A brief political history of Kenya from independence (1963) to 2022

 It was an informal farewell to british rule since independence in december 1963 kenya has had five heads of state and one failed coup making it one of the most stable countries on the continent transitioning peacefully from one president to another kenyan presidents exemplify the idea that in politics there are no permanent enemies or friends but only permanent interests this video looks at all kenyan heads of state from 1963 1963-2022 initially kenya had no president the country became independent on the 12th of december 1963. with queen elizabeth ii as the head of state and marco mcdonald as the governor general appointed by the queen on advice from her kenyan prime minister who at the time was jomo kenyatta as part of the 1963 constitution the senate and the house of representatives were constituted into a bicameral parliament when the constitution was amended in 1964 the senate and the house of representatives were combined into a uncommon national assembly kenya became a republic with the president as the head of state and government and that's how gemma kenyatta became the first president of kenya one year after becoming independent kenya now assumes republican status within the commonwealth germa kenyatta arrived at jamuri park nairobi to take the oath as president jomo kenyatta by tribe was born around 1890. he began his political career in 1925 as a representative of the kikuyu central association an organization that sold native land reforms and justice using constitutional and non-violent means in april 1953 he was tried and sentenced to seven years of forced labor for his participation in the maori vault against the british rule in kenya having served nine years in prison kenyatta was released two months later as president of the kenya african national union he led a delegation to london for the lancaster house conference that paved way for kenya's independence upon becoming president he picked jaramoji odinga as his vice president then in 1964 he convinced his drivers in the kenya african democratic union to join him among whom was daniel arafmoy whom he appointed as vice president for the rest of his term after falling out with odinga canada's reign will go down in history as one of the golden eras in kenya's positive development he is seen as a leader who united all races and tribes in the fight for kenya's freedom what we have been struggling for is to redeem our country from the yoke of colonialism as a pan-africanist he was also instrumental in the founding of the east african community nevertheless his colleagues severely criticized his high-handedness abuse of power a cult of personality and massive unethical accumulation of wealth in a land-hungry nation the president and his family acquired valuable large farms as well as chunks of land his fourth wife mamandina kenyatta was a subject of controversy who seized a valuable ruby mine with the impunity she was also deeply involved in a number of other businesses like the export of charcoal to the middle east that caused massive deforestation in the country in addition she was also involved in the ivory trade that wiped out a lot of kenyan elephants kenyatta's legacy was also heavily damaged by the assassination of politicians like pierogama painter in 1965 tom mumboya in 1969 and josiah aimed karaoke in 1975. towards the end of the 1960s kenyatta's health started to deteriorate suffering a mild stroke in 1968. on the 22nd of august 1978 jomo kenyatta died of a heart attack making him the first kenyan president to die in office following his death a new president had to be elected within 90 days meanwhile the vice president daniel arap moy at the time had to fill the presidential duties until a new leader was elected as per the constitution however a faction within the ruling kenya african national union party had long been troubled by the implications of this provision since it would grant very real powers to arab moy ekalenjin by tribe who would threaten their interests and so unconstitutional and clandestine attempts were employed to avoid the succession from taking place at the center of this drama was the assistant chief of police james mungai the plan assumed that kenyatta would die in nakuru where he spent the majority of his time and that a private army would assassinate leading politicians such as moyi kibaki and in jonjo among others when they were summoned to kenyatta's deathbed however kenyatta died in nakuru and not mombasa making his plan unsuccessful immediately jonjo and kibaki moved to install muay as the interim president saving the republic its constitution and democracy later moyu was nominated as kanu's sole candidate for the presidency becoming kenyatta's successor under second president of kenya he was sworn in on the 14th of october 1978. daniel droid in contrast to kenyatta's autocratic leadership style moyi was a darling of the people during his first months as president he released 26 political prisoners across the ethnic spectrum most of whom had been languishing in jails for years his devotion to local fundraisers frequent trips to the countryside free school milk and an excellent memory kept him popular with many across the country for his national and regional legitimacy maui enlisted the help of the more entrenched kikuyu community however things changed on the 1st of august 1982. on this day air force personnel and university students attempted a coup to remove maui the military and the police quickly suppressed the revolt killing over a hundred soldiers and 200 civilians in the aftermath of the failed court 12 people were arrested tried by the court martial hanged and buried in a committee maximum security prison to date they are the last people to be executed under the kenyan law a father 900 would be jailed after being charged with treason former vice president okinger odinga and his son raider odinga were also charged with financing the coup and detained at nyayo to chambers under his rule muay embraced entrenched and consumed the one party role and its totalitarian legacy inherited from kenyatta dashing any hopes of a democratic role activists and intellectuals deemed subversive were jailed on mass leading to a massive brain drain in the 80s and 90s like his predecessor he practiced nepotism openly by handing out key posts to his tribesmen the calling gene and promoting interests at every opportunity using state power to undermine the patronage networks of the old kq elite established during canada's regime his entire role was made with corruption that literally collapsed the kenyan economy by the time his 24 year reign came to an end kenya's economic growth was at its knees between negative and two percent moyi's political career ended when he was bad from running for president in 2002 the idea of amending the constitution to allow moyi to run for a third time was floated by some of his supporters but instead he rejected it and chose uhuru kenyatta to succeed him as president uhuru went head-to-head with maikibaki and lost by a two-to-one majority after 24 years in power the self-proclaimed professor of politics maui handed over power peacefully to this day this has been his biggest credit just like jomo kenyatta by the time he left power the former hudson and his family were one of the wealthiest families in kenya records show that the maui family had accumulated a wealth of at least 3 billion u.s dollars in the 24 years that they led kenya emilio stanley moai kibaki akikoyu was one of the founding fathers of kenya between 1978 to 1988 he served as the fourth vice president of kenya under president daniel arab moy kibaki became president after dissatisfaction with some members of the kanu chifamang was raider odinga you see railrodinga had hoped to succeed muay as kanu's candidate for the presidency in the 2002 elections instead moyi selected uhuru kenyatta in protest odinga and other party members formed the rainbow alliance to decide the party's presidential candidate through a vote among kanu members the rainbow alliance and odinga left canon to form the liberal democratic party after their police were ignored by muay soon after the ldp formed the national rainbow corporation in cooperation with several other parties including the national alliance of kenya with kibaki as the leader in the event that kibaki was elected president he and raila odinga agreed to icarus share cabinet positions and power including appointing odinga to the new strong prime minister position on the 21st of november 2005 kenya held a constitutional referendum to review the amount of power vested in the presidency it was here that kibaki backtracked on the promise to odinga to create a strong prime minister position odinga campaigned successfully against kibaki's draft constitution all raila allied ministers were dismissed by kibbaki following the defeat on the 23rd of november 2005. in accordance with the powers conferred upon me i have directed that the offices of all ministers and all assistant ministers become vacant in the upcoming elections lines have been drawn between the two honorable kibaki 4 million [Music] 584 thousand seven to one they lauding up four million three hundred and fifty two thousand nine hundred and ninety three this means honorable mike ibaki is the winner the commission therefore declares honorable mike as the president of kenya in the 2007 elections kibaki defeated odinga and his orange democratic party of which odinga accused kibaki of electro fraud in a highly contested election where the results were generally disputed kibaki had sworn himself in within an hour of being declared winner the opposition viewed the election result as a plot by kibaki's kokuyo tribe kenya's largest retained power the tribes that lost political power grew upset and anti-kikuyu sentiment swelled spawning the 2007-2008 kenyan crisis as violence broke out in several parts of the country starting with raila's supporters protesting their victory that it had been stolen this escalated the situation by targeting kikuyus who in turn retaliated as the upset spread there was widespread theft vandalism looting destruction of property and significant number of atrocities killings and sexual violence were reported the violence contuned for more than two months as kibaki ruled with a half cabinet he had appointed with odinga and the odm refusing to recognize him as president the country was only saved by the mediation of the united nations secretary general kofi annan backed by the african union the united states and the united kingdom in february 2008 a power sharing agreement was signed between rahida odinga and kibbaki with kibaki remaining president and reid odinga becoming prime minister on the 17th of april 2008 raila odinga was sworn in as the prime minister of kenya along with a power-sharing cabinet that was carefully balanced ethenically with 42 ministers and 50 assistant ministers as an economist kibaki did much as president to repair the damage done to the country's economy by the moyers kenya was much better managed with far more competent public sector personnel and was significantly transformed the country's economy experienced a major turnaround gdp growth picked up from a low of 0.6 percent in 2002 to 7 percent development was resumed in all areas of the country including the neglected and largely underdeveloped semi-arid north many sectors of the economy were recovered from total collapse before 2003. numerous state corporations that had collapsed during the more years were revived and began operating profitably the telecommunications sector boomed rebuilding modernization and expansion of infrastructure began in earnest several ambitious infrastructure and other projects such as the thickest super highway which would have been seen as unattainable during the may years were completed however kibaki was accused of rolling with a small group of his elder peers mainly from the educated side of the kikuyu elite that emerged in the choma kenyatta era usually referred to as the kitchen cabinet or the mount kenya mafia loki bucky was never personally accused of corruption and managed to virtually end the grabbing of public land rampant in the maui and kenyatta eras he was unable to adequately contain kenya's widely entrenched culture of endemic corruption kibaki handed over the kenyan presidency to his successor uhuru kenyatta son of germa kenyatta on the 9th of april 2013. he said i am happy to pass the touch of leadership to the new generation of leaders the handover marked the end of his presidency and of his 50 years of public service uhuru kenyatta was raised in a wealthy and politically powerful kikuyu family well this is because his dad was the first president of kenya he became politically active in the 90s and in 1997 he was the chairman of the local branch of the kenya african union and later that year ran unsuccessfully for a parliamentary seat president moy appointed him to several ministerial posts kanye's profile rose considerably when he was chosen as the canon candidate for the presidency an event ignored by moyi who was ineligible to stand for another term in light of this move many feared that maui might continue to rule through kenyatta after retirement which would make him immune from numerous allegations of abuse of office uhuru lost the election with 31 percent of the vote considered defeat and took up an active leadership role as the leader of opposition [Music] the choice of the people and in particular now concede that mr maui kibaki will be the third president of the republic in 2005 led the campaign for a referendum against the draft constitution in partnership with liberal democratic party a rebel faction in the quebec government and lyrodinga [Music] in a run-up to 2007 election kenyatta again entered the race but withdrew a few months before the election supporting kibaki who was running for a second time against raider odinga in the aftermath of the election kenya dived into the 2007 2008 kenyan crisis along ethnic lines mainly targeting kikuyus under an agreement that ended the chaos power was to be shared with raider as prime minister and uhuru kenyatta as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in late 2010 icc named kenyatta among the six suspects thought to be responsible for the post-election violence in january 2012 the icc announced that it would prosecute four of the six suspects including kenyatta among the accusations were that kenyatta funded the mongiki a kikuyu criminal gang that attacked odinga's supporters after the disputed elections in the work of the charges kenyatta resigned as minister of finance but remained as deputy prime minister kenyatta and kanu split in april 2012 forming the national alliance later that year he and the tna became part of a multi-party alliance known as the jubilee coalition the alliance also included william ruto who was the other icc suspect both campaigned together for president and vice president in 2013 uhuru kenyatta was elected as the fourth president of kenya under the national alliance kenyatta continued to face charges in court with his trial repeatedly delayed the prosecution complained of lack of cooperation from kenyan officials in gathering evidence in december 2014 the international criminal court dropped all charges against kenyatta with prosecution claiming that the kenyan government had obstructed the icc in governing critical evidence in addition they also cited widespread intimidation of witnesses both which had hampered the prosecution's case the jubilee coalition was dissolved in september 2016 and reorganized into one political organization known as the jubilee party in preparation for the 2017 elections with kenyatta as the frag bearer on the 8th of august 2017 kenyatta was re-elected with more than 54 percent of the vote beating raya odinga and the cooperation of opposition pakis called the national super alliance who trailed with 45 percent of the vote in a staggering turn of events kenyatta's re-election was nullified by the supreme court on the 1st of september the supreme court ordered a new election which was to be held within 60 days the ruling was in response to the petition that odinga and nasa had filed in the court the petition alleged that the results of the presidential election had been manipulated and were therefore compromised and should be nullified on the 10th of october odinga withdrew from the election on the 26th of october the election went ahead as planned with kenyatta winning handily with 98 of the vote on the 9th of march 2018 uhuru kenyatta agreed to a trust with the opposition leader raila odinga this marks the country's watershed moment that reshaped the country's political architecture he was thrown in on the 28th of november 2017 for his second time as president i uhuru kenyatta in full realization of the high calling i assume as president of the republic of kenya do swear that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the republic of kenya that i would obey preserve protect and defend this constitution of kenya as by law established so help me god [Applause] by 2013 kenyatta had an estimated worth of 500 million us dollars making him one of kenya's richest men he has considerable business holdings in ventures like media banking tourism insurance and diary the kenyatta family also owns more than 500 000 acres of land in kenya much of which had been acquired by his father during a post-colonial land transfer program their real estate holdings made the family one of the largest land owners in the country where land ownership disputes were a long-standing source of resentment among people whose families had been displaced during the colonial era in the 2022 election uhuru backed his longtime accu rival rider odinga to succeed him after he left power against his deputy president william roto who thought that he would receive his blessing well given that he was traced as vice president leading to an epic shutdown at the time of this recording huro was parking his belongings and evacuating the state house in nairobi something that we don't see often on the continent [Music] so [Music] you this video was made possible by a free story productions it was an informal farewell to british rule since independence in december 1963 kenya has had five heads of state and one failed coup making it one of the most stable countries on the continent transitioning peacefully from one president to another kenyan presidents exemplify the idea that in politics there are no permanent enemies or friends but only permanent interests this video looks at all kenyan heads of state from 1963 1963-2022 [Music] initially kenya had no president the country became independent on the 12th of december 1963. with queen elizabeth ii as the head of state and marco mcdonald as the governor general appointed by the queen on advice from her kenyan prime minister who at the time was jomo kenyatta as part of the 1963 constitution the senate and the house of representatives were constituted into a bicameral parliament when the constitution was amended in 1964 the senate and the house of representatives were combined into a uncommon national assembly kenya became a republic with the president as the head of state and government and that's how gemma kenyatta became the first president of kenya one year after becoming independent kenya now assumes republican status within the commonwealth germa kenyatta arrived at jamuri park nairobi to take the oath as president jomo kenyatta by tribe was born around 1890. he began his political career in 1925 as a representative of the kikuyu central association an organization that sold native land reforms and justice using constitutional and non-violent means in april 1953 he was tried and sentenced to seven years of forced labor for his participation in the maori vault against the british rule in kenya having served nine years in prison kenyatta was released two months later as president of the kenya african national union he led a delegation to london for the lancaster house conference that paved way for kenya's independence upon becoming president he picked jaramoji odinga as his vice president then in 1964 he convinced his drivers in the kenya african democratic union to join him among whom was daniel arafmoy whom he appointed as vice president for the rest of his term after falling out with odinga canada's reign will go down in history as one of the golden eras in kenya's positive development he is seen as a leader who united all races and tribes in the fight for kenya's freedom what we have been struggling for is to redeem our country from the yoke of colonialism as a pan-africanist he was also instrumental in the founding of the east african community nevertheless his colleagues severely criticized his high-handedness abuse of power a cult of personality and massive unethical accumulation of wealth in a land-hungry nation the president and his family acquired valuable large farms as well as chunks of land his fourth wife mamandina kenyatta was a subject of controversy who seized a valuable ruby mine with the impunity she was also deeply involved in a number of other businesses like the export of charcoal to the middle east that caused massive deforestation in the country in addition she was also involved in the ivory trade that wiped out a lot of kenyan elephants kenyatta's legacy was also heavily damaged by the assassination of politicians like pierogama painter in 1965 tom mumboya in 1969 and josiah aimed karaoke in 1975. towards the end of the 1960s kenyatta's health started to deteriorate suffering a mild stroke in 1968. on the 22nd of august 1978 jomo kenyatta died of a heart attack making him the first kenyan president to die in office following his death a new president had to be elected within 90 days meanwhile the vice president daniel arap moy at the time had to fill the presidential duties until a new leader was elected as per the constitution however a faction within the ruling kenya african national union party had long been troubled by the implications of this provision since it would grant very real powers to arab moy ekalenjin by tribe who would threaten their interests and so unconstitutional and clandestine attempts were employed to avoid the succession from taking place at the center of this drama was the assistant chief of police james mungai the plan assumed that kenyatta would die in nakuru where he spent the majority of his time and that a private army would assassinate leading politicians such as moyi kibaki and in jonjo among others when they were summoned to kenyatta's deathbed however kenyatta died in nakuru and not mombasa making his plan unsuccessful immediately jonjo and kibaki moved to install muay as the interim president saving the republic its constitution and democracy later moyu was nominated as kanu's sole candidate for the presidency becoming kenyatta's successor under second president of kenya he was sworn in on the 14th of october 1978. daniel droid in contrast to kenyatta's autocratic leadership style moyi was a darling of the people during his first months as president he released 26 political prisoners across the ethnic spectrum most of whom had been languishing in jails for years his devotion to local fundraisers frequent trips to the countryside free school milk and an excellent memory kept him popular with many across the country for his national and regional legitimacy maui enlisted the help of the more entrenched kikuyu community however things changed on the 1st of august 1982. on this day air force personnel and university students attempted a coup to remove maui the military and the police quickly suppressed the revolt killing over a hundred soldiers and 200 civilians in the aftermath of the failed court 12 people were arrested tried by the court martial hanged and buried in a committee maximum security prison to date they are the last people to be executed under the kenyan law a father 900 would be jailed after being charged with treason former vice president okinger odinga and his son raider odinga were also charged with financing the coup and detained at nyayo to chambers under his rule muay embraced entrenched and consumed the one party role and its totalitarian legacy inherited from kenyatta dashing any hopes of a democratic role activists and intellectuals deemed subversive were jailed on mass leading to a massive brain drain in the 80s and 90s like his predecessor he practiced nepotism openly by handing out key posts to his tribesmen the calling gene and promoting interests at every opportunity using state power to undermine the patronage networks of the old kq elite established during canada's regime his entire role was made with corruption that literally collapsed the kenyan economy by the time his 24 year reign came to an end kenya's economic growth was at its knees between negative and two percent moyi's political career ended when he was bad from running for president in 2002 the idea of amending the constitution to allow moyi to run for a third time was floated by some of his supporters but instead he rejected it and chose uhuru kenyatta to succeed him as president uhuru went head-to-head with maikibaki and lost by a two-to-one majority after 24 years in power the self-proclaimed professor of politics maui handed over power peacefully to this day this has been his biggest credit just like jomo kenyatta by the time he left power the former hudson and his family were one of the wealthiest families in kenya records show that the maui family had accumulated a wealth of at least 3 billion u.s dollars in the 24 years that they led kenya emilio stanley moai kibaki akikoyu was one of the founding fathers of kenya between 1978 to 1988 he served as the fourth vice president of kenya under president daniel arab moy kibaki became president after dissatisfaction with some members of the kanu chifamang was raider odinga you see railrodinga had hoped to succeed muay as kanu's candidate for the presidency in the 2002 elections instead moyi selected uhuru kenyatta in protest odinga and other party members formed the rainbow alliance to decide the party's presidential candidate through a vote among kanu members the rainbow alliance and odinga left canon to form the liberal democratic party after their police were ignored by muay soon after the ldp formed the national rainbow corporation in cooperation with several other parties including the national alliance of kenya with kibaki as the leader in the event that kibaki was elected president he and raila odinga agreed to icarus share cabinet positions and power including appointing odinga to the new strong prime minister position on the 21st of november 2005 kenya held a constitutional referendum to review the amount of power vested in the presidency it was here that kibaki backtracked on the promise to odinga to create a strong prime minister position odinga campaigned successfully against kibaki's draft constitution all raila allied ministers were dismissed by kibbaki following the defeat on the 23rd of november 2005. in accordance with the powers conferred upon me i have directed that the offices of all ministers and all assistant ministers become vacant in the upcoming elections lines have been drawn between the two honorable kibaki 4 million [Music] 584 thousand seven to one they lauding up four million three hundred and fifty two thousand nine hundred and ninety three this means honorable mike ibaki is the winner the commission therefore declares honorable mike as the president of kenya in the 2007 elections kibaki defeated odinga and his orange democratic party of which odinga accused kibaki of electro fraud in a highly contested election where the results were generally disputed kibaki had sworn himself in within an hour of being declared winner the opposition viewed the election result as a plot by kibaki's kokuyo tribe kenya's largest retained power the tribes that lost political power grew upset and anti-kikuyu sentiment swelled spawning the 2007-2008 kenyan crisis as violence broke out in several parts of the country starting with raila's supporters protesting their victory that it had been stolen this escalated the situation by targeting kikuyus who in turn retaliated as the upset spread there was widespread theft vandalism looting destruction of property and significant number of atrocities killings and sexual violence were reported the violence contuned for more than two months as kibaki ruled with a half cabinet he had appointed with odinga and the odm refusing to recognize him as president the country was only saved by the mediation of the united nations secretary general kofi annan backed by the african union the united states and the united kingdom in february 2008 a power sharing agreement was signed between rahida odinga and kibbaki with kibaki remaining president and reid odinga becoming prime minister on the 17th of april 2008 raila odinga was sworn in as the prime minister of kenya along with a power-sharing cabinet that was carefully balanced ethenically with 42 ministers and 50 assistant ministers as an economist kibaki did much as president to repair the damage done to the country's economy by the moyers kenya was much better managed with far more competent public sector personnel and was significantly transformed the country's economy experienced a major turnaround gdp growth picked up from a low of 0.6 percent in 2002 to 7 percent development was resumed in all areas of the country including the neglected and largely underdeveloped semi-arid north many sectors of the economy were recovered from total collapse before 2003. numerous state corporations that had collapsed during the more years were revived and began operating profitably the telecommunications sector boomed rebuilding modernization and expansion of infrastructure began in earnest several ambitious infrastructure and other projects such as the thickest super highway which would have been seen as unattainable during the may years were completed however kibaki was accused of rolling with a small group of his elder peers mainly from the educated side of the kikuyu elite that emerged in the choma kenyatta era usually referred to as the kitchen cabinet or the mount kenya mafia loki bucky was never personally accused of corruption and managed to virtually end the grabbing of public land rampant in the maui and kenyatta eras he was unable to adequately contain kenya's widely entrenched culture of endemic corruption kibaki handed over the kenyan presidency to his successor uhuru kenyatta son of germa kenyatta on the 9th of april 2013. he said i am happy to pass the touch of leadership to the new generation of leaders the handover marked the end of his presidency and of his 50 years of public service uhuru kenyatta was raised in a wealthy and politically powerful kikuyu family well this is because his dad was the first president of kenya he became politically active in the 90s and in 1997 he was the chairman of the local branch of the kenya african union and later that year ran unsuccessfully for a parliamentary seat president moy appointed him to several ministerial posts kanye's profile rose considerably when he was chosen as the canon candidate for the presidency an event ignored by moyi who was ineligible to stand for another term in light of this move many feared that maui might continue to rule through kenyatta after retirement which would make him immune from numerous allegations of abuse of office uhuru lost the election with 31 percent of the vote considered defeat and took up an active leadership role as the leader of opposition [Music] the choice of the people and in particular now concede that mr maui kibaki will be the third president of the republic in 2005 led the campaign for a referendum against the draft constitution in partnership with liberal democratic party a rebel faction in the quebec government and lyrodinga [Music] in a run-up to 2007 election kenyatta again entered the race but withdrew a few months before the election supporting kibaki who was running for a second time against raider odinga in the aftermath of the election kenya dived into the 2007 2008 kenyan crisis along ethnic lines mainly targeting kikuyus under an agreement that ended the chaos power was to be shared with raider as prime minister and uhuru kenyatta as deputy prime minister and minister of finance in late 2010 icc named kenyatta among the six suspects thought to be responsible for the post-election violence in january 2012 the icc announced that it would prosecute four of the six suspects including kenyatta among the accusations were that kenyatta funded the mongiki a kikuyu criminal gang that attacked odinga's supporters after the disputed elections in the work of the charges kenyatta resigned as minister of finance but remained as deputy prime minister kenyatta and kanu split in april 2012 forming the national alliance later that year he and the tna became part of a multi-party alliance known as the jubilee coalition the alliance also included william ruto who was the other icc suspect both campaigned together for president and vice president in 2013 uhuru kenyatta was elected as the fourth president of kenya under the national alliance kenyatta continued to face charges in court with his trial repeatedly delayed the prosecution complained of lack of cooperation from kenyan officials in gathering evidence in december 2014 the international criminal court dropped all charges against kenyatta with prosecution claiming that the kenyan government had obstructed the icc in governing critical evidence in addition they also cited widespread intimidation of witnesses both which had hampered the prosecution's case the jubilee coalition was dissolved in september 2016 and reorganized into one political organization known as the jubilee party in preparation for the 2017 elections with kenyatta as the frag bearer on the 8th of august 2017 kenyatta was re-elected with more than 54 percent of the vote beating raya odinga and the cooperation of opposition pakis called the national super alliance who trailed with 45 percent of the vote in a staggering turn of events kenyatta's re-election was nullified by the supreme court on the 1st of september the supreme court ordered a new election which was to be held within 60 days the ruling was in response to the petition that odinga and nasa had filed in the court the petition alleged that the results of the presidential election had been manipulated and were therefore compromised and should be nullified on the 10th of october odinga withdrew from the election on the 26th of october the election went ahead as planned with kenyatta winning handily with 98 of the vote on the 9th of march 2018 uhuru kenyatta agreed to a trust with the opposition leader raila odinga this marks the country's watershed moment that reshaped the country's political architecture he was thrown in on the 28th of november 2017 for his second time as president i uhuru kenyatta in full realization of the high calling i assume as president of the republic of kenya do swear that i will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the republic of kenya that i would obey preserve protect and defend this constitution of kenya as by law established so help me god [Applause] by 2013 kenyatta had an estimated worth of 500 million us dollars making him one of kenya's richest men he has considerable business holdings in ventures like media banking tourism insurance and diary the kenyatta family also owns more than 500 000 acres of land in kenya much of which had been acquired by his father during a post-colonial land transfer program their real estate holdings made the family one of the largest land owners in the country where land ownership disputes were a long-standing source of resentment among people whose families had been displaced during the colonial era in the 2022 election uhuru backed his longtime accu rival rider odinga to succeed him after he left power against his deputy president william roto who thought that he would receive his blessing well given that he was traced as vice president leading to an epic shutdown at the time of this recording huro was parking his belongings and evacuating the state house in nairobi something that we don't see often on the continent [Music] so [Music] you