Commentaries

Landmines in PSC recommendations on Revised Harmonised Draft

Over the years, MPs have slowly but surely mutilated the Constitution to serve their own selfish interests. They do not ... Read More

Central Kenya MPs caught in time warp

Central Kenya leaders are enmeshed in a turf battle that really does not need to be. ... Read More

Palaver

Deputy Prime Minister Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi says he should be counted among presidential aspirants for 2012. But he ... Read More

Did review team’s call for more MPs miss the point?

Democracy, at least the way we practice it, can be quite a baggage. ... Read More

Committee’s faulty approach to constitution

Among the many failings of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitutional Review (PSC) is the miserable report ... Read More

Increase in seats should be accompanied by pay cut for MPs

Knee jerk protestation is fast becoming somewhat of a national pastime. ... Read More

Raila can visit my village any time he chooses

The one and probably only gift our politicians have is raising dust even on soggy grounds. I could numerate a Sh1.7 bill ... Read More

Region’s elusive search for equity for 46 years

The sheer mention of North Eastern Province as an administrative region of the Kenya Government stimulates many years of ... Read More

Palaver

Here is part of Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo’s response to those opposed to the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Com ... Read More

Private firms can set workers’ retirement age

Claris Ogangah QUESTION: I am curious to know who the retirement age of 60 applies to as the company I work for retir ... Read More

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Man to hoist Kenyan flag in space
Education ministry scandal: Ball in Kibaki’s court
Anti-corruption agency turns heat on big shots
Lucy Kibaki seeks stiffer penalties for rapists
Health sector faces crisis over corruption and donor fatigue
Civil society moves to block support for TJRC
Allan Shearer strikes goals in orphans project
PSC chairman recounts Naivasha experience
TJRC useless unless law is repealed, say leaders
Ministers in war of words over calls to sack Ongeri
Court yet to decide fate of several MPs, ministers
Ocampo closes in on post-election violence suspects
Draft has nothing similar to US system
Raila wants Ongeri, Karega fired
Mwakwere loses seat
Millions of children locked out of school
Chief swaps baton for computer
Bright pupils from poor families still waiting for sponsorship
Somali pirates stem fish piracy
Makwere loses seat
Cabinet moves to protect witnesses to chaos
ICC could soon give go ahead on Kenya’s case
KAA boss says hotel a danger to aircraft
Kibaki summons State officials
KACC goes for big shots in war on vice
Doctor: Change diet to keep cancer at bay
Ministers summoned
Battle over new constituencies intensifies
ICC team denies collecting evidence
Killed inside his university by AP squad
Police ordered to explain al-Faisal’s ‘fake’ court order
270 school heads sacked in FPE audit
ICC: State bows to pressure on safety of witnesses
Kenya’s oldest MD prepares to exit but not without fight
UN accords Nairobi higher status
Kenyan remittances worth $609 million in 2009 - Central Bank
Your safety is assured despite find, says Saitoti
Why Mariga buck stops right here at home
Police seize more weapons in Narok
Shock as five buried alive in quarry tragedy
Team that ensured we got ‘white smoke’
After 20 years of study, doctors say they have cracked puzzle on Aids
Witness in piracy case fears for his life
Drivers feel pain of rough side of super highway
Why NGOs want Kiplagat’s team sent home
Raila meeting set to pave the way for hiring of more teachers
ICC sends team over threats to witnesses’ lives
Woman killed after she identified thug
African Union to consider land for Haitians, opens bank account
Hotels that make the sea their sewage disposal pit
Raila takes charge of ODM
It’s too early to celebrate deal on law, experts warn
Family fights court order to deport their son