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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 …
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Constitutional Deadlines & Fast Tracking Bills Again
Earlier in the month Transport Minister, Amos Kimunya, moved a motion for the reduction of the publication period of four bills constitutional bills from 14 …
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On Parliament’s 200,000 Shilling Seats
Government waste is no secret. It is not only surprising some of things that the government spends money on, but also how much it spends …
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Why its Important for the IEBC to get the voter registration process right
The way we register voters is inefficient. Our last election proved that. The inquiries that took place after the election estimated, “that there were 1.2 …
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On the Suggestion of an August 2013 Election Date
Before the issue of the election date became thoroughly confused, I would hazard a guess that most Kenyans had expected that the elections would be …
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How Accessible is Parliament, Really?
Parliamentary accessibility is necessary for effective public participation in governance and is explicitly provided for the constitution. Article 118 that deals with public access and …
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Of Vote Buying and Vote Selling
Were it that the only polls that counted were those that take place on election day, and that those polls were the only determinant of …
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Give Your Views on Leadership & Integrity Bill
It has been a busy news week, so it’s easy to have been distracted from the fact that the Commission for the Implementation of the …
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Parliamentary Committees Effective or Not?
I don’t think it would be a stretch to say that Kenyans are sceptical of the ability of parliamentary committees or commissions of inquiry to …