Skip to content
Subscriber Only

Opposition Alliance in Kenya Seen ‘Dead’ as Odinga Breaks Ranks

  • Nasa leader to work with President Kenyatta to foster unity
  • Other opposition leaders unlikely to win 2022 vote: analyst
Video player cover image
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta vows unity with opposition leader Raila Odinga in first meeting since electionsBloomberg
Updated on

Kenya’s main opposition alliance was cast into disarray after its leader Raila Odinga broke ranks and agreed to a truce with President Uhuru Kenyatta following a seven-month standoff over disputed elections.

Odinga said March 9 he was abandoning a defiance campaign aimed at toppling Kenyatta and will work with him on fostering national unity instead -- an announcement that caught the other three main leaders of his National Super Alliance by surprise. The ructions in the opposition will help Kenyatta consolidate power during his second and final term and are a boon for the ruling Jubilee Party as it gears up for the next elections in 2022.