Tag Archives: Kenya Elections

Godber Tumushabe, a policy analyst, has said just because Uganda has voting going on every after five years, doesn’t mean we are actually having an election. He says it’s more of a ritual and it can’t take the country anywhere. “The mere fact that every after five years, you conduct a ritual doesn’t make it an election. You have people ...

The President-elect of Kenya, William Ruto, has said outgoing President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has not yet seen it fit to congratulate him upon winning the elections. However, the most important thing is that he won the elections. He said this while having a conversation with CNN’s Christian Amanpour. “I have won the elections, that is what is important… Unfortunately, President Kenyatta ...

For some time now, there has been talk of tensions between Kenya’s incoming President William Ruto, and the outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta. Ruto has however come out to provide an update about their relationship. And it doesn’t seem rocky as assumed. Taking to his Twitter page, Ruto revealed that he had a phone conversation with his ‘boss’ Uhuru Kenyatta. The ...

The Treasury of Kenya has provided Kshs 200m for next week’s swearing-in ceremony of President-elect William Ruto. The development came soon after the Supreme Court upheld his election victory on Monday. The court dismissed the petition of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga challenging the 9th August election results. According to the Constitution, the President-elect will be sworn in seven days ...

City Lawyer, Benjamin Katana, has said if Uganda wants to thrive in democracy, there should be a separation of power among the three arms of the government. He said this comparing Uganda to Kenya after what most people called successful elections in the country. Apparently, in Uganda, these arms are not as independent as they ought to be. “For us ...