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Kenyan opposition leader won’t run in new election

By Bloomberg
11 October 2017   |   5:37 am
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga won't run in a new presidential election ordered by the Supreme Court, testing the limits of the East African nation’s constitution and the power of the judiciary.

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