Author: Kanyi Wyban
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The Evolution of the Presidential Oath
Ruto will take two oaths administered by the Chief Registrar of the Judiciary, Anne Amadi, in the presence of the Chief Justice, Martha Koome. The first oath will pledge allegiance to the Constitution while the second is the solemn affirmation of due execution of the office of president – as envisaged in Article 141 (3)…
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What are the Roles of the Speaker of the Senate
The Speaker is bestowed the honour of being the final authority on all matters regarding…
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Who Qualifies to be the Deputy Speaker of the Senate
The procedure for electing a Deputy Speaker is, for the most part, the same as that prescribed for the election of the Speaker of the Senate. However, if only one candidate has been fronted for election as Deputy Speaker, that candidate is to be declared immediately as elected Deputy Speaker of the Senate without any…
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Who Qualifies To Be A Speaker of the Senate
To be declared elected as Speaker, a candidate must garner votes of two-thirds or 45 of the 67 Senators in the House.
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The Observers’ Verdict Is Out
About 18,000 local and international observers were accredited by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to monitor polling stations in the 290 constituencies around the country, ahead of the 9 August polls. 1300 of them were international observers, from a cross-section of regional and occidental election observer missions. The most notable were the East…
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Mathare, Makadara and the Embakasis
I made these logs on Wednesday 10 August 2022, the day after the general election, while monitoring the status of tallying in seven constituency tallying centers across Nairobi County. The following were my observations throughout the day:
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Long Queues in Mathare
0650 hrs: I’m at St. Teresa’s Girls’ High School in the Mathare Constituency of Nairobi County. The polling station is roaring with life. A big confusion looms. People are confused as to how to identify their voting booths. There is a huge crowd finger-tracing their names at the list outside the gate. Most complain their…
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The Nine Lives of Kiamaiko Slaughterhouses
Bayana maintains that Nema has become too hasty and radical in its approach. He tells me that the deadline issued demonstrates a government whose priorities are reversed. Unsettling a whole community’s economy, he explains, will come at a great cost – it is Nema’s job to provide more options, not less.
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Mukuru’s Wars and Woes
The case of forced evictions – or threats of the same – in informal settlements isn’t new to Mukuru or Nairobi. In August 1996, the eviction of 20,000 people from the Mukuru shantytown was ordered by the Moi regime and then quickly suspended. Two days later, it was the turn of Mbagathi Village (between South…
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On Voter Apathy. Is Anyone Listening?
There’s certainly a plethora of reasons why this particular section of Kenyans is indifferent to electoral politics, one of them (if not key among them) being the unassailable view that the outcome of a Kenyan election (especially at the presidential level, which has resulted in post-election violence before) isn’t decided by the number of votes…