Kenyatta returns as Kanu leader
Uhuru Kenyatta is the son of Kenya's first leader
The High Court in Kenya has reinstated Uhuru Kenyatta as chairman of the
country's oldest party, the Kenya African National Union (Kanu).
This follows a fierce battle for control of the party between two rival camps,
which culminated in a leadership coup last year.
Nicholas Biwott secured the Kanu leadership after his faction held elections in
November 2006.
The party split over whether to join an opposition alliance.
Mr Biwott, a close ally of former President Daniel arap Moi, was opposed to
Kanu joining the Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM).
The ODM-Kenya is set to announce a single candidate for this year's
presidential elections on Friday.
However, Mr Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first president, has not handed in his
nomination papers to represent the opposition alliance. The deadline is
Saturday 30 June.
There has been conflict within ODM on how to pick the torchbearer, with one
camp supporting nomination through consensus and the other demanding that party
delegates elect the candidate.
Although President Mwai Kibaki is yet to formally announce whether he is vying
for a second term, he is widely expected to seek another term in office.
Kanu was in power for almost 40 years after independence in 1963, until
President Kibaki defeated Mr Kenyatta in 2002 elections.
The Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
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