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15 Jan 2021
In Nairobi, speedy moves have brought some calm
After a long-forgotten case challenging her nomination was speedily ended, Anne Kananu Mwenda was quickly vetted and sworn in as Nairobi’s Deputy Governor on Friday afternoon. She is now in li...
8 Jan 2021
BBI: Mwananchi speaks
TIFA Research has conducted a survey on Sentiments in the nation regarding BBI. The TIFA survey was designed and the data collected several weeks before the writing/release of the “letter” authore...
8 Jan 2021
Silver linings in the wake of Sonko’s exit
Anyone who knows anything about Mike Sonko would know it is naïve not to expect that he would have a record of any interaction with him. The latest proof has been in the form of a recording of a conv...
18 Dec 2020
After Sonko, tough decisions have to be made
The defeat of the ODM candidate in Msambweni earlier in the week was seen by some as a triumph of the people against the system. A few days later, as former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was shown...
11 Dec 2020
Intrigue at the Judiciary kicks off
As Chief Justice David Maraga prepared to go on his terminal leave, activist Okiya Omtatah filed a case to stop Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu taking over. Mwilu has seven issues hanging o...
4 Dec 2020
What is in the latest BBI Bill?
On the 25th of November, 2020, a newer version of the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was published by the Government Printers. The object of this Bill according to its promoters, i...
4 Dec 2020
Beyond Ruto’s issues, BBI needs more verve
Deputy President William Ruto thrives in contests. He was in the winning team that rejected the draft Constitution in 2005, used the No movement to build his influence and political mobilization in 20...
27 Nov 2020
Two weeks later, one brother remains on course, two wondering
As President Uhuru Kenyatta gathered proponents of the Building Bridges Initiative to launch the collection of signatures, his deputy took to his new favourite medium of communication, Twitter. “Eve...
20 Nov 2020
With postponements, BBI buys the president time
Mr Ruto and his
supporters appear
to have succeeded
in confusing the
pro-BBI team: they
have continuously
poked holes in
the report and its
recommendations
and Mr Ruto...
6 Nov 2020
Insights into the American Election 2020
US President Donald Trump is vying for a second term against the Democratic Party candidate and former Vice President, Joe Biden. American elections are different from the one man one vote system that...
6 Nov 2020
A lawyer’s curious surrender
Paul Gicheru surprised everybody, his lawyer included, when he surrendered himself to the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands. The lawyer has been a wanted man since the court unsea...
23 Oct 2020
The next race for the BBI
Changes to the Constitution via Parliament mean
that there must be consensus before the Bill
is published, as it cannot be amended as it
goes through the legislative pipeline. Its
proponents must be p...
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