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The Tyranny of Tallying
The dust will soon settle on the March 4th General Election, amid serious questions raised about the conduct of the polls by the IEBC, specifically around the tallying process. In many ways, the tallying process was eerily reminiscent of that … Continue reading
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Good Laws Will Only Make Sense If We Elect Good Leaders
On August 27th 2010, Kenya reached a milestone few other countries have been able to: the promulgation of a new constitution during ‘peace time’. The fact that this was done during times of peace is significant because historically, constitutional transitions … Continue reading
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Who Is To Blame For Poor Leadership? We Are!
We, the citizenry, are the authors of our own misfortune! We cry for leadership “change” with little inkling that the prevailing situation is of our own making. Not only because of the fact that we are responsible for electing our … Continue reading
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Redefining Leadership for a New Kenya
The very mention of the word ‘leadership’ in the Kenyan context conjures images of a small, albeit powerful, group of individuals who have gravitated around the center of power since the Moi regime. It is this small clique that is … Continue reading
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Leadership, Integrity & EACC
Chapter 6 on Leadership & Integrity is, in my view, one of the cornerstones of our new Constitution. Without it, the aspirations of the Kenyan people for effective and accountable leadership remain elusive. Chapter 6 seeks to define the parameters … Continue reading
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National Discourse in 2012 Must Transcend ICC
In the past few weeks, the national imagination has been completely consumed by the ICC and the confirmation of charges against four Kenyans. What has happened since that confirmation is cause for national concern. Two of the suspects in particular, … Continue reading
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Urgent Need to Rationalize Public Service Salaries
Finally, some sanity! It came as music to my ears to hear recently that MPs are likely to face a pay cut following the next election. MPs salaries have long been a favourite topic of debate, in the national media … Continue reading
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Tom Mboya Responds to Acumen Fund’s Lesson #9 – There is no currency like trust, and there are no shortcuts to earning it
The notion of trust is relative. Relative in that it means different things to different people, and there is no telling what it will take to earn the trust of another. To poor and marginalized communities, trust can be something … Continue reading
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The Irony of Subverting the Constitution through Legislation
The initial round of deadlines for legislation to implement the new constitution has now passed. While the first year under a new constitutional dispensation presented numerous challenges, the year ahead is fraught with even more formidable obstacles. With more legislation … Continue reading
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The Challenge of Elections During Transition
Finally, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Act has been assented to. Having been passed by Parliament more than a month prior, the intrigues and delay of such a critical piece of legislation remain inexplicable, especially given the pressure … Continue reading
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