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On the Delayed Arrival of the BVR Kits
So the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) Kits have arrived in the country, and not a moment to soon, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission was …
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2012 Voter Registration – Can the IEBC Avoid the Pitfalls of the 2010 Referendum?
The voter registration exercise starts and runs right through the month of November. As we speak, the long awaited Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits necessary …
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On the ‘Gender Penalty’ that Could Cost Taxpayers Kshs. 4 Billion Annually
Given our context that the implementation of the two third gender principle would run into problems was inevitable. Anything involving a massive change of the …
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The Right to Run for Political Office vs. The Leadership & Integrity Requirement
The constitution enshrines both the right to run for political office and the standards for leadership and integrity.
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On MPs Decision to Fight for their Right to Sh2 Billion Take Home Package
Just yesterday to the collective relief of the nation the President refused to assent to a Finance Bill that would have allowed the Parliamentarians to …
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On MPs 2 Billion Shilling Exit Package
The President has refused to assent to the MPs proposed 2 billion shilling exit package, on grounds of its unconstitutionality, its economic implications, and probably …
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The Judiciary on Leadership and Integrity
I doubt anyone would argue that there is need to reform the leadership of the country. However the question of how high to set the …
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On Hate Speech, Conciliation vs. Criminal Prosecution, Is Conciliation Enough?
If the prosecution of the Environment Minister for hate speech had gone ahead, it would have been the first in country case of high profile …
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On Bribery of Parliamentarians
A few weeks Parliament ago rejected the report of Public Accounts Committee that revealed a 1.8 billion shilling loss of taxpayer money as a result …
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On the Doctors, Teachers, and Lecturers Strikes
Has the government so poorly managed public services that the only way that public servants (doctors, teachers, lecturers, police) feel they can influence the government …
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On the Government’s Responsibility to Protect its Citizens
The primary of role the state is to protect its citizens. Our constitution guarantees both the right to life (Article 26.1) and the right to …
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Media Roundtable: The Media & Hate Speech
Last month’s media roundtable centred around whether the media is better to prepared to deal with issues of hate speech and inflammatory language than it …