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More on Significant Political Sentiment
4 Feb 2022
Joint opposition to manual submission of presidential results could neutralize tensions
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has sparked a fresh round of controversy in political circles just after the fight over the law determining how coalitions are formed ended.&...
28 Jan 2022
Mudavadi’s political move and enactment of parties law roll the ball for coalitions
In the months before he announced an alliance with Deputy President William Ruto, Musalia Mudavadi had been working to change his profile. He had become more assertive and angled his messaging t...
21 Jan 2022
Jimi Wanjigi’s foray into front-end politics enters snail’s pace
Jimi Wanjigi has since mid-2021 been vocal about his bid to become a presidential candidate, but the last week has made that ambitious idea fade into the background. The decision by a court to free hi...
21 Jan 2022
Extrajudicial killings put a spotlight on the government
While The Standard had published a story about it before, the visit by activists Boniface Mwangi and Hussein Khalid to the banks of River Yala have once again thrown the spotlight on suspected extraju...
14 Jan 2022
Itumbi seeks to make a meal of his travails
Journalists have been wary about exploring the story of the abduction, torture and hospitalization of Dennis Itumbi, who now works as a digital strategist for Deputy President William Ruto. Keen to us...
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...
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