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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...
22 Oct 2021
On his final lap, President Kenyatta is juggling many balls
From now onwards, every public holiday whose celebrations he presides over will be labelled President Uhuru Kenyatta’s last, and as the end of his term draws closer, the expectations grow heavier. H...
15 Oct 2021
Elections 2022, Another round of proposals to amend Electoral laws
The electoral commission this week gave the National Assembly’s Justice and Legal Affairs a wish list of laws it wants changed to make it easier to manage the General Election in August 2022. They i...
8 Oct 2021
One more push for Raila
Compared to how they handled Raila Odinga, there was a different tone in the conversation when the Mt Kenya Foundation met the One Kenya Alliance earlier this week. Where the former Prime Minist...
1 Oct 2021
Odinga climbs the Mountain but the hard work remains
Raila Odinga, the head of the Orange Democratic Movement, this week made his biggest moves yet to harness the votes he anticipates will be the reward of his rapprochement with President Uhuru Kenyatta...
27 Aug 2021
A year to the elections, a time to shape up
A sit-down with the President always offers interesting insights and is no doubt a good deal for the media, as it is bound to produce headlines as the country is given a rare chance to examine the thi...
20 Aug 2021
After the BBI debacle, the new Opposition are happy
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga surprised many, their allies especially, when they reached a truce and marked it with The Handshake on the steps of Harambee House on March 9, 2018. Par...
14 Aug 2021
When hot mics pick narratives
The press conference by Moses Kuria, Martha Karua and Mwangi Kiunjuri on Thursday was advertised as a significant moment for development in Kenya’s politics ahead of the General Election. At the end...
6 Aug 2021
UDA, Uganda, and Ruto’s dilemma
When they emerged from their Parliamentary Group meeting, MPs supporting Deputy President William Ruto came out with a bold statement. They declared: “The governing Jubilee Party has collapsed...
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