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More on Significant Political Sentiment
23 Jul 2021
As action on corruption resumes, a test of the commitment
Two incidents on Thursday and another one on Friday morning have swung the spotlight back on corruption. The Thursday ones involved Justices Aggrey Muchelule and Said Juma Chitembwe, whose offic...
16 Jul 2021
A major boost for Ruto, but major questions for IEBC
In the cycle of Kenyan politics, every new party needs a confidence-booster ahead of its first major General Election. William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance got theirs with a narrow win over Jub...
10 Jul 2021
Tricky attempts to revive NASA, without a Candidate
President Uhuru Kenyatta is reported to have made an attempt this week at uniting the heads of the now-dead National Super Alliance, the coalition Raila Odinga used to make his last attempt at the pre...
2 Jul 2021
The Appeal done, BBI enters a race against time
The public phase of the appeal against the High Court decision that sought to end the Building Bridges Initiative has ended. There were two days in which the proponents of the Bill to amend the Consti...
25 Jun 2021
DP Ruto prepares his party
The latest salvo from Deputy President William Ruto will add to the sentiment that the Jubilee Party is in its last days. In an interview on KTN News, Mr Ruto criticized the suggestion that the ruli...
18 Jun 2021
Splits and realignments and more political noise
Politicians from the east of Mt Kenya were last week angered by the suggestion from their counterparts from the west of the mountain that there could yet be a candidate from that side fit for the pres...
11 Jun 2021
Budget gives hope to a referendum, and its attendant troubles
Budgeting for an election usually starts before the year in which the election is held, which would make an allocation in the Budget normal, but there is more this year. The allocation has been trip...
4 Jun 2021
With tough choices made and explained, the President maintains focus
In the week he fired a broadside at the Judiciary, President Uhuru Kenyatta also dared the same arm of Government to what will be a long debate by appointing a section of the 41 judges he had refused ...
28 May 2021
Controversial UHC plan gets going
At the National Prayer Breakfast held at Parliament on Thursday, President Uhuru Kenyatta asked MPs to fast track and approve the Bill for the implementation of Universal Health Coverage. The Na...
21 May 2021
After the disastrous judgement, BBI could be out of time
A week after five judges delivered a scathing verdict of the Building Bridges Initiative, President Uhuru Kenyatta is yet to make a statement on the matter. There has been plenty of sentiment from t...
13 May 2021
After Parliament, the BBI debate goes to Wanjiku
The Building Bridges Initiative gained more momentum this week with the approval from the Senate of its Bill to amend the Constitution. Proponents of the initiative have been counting their achievemen...
7 May 2021
After a testing week, Ruto and Raila have a lot to ponder
There were two politically significant events touching on Deputy President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, two prominent candidates for the presidency next year. First, Mr O...
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