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Plan For 2012 Polls, Says Annan Prepare for a peaceful election next year or lose the gains made since 2008.
That was the message from former UN secretary general Kofi Annan during a forum on the state of the coalition government on Monday...
Respect Constitution Or Quit, CJ Tells Ministers Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has asked public officers who cannot uphold the Constitution to quit their positions...
Cost Of Living Tops List Of Woes Ahead Of Elections The rising cost of living has overtaken political and legal reforms as the leading threat to national stability ahead of next year’s general elections, a new survey commissioned by African Union’s Panel of Eminent Personalities indicates...
Delay In IEBC Formation Could Affect Elections Chairman of the former Independent Review Commission Johann Kriegler has cautioned that delay in making the Interim Electoral and Boundaries commission (IEBC) fully functional could affect the success of next year's general elections...
Karua Accuses Executive Of Diluting Constitution The Executive arm of Government has been accused of encouraging misrule and watering down the new Constitution. Attending the National Dialogue and Reconciliation forum in Nairobi, Gichugu MP Martha Karua called for assessment of the reform progress of the grand coalition... Wetang'ula Flayed Over Bashir Ruling Criticism Foreign Affairs minister Moses Wetang'ula got a fair share of criticism on the first day of the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Conference yesterday...
Women Urged To Safeguard New Laws Women have been asked to safeguard the gains made courtesy of the Constitution. Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution chairman Charles Nyachae said the new laws created equal opportunities for men and women in governance. Executive Snubs Key Talks At Meeting The Executive yesterday was on the receiving end as participants accused it of skipping a reforms' conference during which key issues ranging from extra judicial killings to peaceful elections in 2012 were discussed... Women demands 'Too Little' The 30 per cent representation that women are demanding is too little, a former First Lady and one of Africa's eminent personalities has said. Ms Graca Machel said the one- third rule is half of the demands women want and should be met without any difficulties. Due to the new Constitution, she said, women in Kenya are better off than in other African countries... Watch leaders, Nyachae Tells Media The chairman of the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution Charles Nyachae has described as "mischievous" a proposal by a section of MPs to abolish the Senate. Reacting to yesterday's lead story by the Star, Nyachae urged the media to be more vigilant and hold the MPs behind the proposal to account and respect the supremacy and sovereignty of the constitution...
Cost Of Living Tops List Of Woes Ahead Of Elections 76pc of Kenyans tell AU team led by Kofi Annan that rising inflation is a major worry... Talks Seeking To Build A Progressive Kenya Both Appropriate and Timely Since the end of the 2008 post-election violence, Kenya has made remarkable progress in creating conditions for peace, stability and the rule of law. These areas are at the core of the Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Agreements (National Accord) reached between PNU and ODM...
Plan For 2012 Polls, Says Annan "Prepare for a peaceful election next year or lose the gains made since 2008". That was the message from former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan during a forum on the state of the coalition government yesterday.
Annan and Raila Root For Counties The government was yesterday asked to adequately devolve power to the county level and support the establishment of the units...
Live By Law Or Quit, Mutunga Tells Ministers Leaders who are unable to live by the Constitution should resign instead of trying to return the country to the dark days of oppression and impunity. Chief Justice Willy Mutunga yesterday singled out members of the Executive and accused them failing to appreciate the supreme law of the land...
As World Conies Calling, Let Reforms Train Keep Moving In most African countries, any hint that an election is around the corner usually signals the start of the drumbeats of war. Kenya's upcoming General Election is one year away and considering what transpired in 2007, no one is leaving anything to chance...
We Must Bite Reform Bullet, Raila Declares "Kenya must galvanise the reform momentum ushered in by the new Constitution to realise progress for all", Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said. He noted that although the law implementation is on course, there are several challenges, including streamlining of the electoral process, whose mismanagement in 2007 plunged the country into chaos.
Mutunga Takes On Executive Yet Again Chief Justice Willy Mutunga was on the warpath again against the Executive and the political class yesterday, telling them to quit their positions...
Respect The Constitution Or Quit, Chief Justice Tells Ministers Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has asked public officers who cannot uphold the Constitution to quit their positions. He spoke at Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation Conference organised by Kofi Annan Foundation to review the progress of the Grand Coalition government...
Red Flag Goes Up On 2012 Elections Kenya and her friends met to audit progress in rec- onciliation, reforms and preparedness for coming elec- tions, and in their unsettling verdict agreed that much more remains to be done. In their assessment, Kenya's main problems are corruption, tribalism and impunity...
Annan to Chair Talks on Reforms The 2012 General Election and the implementation of the Constitution will be the major focus of a two-day national conference on reforms. The meeting, to be chaired by former UN secretary gen- eral Kofi Annan, begins this morning at Nairobi's Crowne Plaza Hotel. Prime Minister Raila Od- inga, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and House Speaker Kenneth Marende are among panellists who will address the conference...
Kenya: Kriegler Set for Nation's Reforms Meet Former South African judge Johann Kriegler who investigated the 2007 disputed presidential poll is expected in Kenya next week for a reform conference...
African Union panel to review peace process in Kenya TWO-DAY CONFERENCE, ORGANIZED BY KOFFI ANNAN FOUNDATION, WILL ALSO DISCUSS WAYS OF AVERTING A REPEAT OF KENYA'S 2008 POST ELECTION VIOLENCE SPECIAL REPORT BY XINHUA CORRESPONDENT Ben Ochieng The two-day conference, organized by Kofi Annan Foundation will also discuss ways of averting a repeat of Kenya’s 2008 post election violence. Post-Promulgation Conference Set For December An international conference on sustaining gains achieved since the promulgation of the new Constitution will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Nairobi from December 5. African statesmen to grace Kenyan reform conference Africa Review The conference organised by the Kofi Annan foundation and the Panel of Eminent African Personalities will take place on Monday and Tuesday at the Crowne ... |
