the housing initiative had created about 428000 jobs. The president announced the expanded irrigation system in a bid to widen the scope of arable land. Ruto hinted that Kenya was destined to be a major food exporter. "We must build at least 60 mega dams," Ruto stated. The president intends to build more dual carriage road networks to ease transport, boos...

Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Anthropic are teaming up to supercharge AI with Claude on Azure. The strategic partnership of the artificial intelligence tech giants will scale up the growing Claude AI model on Microsoft Azure powered by NVIDIA. This will broaden the accessibility of Claude and the provision of expanded model choice to Azure enterprise customers. The partnership aims at reducing Microsoft, Nvidia reliance on OpenAI. Companies are racing against time to build systems that surpass human intelligence. The companies are going to be customers of each other. Microsoft commits to use Anthropic models as they deploy their infrastructure in return. Anthropic is the maker of the Claude Chatbot. The investment is a significant realignment in the generative AI sector where competition has scaled up between ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and other rivals including Anthropic. Google also released its latest Gemini model on Tuesday. This corperation among AI giants will make Claude the sole fron...

The orange was sliced into two major factions as Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) feted its 20th anniversary at the Coastal shores. ODM is now split into two notable factions, the one that is pro-Ruto and another group that has been hyped as pro-people. The pro-Ruto faction supports the broad-based government arrangement and includes the interim party leader Dr Oburu Oginga, Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir, Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga, Kisii Governor Simba Arati and Kakamega Governor Fernandes Barasa. Other ODM mandarins in support of broad-based government are National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohammed, Mining CS Hassan Joho, Cooperative CS Wycliffe Oparanya, Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi and National Treasury CS John Mbadi. ODM members purpoting to be pro-people include Siaya Governor James Orengo, Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o, ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, ODM Deputy Organizing Secretary General Ruth Odinga, Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, Suba MP Mill...

  Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party is set to be bludgeoned back to the drawing board against the wish of the broad-based government arrangement. Severe cracks have been witnessed within the party as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Siaya Governor James Orengo dropped the bombshell and said he is ready to go back to the street and won't entertain being in the current government. Orengo blasted some ODM members who were of the opinion that the party needed the support of Ruto. "There are people in the party behaving as if ODM needs Ruto, it is Ruto that needs ODM because he has failed," Orengo claimed. His views were echoed by Winnie Odinga.  "ODM was born from protest, it was raised in resistance and the people of ODM have time and time again bled, sweat and shed tears for this country called Kenya," Winnie Odinga said. ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna has consistently proclaimed that the Party will not support the reelection of president William Ruto....

  Kalonzo Musyoka is the emerging opposition force to reckon with. He inherits the missing link left after the demise of Raila Odinga.  The Duke of Tseikuru is no longer a political underdog and is set to inherit the populous agikuyu votes courtesy of Rigathi Gachagua and the support base of Raila Odinga owing to his previous long-term allegiance. Kalonzo has morphed himself into a strategic, firm and resilient force as 2027 beckons.  The former Vice President recent visit to Kang'oka Jaramogi has reignited his previous support for Raila in 3 successive general elections, 2 of which he was a running mate. Kalonzo stormed the homestead of late Raila with the gift of 100 bulls to the widow - Ida Odinga. Ida was astounded by the generosity that Kalonzo had extended to the family and appreciated that act of magnanimity. Before heading to Raila's home, Kalonzo met Kisumu governor Prof Peter Anyang' Nyong'o and received a rousing welcome in Siaya by governor James Orengo. The...