As Kenya enters the home stretch of this political season, assuming reason fails to prevail as the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ignores overwhelming public reservations and court rulings against the commission’s conduct and instead proceeds with the general elections on August 8, 2017 anyway, the chances of having…
The recent Court of Appeals ruling against the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission (IEBC) that mandated that votes tallied and announced at the polling stations are the final count for all contestants including the presidency ought to be a wakeup call to the Commission and the ruling Jubilee party that…
Is it just me or are there many of us out here wondering about the same issue and that is, when was the last time Kenya’s election commission(s) owned up to their mistakes in conducting elections let alone held responsible for the resulting violence? For far too long Kenya’s election…
That President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto are nervous about their reelection is the understatement of the year. It has to be, how could they not be? We have been part of this rodeo since their election and watched in utter amazement AND disbelief how the hopelessly dysfunctional…
To an untrained eye, the recent and ongoing public intramural squabbles between President Uhuru Kenyatta and governors Josephat Nanok and Hassan Joho it appears like the usual political kinks we are used to but a closer look reveals
When I think of Kenya’s political ecosystem and last week’s passage of the2016 Election Laws (Amendment) Bill and the Election Offences and the forthcoming formal Jubilee Party merger meeting this coming Thursday September 8, 2016
