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3 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
Former Turkana County Attorney Erastus Edung Ethekon when he appeared before the selection panel in Nairobi on March 25th 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard]Seven nominees to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission have been approved by the National Assembly. This is despite fears of potential bias in the execution of their mandate, thanks to their special relationship with key figures in the broad-based government.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
Correctional Services Principal Secretary Salome Muhia yesterday defended the large pending bills in her department, attributing them to frequent rationalisation of budgets by the Treasury. According to a report from the Office of the Auditor General for the 2022/2023 financial year, the department had accrued Sh6.8 billion in pending bills owed to suppliers of goods and services during the period under review. This had prompted the intervention of MPs, who were considering the matter yesterday.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
Medical Services Principal Secretary nominee, Ouma Oluga, has proposed a corruption risk assessment at the Ministry of Health to deal with the chronic corruption. While appearing before the National Assembly Health Committee, where he was vetted for suitability for office, Oluga outlined the measure as an urgent step in the fight against corruption.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
When Deputy President Kithure Kindiki took oath office in November 2024, he joined the ranks of an administration suffering from growing public distrust and one yearning for a political renaissance. Having ascended to the second-highestoffice position riding on the political miscalculations of his predecessor Rigathi Gachagua, Prof Kindiki was quickly plunged into the murky world of politicking and public engagements, a deviation from his soft-spoken, non-confrontational nature.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
The country is staring at a constitutional crisis should the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) fail to delimit boundaries. Already, the delimitation of boundaries is overdue by over ten months. Experts are now warning that the 2027 general elections could fail to take place as scheduled if petitioners unhappy with IEBC’s failure to conduct the now overdue exercise file cases in court.
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Jan 26, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
The legal fraternity has weighed in on the Cabinet’s decision to dissolve nine State Corporations and merge 42 others. The move, approved during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday last week, chaired by President William Ruto at the Kakamega State Lodge, is expected to impact civil servants. Legal experts have expressed differing views on the decision. Some argue the Cabinet’s resolution is not final, while others criticise the lack of Parliamentary involvement.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
At the height of last year’s anti-government protests, President William Ruto was compelled to make concessions. Facing mounting pressure from a series of events triggered by his administration’s proposal for punitive tax measures, Ruto was left with no choice but to abandon the traditional presidential podium and meet his Gen Z critics online.
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Jan 25, 2025 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Josphat Thiong'o
Several Heads of State from the continent are expected in Nairobi today for the high-level extended Bureau Retreat on African Union (AU) Institutional reforms. President William Ruto will be leading the retreat centring on Institutional reforms at the AU. Ethiopia’s President Taye Atske, Comoros’ Azali Assoumani, Ghana’s John Dramani, Togo’s Faure Gnassingbe and Angola’s Joao Lourenco are expected to land in the country between today and tomorrow.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
tnx.africa | Vincent Ongore |Patrick Beja |Josphat Thiong'o |Edwin Nyarangi
No one has encapsulated Raila Odinga’s complex persona better than Badejo Babafemi in Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Politics. Indeed, Raila’s latest moves highlight his status as an unpredictable figure in Kenya’s political theatre. Following his narrow loss to President William Ruto in the August 2022 elections, Raila has oscillated between opposition and collaboration, leaving pundits and citizens equally perplexed.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
tnx.africa | Patrick Beja |Josphat Thiong'o |Edwin Nyarangi |James Omoro
Former Gender Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa seems to have switched roles with the flamboyant Mining, Blue Economy, and Maritime Affairs CS Hassan Joho in defending President William Ruto. While Jumwa has launched her bid to unseat Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro from a distance, Joho has assumed her role in defending both President Ruto and his broad-based government, which has left the self-styled Mekatilili wa Menza in the cold.
