THE Real Story: IEBC's Comedy of Errors
For a first-round presidential victory, the winner was required to garner more than 50 per cent of the votes cast and at least 25 per cent in half of the 47 counties. Kenyatta did. He now has the unenviable task of fixing the country's electoral system. If he does not, it might very well be his turn to cry foul in 2017.
The unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of Kenya on March 30 dismissing Mr Raila Odinga's presidential election petition gave a ringing endorsement to Mr Uhuru Kenyatta's victory. But that was the easy part.Fixing the problems at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) that led to the highly contested presidential poll will be the harder part. But President-elect Kenyatta (he was yet to be sworn in as we went to press) still faces the daunting task of uniting a country that is highly polarised by ethnically- driven politics.Kenyatta, it must be noted, seemed to have borrowed heavily from the book of Raila Doctrine of 2007 that saw him cobble together a coalition that left President Mwai Kibaki completely bereft of political support.... Read More
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BORN FREE:Sharks ‘Trouble’ in Kenya’s South Coast
The bid by Seaquarium to capture these sea leviathans and charge tourists a modest fee to swim with them has infuriated environmentalists.
Trouble is brewing at Kenya's pristine south coast. Fomenting this crisis are business interests in competitio...
Culture
GIDDY UP:Horseback Encounters
Ireland is renowned as the home of the horse and while the best horse-riding in the world is to be found in the Atlantic coast which enjoys a long history of breeding and riding horses there are also plenty of places to ride right here in Kenya. DEA'...
Global Stage
AFRO-CHINA: Unmasking China’s Influence in Africa
The greatest resistance to a Chinese-sponsored African equivalent of Al Jazeera will be the predictable choreographed attack on the idea by the West either directly or through its surrogate, the African Press itself. An alarm will sweep through Afric...
Envoys of Sport
36 YEARS ON:Surprises at Africa Junior Tennis Championships
The 36th edition that took place at Nairobi sports club featured the finest juniors in the under 16 and under 14 categories
Unpredictable weather, lack of funding and few tennis courts has seen Kenya always lose out on hosting one of the continent's...
Health
HEALTH AGENDA : New Government’s Daunting Task
Kenya's next government has its work well cut out on why it urgently needs to address a deplorable health sector. The industry has been suffering a concoction of poor facilities, less workforce and inadequate funding to ensure the nation fully benefi...
Economy
SECURITY MATTERS:From Rwanda With a Midas Touch
Why is a native Somali and Canadian citizen running one of the most successful security intelligence companies in the region, with subsidiaries in Burundi, Kenya and Tanzania and headquartered in Kigali, which he calls home?
A chat with Soyan Omar, th...
Cover Story
Cover Story: IEBC's Comedy of Errors
For a first-round presidential victory, the winner was required to garner more than 50 per cent of the votes cast and at least 25 per cent in half of the 47 counties. Kenyatta did. He now has the unenviable task of fixing the country's electoral syst...
The Region
POWER PLAY: Media and Politics
Can a politician campaign without using the media? This is almost impossible. Those who ignore the media, do so at their own peril.
Media is the new force in politics today. This year has seen politics relying extensively on imagery expensive advert...
Special Reports
The Cancer Burden Kenya Has To Bear
Cancer has become a disease of concern in Kenya. According to Dr Anselmy Opiyo, Chief Medical Specialist-Oncology, previously, not much thought was given to cancer. Emphasis was placed on the management of communicable disease. However, with improv...
Green Agenda
WAGER: National Parks Natural Solutions’ To Climate Change
Six national parks in Kenya are being used to implement a global pilot project which demonstrates how protected areas can contribute significantly to reducing the impacts of climate change.
Kenya is among a few selected countries across the globe be...
Diplospeak
Congratulations to Uhuru Kenyatta
Permit me, both for myself and on behalf of my fellow Germans, to congratulate you most warmly on your election as President of the Republic of Kenya and on the successfully held elections of the National Assembly, the Senate, the Governors and the C...
Diplomatic News
Kenya recalls all its Ambassadors and High Commissioners
All of Kenya's 52 Ambassadors and High Commissioners serving in the East African nation's foreign embassies have been recalled as part of a process the new administration says seeks to redefine the country's foreign policy mandate."The charge D'Affai...
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