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Media Roundtable: The Media & Hate Speech

3 Sep 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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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On Parliament’s Passing of the Mutilated Leadership and Integrity Bill

31 Aug 2012 Loise Mwakamba

It has been two years since the constitution was promulgated; and it seems that every step of the implementation process has been fraught with controversy, …

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Constitutional Deadlines & Fast Tracking Bills Again

21 Aug 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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 the Nairobi Southern By-Pass

17 Aug 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Earlier this year the government commissioned the building of the Nairobi Southern By-Pass. The 30km road, which is scheduled for completion in 2015, will run …

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On Parliament’s 200,000 Shilling Seats

11 Aug 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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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On the Cabinet’s Mutilation of the Leadership & Integrity Bill

10 Aug 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Whether our leaders should abide by principles of leadership and integrity as outlined in the constitution should not really be a topic of contention. It …

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Biometric Voter Registration vs. Manual Registration

6 Aug 2012 Loise Mwakamba

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) estimates that there will be up to 18 million Kenyans registered to vote in the country’s next election. …

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Why its Important for the IEBC to get the voter registration process right

3 Aug 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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

28 Jul 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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?

26 Jul 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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

23 Jul 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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

20 Jul 2012 Loise Mwakamba

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 …