Politics

Governors will now pursue a raft of constitutional amendments through Parliament to salvage gains envisaged for counties in the Building Bridges Initiative Bill whose nullification by the High Court has since been upheld by the Appellate Court. The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (The BBI Bill) sought to amend…

The leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party was among nearly a dozen officials arrested by government forces during raids in the early hours of Wednesday. Freeman Mbowe, the head of the Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) party, and 10 other senior party officials were rounded up by security forces…

President Uhuru Kenyatta Tuesday afternoon held a consultative meeting with leaders from the Lower Eastern Region; comprising the Counties of Kitui, Machakos, and Makueni. The delegation was led by former Vice-President H.E Kalonzo Musyoka, Kitui County Governor Charity Ngilu, Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua, Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo, Kitui Senator Enoch…

The Building Bridges Initiative (Constitutional Amendment)-BBI, consolidated appeals will be heard by a Seven-Judge bench for four days beginning 29th June 2021 to 2nd July 2021. Justice Daniel Musinga, the President of the Court of Appeal will constitute the bench, with the permission of Chief Justice Martha Koome. Speaking on…

Pavel Robert Oimeke, the ODM Party candidate for the Bonchari constituency by-election was on Wednesday morning declared winner after garnering 8,049 votes, representing 30 pc of the votes cast. Jubilee Party’s Zebedeo Opore followed closely with 7,279 votes while UDA’s Teresa Bitutu, the widow of former Bonchari MP Oroo Oyioka,…

Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka has urged Kenyans at large to respect independent institutions and especially the office of the President. Kalonzo says as a democratic nation our Country values are drawn from the respect for the rule of law, separation of powers and respect of the people’s freedoms. “It…

Kenya’s Attorney General Paul Kihara has filed an appeal against the High Court’s ruling on petitions filed against the Building Bridges Initiative issued on May 13. Kihara says he is dissatisfied with the decision of the 5-judge bench delivered at the High Court. “I the 1st respondent, being dissatisfied with…

It has been reported that a Nairobi court has halted the removal of Nominated Senator Isaac Mwaura from the ruling Jubilee Party, just hours after the Senate Speaker declared his seat vacant. The orders, reports indicate, shall remain in force pending the hearing and determination of his appeal, which has…

Chadians are going to the polls today, April 11, 2021, an election that is widely expected to see President Idriss Déby extend his 30-year premiership. In power since 1990, this will be the 68-year-old incumbent’s sixth term. When he was nominated to be the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement’s flagbearer this…

Abdikadir Haji, popularly known as Abdul Haji, son to the former senator the late Yusuf Haji, has been declared as the duly-elected senator for Garissa County. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati, in a gazette notice dated April 6, 2021, declared a no-contest as no one…