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Hits and misses that have made IEBC a punching bag

IEBC sat on its hands despite escaping with a slap on its wrist in 2017 following the nullification of the presidential vote hoping that its crisis of confidence would self-correct.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Jul. 25, 2022
Perhaps because they have “been there, done that”, most Kalenjin are less acquiescing and frown at the craven admiration of elites.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Jul. 11, 2022
The reason why people hold Dr Ruto to his word (over the Jubilee manifesto in 2017) is because it committed to numbers - of stadiums to be built, how much money to spend and by when.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Jul. 4, 2022
The two front-runners are inundating us with a deluge of tried-and-tested initiatives without the critical how-to or the stop-start-continue technique.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Jun. 27, 2022
It is not clear what inadequacy the framers of the 2010 Constitution sought to cure when they made a Bachelor’s degree mandatory requirement for those seeking higher offices.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Jun. 20, 2022
By and large, media remains a public good performed out of conviction to change the way things are and nothing else. And that causes great discomfort.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Jun. 13, 2022
Kikemboi argues that President Uhuru Kenyatta's speech was a talk down, a justification of why he did what he did as he attempted to disabuse the country of the “what and how”.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Jun. 6, 2022
Drive along Mombasa Road and you quickly realise that the number of private cars far outnumber matatus. There were times when the newest fleet of cars on the road were matatus.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
May. 30, 2022
Will we ever exorcise the ghosts of Anglo Leasing? What about the Artur brothers and the raid on the Standard Group in 2006?
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Mar. 28, 2022
Dr William Ruto remains a front runner in the race to succeed President Kenyatta.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Mar. 21, 2022
The muting of the bottom-up ideology highlights the folly of relying solely on a politician’s will to change the course of things.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Mar. 14, 2022
Tabitha Karanja's biggest mistake, (she and many others believe), is aligning with Deputy President William Ruto’s UDA political side.
By Andrew Kipkemboi
Mar. 7, 2022