Kenya: Governors Call Emergency Meeting Over Kahiga's Remarks On Raila's Death

Kenya: Governors Call Emergency Meeting Over Kahiga's Remarks On Raila's Death

Nairobi -- The Council of Governors has called for an urgent extraordinary meeting scheduled, following controversial remarks made by Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga regarding the death of opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Governor Mutahi Kahiga Resigns Over Raila Death Remarks

Kahiga resigns over Raila’s death remarks in a stunning political pivot that’s sent shockwaves through the Council of Governors’ corridors, as Nyeri’s embattled chief Mutahi Kahiga bowed out as vice chair amid a torrent of backlash for his eyebrow-raising eulogy that painted the late opposition titan as divine collateral in regional resource rows. Hours after […] Source

Mutahi Kahiga resigns as vice chairman of the Council of Governors

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has resigned as vice chairman of the Council of Governors following backlash over his remarks on the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Minutes after the governor announced his decision to step down, the Council of Governors also announced their unanimous resolution to remove Mr Mutahi as its vice chairman.

3 controversies, 1 governor: Mutahi Kahiga’s year of reckless remarks

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has faced public backlash on multiple occasions in 2025 over remarks that critics deemed insensitive or divisive.  Following the October 15 death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a video from a Nyeri burial ceremony showed Kahiga speaking in a way widely interpreted as framing the death as a “divine intervention”.  The remarks triggered swift, cross-party condemnation. The Council of Governors convened an extra…

Urgent Meeting Convened After Governor Mutahi Kahiga's Remarks On Raila

The Kenya Times ~ Trending, Breaking News and Videos Urgent Meeting Convened After Governor Mutahi Kahiga’s Remarks on Raila An urgent meeting has been convened by the Council of Governors after Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga appeared to celebrate the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The governor made the remarks at a burial ceremony in Kieni East, Nyeri County on Tuesday, October 21. The cold and heartless remarks have caused widespre…

Nyeri Governor Kahiga faces backlash for 'celebrating' Raila's death

Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga sparked outrage after making controversial remarks seen as politicising and mocking the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. Speaking in his native Kikuyu language at a burial ceremony in Nyeri, Kahiga suggested that Odinga’s death was God’s plan to get the Mt Kenya region back to enjoying State resources that had been diverted elsewhere. In the short video that has gone viral on social media, the Nyeri Gover…