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On Lower Salaries for State Officers
The statistics on the earnings of Kenyan MPs is well known, and leads to the fact that they are among the highest paid in the …
Blogs and Opinions
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Should Aspirants linked to Corruption Scandals Be Allowed to Run for Public Office?
At this point it is difficult to tell if any of the aspirants for the upcoming election have been vetted, not because they have not …
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Now that the 10th Parliament failed to Pass the Campaign Finance Bill
Now that the political party primaries are over we can expect that campaigns for the general election on March 4th to begin in earnest. However …
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How much does a Retired President Cost?
On Monday last week the President assented to the Presidential Retirement Benefits Amendment Bill and rejected Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Bill. …
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Have You Been Registered As a Member of a Political Party without Your Knowledge?
In order for a political party to be registered, the Political Parties Act, 2011 requires that said party have at least 1000 registered members in …
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On the Continual Extension of dates for Party Hopping
The Elections Act 2011 required that parties submit their party lists, and nominees for elected posts to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission three months …
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On Political Coalitions
Having an executive president makes the stakes in the race for presidency necessarily high. The stakes are made even higher by the impending cases against …
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On Parliament: Lack of Quorum, Representation and Pending Business
Parliamentary attendance is woefully low. Last week at the beginning of the parliamentary session on Wednesday 5th only 13 out of a total of 222 …
Opinion
On the Supreme Court’s Majority Opinion on the One Third Gender Rule
How to implement the one third gender rule has been a problem that the government has grappled with for a while now. A few months …
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Should Aspirants with Pending Court Cases Run in the Elections?
Good news for those members of parliament and aspirants with the pending civil or criminal court cases. The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC), established …
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On the New Traffic Laws
The New Traffic Amendment Act gazetted by the Minister for Transport, Amos Kimunya, took effect on Monday. 10 million shillings in traffic violation fines has …
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How Prepared are we for the Next Election?
By now I think most Kenyans are familiar with the statistics from the 2007/2008 post election violence, 1,500 people killed and more than 350,000 people …