Either Deputy President William Ruto or veteran opposition leader and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga will become the fifth president of Kenya. For the four-and-half years Obote was in office, for the first time there were two Nilotic leaders in power in East Africa. It is a factor that could be a spot of bother for Uganda President Yoweri Museveni if Raila wins. Coming to power as a politician with his most fanatical base in western Kenya, Raila would have to do something about the dispute over the football-field-sized Migingo Island. Now, the only thing left is for the Kenyans to count the votes without shaky hands from August 9, and East Africa will have its answers.

Source: Daily Nation August 07, 2022 23:10 UTC