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More on Significant Political Sentiment
14 Jan 2022
To fight hate speech, aggression might not be the way
The potential to create conflict and its harmful effects was evident this week when Meru Senator Mithika Linturi used a metaphor that was previously used to mark subjects for elimination at a public r...
7 Jan 2022
As he starts the last stretch, Ruto deploys a familiar playbook
Every day over the past two weeks, the Deputy President’s schedule is sent out by his communication team. His weekly schedule is released at the start of every week to media houses and also distribu...
17 Dec 2021
In Parliament, a distraction for Raila and Ruto
Plans by the Jubilee Party to hold a National Delegates Convention late November died with a whimper and without an explanation. It was reported that the plans collapsed after a consideration wa...
3 Dec 2021
As Odinga considers his choices, Mudavadi presents a familiar dilemma
Orange Democratic Movement head Raila Odinga is scheduled to make a major announcement on December 10, but observers expect no surprises as he has pointed in the direction already. Barring a cha...
26 Nov 2021
UDA protest to CJ is louder than it sounds
Chief Justice Martha Koome has been handed yet another test in the form of a protest letter over her membership in a committee connected with the elections. The protest is from Deputy President Willia...
19 Nov 2021
Why all eyes are on Jubilee Party’s Delegates Congress
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party is set to hold its National Delegates Congress on November 30, a significant meeting for the party whose future has been in doubt since the fallout of its pr...
12 Nov 2021
Martha Koome casts her lot with the President
Chief Justice Martha Koome has appealed against a ruling by the High Court that the President can be sidestepped in the process of appointing judges, effectively casting her lot with the Executive. De...
12 Nov 2021
When parties can’t make nomination rules
The electoral commission this week announced that it had rejected the rules to govern nominations submitted by 89 parties, amongst them the two backing the biggest candidates – Raila Odinga and Will...
5 Nov 2021
BBI speaks from Purgatory
Kenyans were this week reminded of the Building Bridges Initiative in two ways. The first was the publication of a Bill to amend the Constitution being pushed by Kitui Senator Enoch Wambua. One ...
5 Nov 2021
The restless Ruto keeps going
Deputy President William Ruto is on a mission to visit every constituency in Kenya before the General Election. He has, so far, held 133 meetings in 20 counties, which means that he is likely to...
29 Oct 2021
Dr Mutunga tests the Executive again
Going by his latest statements, Dr Willy Mutunga’s stint at the Judiciary was a five-year break from activism, for he is right back where he started, with more fire and actions that will test the le...
22 Oct 2021
Judiciary wields the only tools it has
The relationship between the Executive and the Judiciary is seen in some quarters to have soured starting September 2017 when the Supreme Court annulled the re-election of President Kenyatta. That mom...
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