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MPs, What Happened to Representing the People?
Why do we have members of parliament? We have a country of 40 million plus people and not all of us can go to parliament …
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On Educational Requirements for MPs
Front and centre in the news and the public consciousness, this and last week, has been the issue of educational requirements for members of parliament. …
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On the Finance Minister’s 4.7 Billion Grant to Clear Tax Arrears of State Officers
The issue of MPs taxes has been a bone of contention ever since the constitution implementation process began. The constitution is clear all state officers, …
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On Watering Down of Legislation
Lately there seems to be several attempts by parliament to amend legislation to favour the interests of those in the current House. The latest form …
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Fighting Impunity: What’s the Voters Role?
If impunity is the exemption from punishment, absence of remedy, immunity from unpleasant consequences, lack of access to effective justice, and general lack of accountability, …
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On Fraudulent Registration of Voters to Political Parties
Elections have not formally begun and already cracks are beginning to show in the election fabric. There is the issue of the election budget written …
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On the Revised Election Budget
By this point the pattern has grown tiresomely familiar. The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) submits it’s budget for the next general election to the …
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On Leadership and Integrity
The constitutional requirements for leadership and integrity as outlined in Chapter 6 of the constitution are pretty clear: personal integrity, competence and suitability; objectivity and …
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On Constitutional Implementation: Should Parliament be sanctioned?
According to the Schedule 5 and 6 of the Constitution there are 47 Bills to be legislated within 5 years. 28 of these laws are …
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Education a Constitutional Right but who is enforcing it?
The disgruntlement of the educators in the public sector over pay and staffing is widely known and documented. Less well documented is the detrimental effect …
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On the Government’s Failure to Use Funds Earmarked for Development
The Office of the Controller of Budget was created by the constitution to oversee the implementation of the budgets of the national and county governments. …
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Appointments: What’s Constitutional?
Recently there has been spate of rejections of nominees for various appointive positions. There is currently a court case to stop the appointment of the …