After President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term amid boycott by Nasa, Raila Odinga’s team vowed to conduct a parallel swearing in ceremony, a promise kept on January, 30 2018.

The commission disputes the narrative that the Raila Odinga-led National Super Alliance was denied access to the electoral server, with its logs showing that at 34, the coalition had four more log-ins than all the other parties’ representatives co...

Only Chebukati, Boya Molu and Abdi Guliye are remaining in office as commissioners after the dramatic exit of Roselyn Akombe, vice chairperson Consolata Nkatha, Margret Mwachanya and Paul Kurgat.

Once upon a time, a king told his subjects they must contribute more to his coffers so he could buy his family the best things and travel far and wide.

MP Rahim Dawood said it was time to change the 20 per cent areas of the supreme law “considered bad” during referendum campaigns.

He is under immense pressure from some of his kitchen cabinet and the family to abandon Ruto and craft a new political arrangement with his two-time rival turned ally Raila with whom he entered a deal through the now famous handshake last March.

“The CSs must attend sittings of Parliament at least once every week and whenever required to answer questions on the floor of the House,” Ruto said.

Governors Wycliffe Oparanya (Kakamega), Hassan Joho (Mombasa), Amason Kingi (Kilifi), Alfred Mutua (Machakos) and Kivutha Kibwana (Makueni) have either publicly declared or been named as potential presidential candidates.

Last week, I was shocked to learn of a plan by governors to request the Building Bridges team to include a proposal to remove their term limits.

Vice chairperson Connie Maina and commissioners Paul Kurgat and Margaret Mwachanya resigned last year, while Roselyne Akombe quit in the run-up to the 2017 repeat presidential election.

Since 2001, the Supreme Court and other institutions such as political parties, international observers have voiced concerns about the quality of the elections held in the country and have made proposals which government appears unprepared to look...

However, it is the strained relationship between the President and his deputy that has triggered some silent murmurs in the ruling party, threatening its fragile unity amid claims by those allied to the DP that they could rebel if the disrespect t...

The Kihara Member of Parliament who has recently emerged as a close ally of Deputy President William Ruto said it was not possible to expand the executive to accommodate over forty ethnic groups in the country.

Parliament has also prioritised the passing of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Amendment bill to provide the mechanism for hiring new commissioners whenever vacancies arises.

The various outreach teams attached to the Deputy President — including his large media crew, security, drivers and protocol officers — are yet to receive their allowances since the final quarter of last year, severely curtailing their movements a...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has promised a complete overhaul of the National Transport and Safety Authority structure to root out rogue workers.

Today, the protesting MPs – over a dozen of them — mostly drawn from ODM, have had the implicit support from the governors of Kilifi, Taita Taveta, Tana River, and Kwale.

Muriithi, former President Mwai Kibaki’s nephew, and Mohammed Kuti (Isiolo) are Kenya’s only governors who survived dominance of NASA and Jubilee political outfits and the power of incumbency in their regions to become county bosses.

Second and more specific was the Supreme Court’s observation after voiding the candidature of the presumed winner of the governorship election in Rivers State in 2007 and “awarding” victory to “disqualified” candidate Rotimi Amaechi: “The politica...

The committee chaired by Kanyaluo MCA Jeff Ongoro revealed that millions of shillings were paid for several road projects but the works “were either not done or implemented below the required standards”.