A man who suffers no fools gladly, he was impatient throughout the interview and had no kind words for Ali Mazrui, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Taban Lo Liyong, writers that he has consistently fought in the media since the 1970s. Yet his physical demeanour belies his combative nature. The 70-year-old professor now walks slowly, supporting […]
Archives for November 2013
From Lancaster House 1963 to Democracy in Peril, 2013.
By Njonjo Mue In 1963 a delegation of Kenyan politicians from across the political divide gathered in Lancaster House to negotiate the country’s independence constitution. There was a long stand-off between KANU and KADU with the former favouring a centralized system of governance and the latter favouring a decentralized Majimbo system. Exhausted at the slow […]
Civil society protests nomination of IEBC Chair Isaak Hassan for Elections Award
Following the nomination of Isaak Hassan for an Electoral Resolution and Conflict Award, Kenya’s civil society organizations penned a protest note to the International Centre for Policy Studies, a UK based electoral and policy body disapproving the nomination owing to the conduct of  the IEBC Chairman and the the elections body during the last general […]
Kiambu County Assembly member charged in court with Rape
Jackson Njuguna Karanja was today arraigned before Resident Magistrate Stella Nekesa Televa in Thika charged with the rape and indecent assault. Karanja who was nominated by Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo now risks loosing his seat because of the offense, which carries punitive penalty, including death, if found guilty. Â The 35 year old former Ruiru […]
President FIRES Ahmednassir, 5 other JSC commissioners
President Uhuru Kenyatta today suspended 6 Judicial Service Commissioners among them prominent city lawyer Ahmednasir Abdulahi. Others shown the door includes Rev Kobia, Justice Mohamed Warsame, Prof Christine Mango, Emily  Ominde, and Florence Mwangangi. But the president is now being accused of appointing political activists to investigate the conduct of the suspended JSC officials. The […]
Amina Mohammed: ‘The ICC has been telling us that our president and his deputy are mere suspects’
The celebratory mood inside government seems to be at its all time high. A country’s new diplomacy has forced the ‘world’ to bend its rules, procedures and judicial language. At the ICC, Kenya forced a raft of changes which hopefully inches closer to letting President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy William Ruto off the hook. Little […]
ICC States Parties final resolution Adopts Excusal, Video technology on Kenyan cases
On 28 November 2013 the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“the Assemblyâ€) concluded its twelfth session in The Hague. The Assembly adopted eight resolutions by consensus: on the 2014 budget, on permanent premises, on cooperation, on complementarity, on victims and affected communities, on the establishment of the […]
President Kibaki to give public lecture at the University of Nairobi
Former President  Mwai Kibaki will next week give a public lecture at the University of Nairobi Main Campus. The lecture will be at Taifa Hall with the theme Kenya@50: Of Hindsight, Insight and Foresight and is part of the Kenya at 50 celebrations. President Kibaki has taken a low profile since leaving the presidency. He last spoke […]
photo: ‘Star Newspaper’ Error of the year: Multi billion Rail project a Raila project!
The Star Newspaper has made 2013 most glaring editorial error, surpassing Daily Nation. In today’s issue, the paper’s headline indicates President Uhuru’s pet project – the standard gauge railway – is a Raila project! See below! Daily Nation also recently mis-identified current First Lady Margaret Kenyatta as Margaret Kibaki! LOL!
Maina Kiai’s outrage with Nation Newspaper: Media and Human rights tied together
The Daily Nation appears to suggest in its editorial titled “NGO’s role in Africa Vital†(November 27) that repressing non-governmental organisations across the world is a good thing, simply for speaking out and dissenting. The commentary was obviously prompted by the fact that NGOs disagree with the regimes of the day, and because they implement […]
Leaked ODM list causing jitters ahead of party elections
The ‘leaked’ line-up to the new ODM party leadership ahead of 2014 party elections is causing discomfort with “outsiders”, mostly comprising the party’s youthful base. The Star Newspaper exclusively run a story which alleges that already the people Raila plans to work with for the 2017 elections have been identified. Of the 27 positions up […]
Njonjo Mue recollects grueling two week civic duty at the Hague
By Njonjo Mue Today is the closing day of the ICC Assembly of State Parties meeting here in The Hague. It has been a long and grueling two weeks. The Kenya government brought out a huge delegation led by Amb. Amina Mohammed and AG Githu Muigai and including the DPP, the Deputy Solicitor General, Kenya’s […]
Like Obama, Uhuru’s photo policy smacks of propaganda
By Dikembe Disembe What constitutes iconic photographs? This year, together with other Kenyan students, I had an opportunity to visit, albeit for the shortest time, the United States of America. When the tour ended and I took the next plane back home, relived somehow, I sat in between an elderly couple. Soon we were in […]
Uhuru, Ruto off ICC hook
In a long overdue diplomatic breakthrough, Ambassador Amina Mohammed has finally let the president out of ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda fishing net when Kenya forced an amendment to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence at the ongoing Assembly of States meeting at The Hague.. President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy William Ruto will no longer […]
Court upholds Mwashetani win in Lunga Lunga
Appeals Court sitting in Mombasa has upheld the election of Lunga Lunga MP Khatib Mwashetani. The Ford Kenya MP had lost his election after the High court nullified his win citing irregularities during the March 4 elections. On Saturday, CORD leader Raila Odinga was in Kwale drumming up support for Mwashetani in a function where an […]
Anti-Odingaism: Luo Nyanza slowly rising from ‘poverty politics’
By Dikembe Disembe Though a single survey may not reveal much about the prevailing income inequality indices in Kenya, the politics of poverty has been associated with Luo Nyanza for quite some time now. However, a new research which placed the four counties of Luo Nyanza as doing relatively ‘unexpected’ considering the often mainstream politics […]
Wetangula man responds to Mudavadi – you lack vision
By Wafula Wamunyinyi Following the cowardly and unfortunate statement by Hon. Musalia Mudavadi towards the Co-Principal of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga yesterday, I wish to respond as follows; Musalia Mudavadi re-appears from the ashes of the March 4th 2013 to do what he does best… SPOIL. Musalia […]
Mudavadi joins the cult of Railaphobia with challenges galore
By Dikembe Disembe Soon after the March 4 elections, Amani Coalition joined other small parties, and offered to work with the Jubilee government. It was all in the media. Recently, there were other media reports by ‘inner sources’ which were quoted saying that Mudavadi was getting a slot in a forthcoming cabinet reshuffle. He did […]
Governor Joho reopens Bangla-pesa
Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho (ODM) has re-established Bangla-Pesa programme in the Bangladeshi slums of Jomvu area which the national government prohibited in June with allegations that the group was clandestinely engaging in illegal monetary activities. Bangla pesa became a ‘media sensation’ that eventually led to the arrest of the founders Alfred Osigo, Paul Mwania, Caroline […]
ICC makes new ruling, orders Uhuru to continuously attend Court
Kenyatta case: ICC Trial Chamber V(b) reviews decision on presence of accused at trial Situation: The Republic of Kenya Case: The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta Today, 26 November 2013, Trial Chamber V(b) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) reconsidered its previous decision excusing Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta from continuous presence at trial, in light of […]
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