When Muigai warned Raila of consequences in the event he was sworn in as “the People’s President” he was criticised

Activism is a cry for engagement. It arises when people feel incapable of making a difference in the circumstances of their own lives or that of their neighbours. In this situation, an external response, often by the State, is sought to ameliorate the given challenge, and the activist’s effort is designed to influence, demand or even force that response.

The developments of the past few months suggest strongly that Kenya has a consensus challenge. The lack of general agreement between the major political movements in the country on broad issues including how to lead and govern, as well as advance the economy, have persisted.

A key plank of Raila Odinga’s speech at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC last week was his assertion that, the drive behind his (or by and large NASA/NRM’s) latest campaign is to end exclusion in Kenya. Can Raila Odinga, a billionaire, former Prime Minister, Member of Parliament for several years and son of Kenya’s first vice president, in all candour truly claim that existing mechanisms are insufficient?

Last week, Kenya’s Opposition, NASA, made good its threat to boycott products from certain companies they perceive to be pro-government or the Jubilee Party.

It is a sunny Monday afternoon, the November 27, 2017, and President Uhuru Kenyatta has just been sworn in for his second and final term in office.

In the Kenyan context, a complaint by Rashid Mohammed claiming that the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Esther Nyaiyaki, had doctored her Scrutiny Report on Presidential Election Forms that partly informed the court’s drastic and highly consequential decision to invalidate the poll, the DPP instructed the Director of Criminal Investigation to probe the matter.

The role of the voter in an election must supersede the transmission of results

President Uhuru Kenyatta is being relentlessly pressured by CORD to reform the electoral management body in Kenya, IEBC, ahead of the August 2017 elections.