Behind Closed Doors as Judicial Service Candidates Faced Panel Daily Nation Pg 17
Tuesday, 28 Dec 2010

Nominees to the JSC had different fates as they faced members of the justice and legal affairs committee. There were those who were tensed like Emily Ominde causing the intervention of Ababu to assure her that the committee only wanted to know her. It was however lawyer Ahmednassir Abdullahi who

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Lucky Four to Join New Election Team The Star , Pg 3
Monday, 20 Dec 2010

Only four members of the IIEC and IIBRC will be retained as members of the IEBC. The new commission’s first task will be to finalise the list of 80 new electoral boundaries. This rule emanates from the constitutional provision that in disbanding the IIEC and IIBRC, the coun

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As ICC Trials Begin, Ocampo must Uphold Kenya’s Peace and Stability The People Pg 9 and Taifa Leo , Pg 6
Saturday, 18 Dec 2010

Joseph Mutua asserts that there must be peace at all times during the trials of the six suspects. Kenyan legislators failed to heed three deadlines that were set to establish a local tribunal and should therefore blame themselves. Ultimately, the stability of Kenya must be guaranteed by all parti

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Ex-Soldiers: State ‘Allowed’ 1982 Coup The Standard Pg 10, The People Pg 12 and Daily Nation Pg 9
Tuesday, 21 Dec 2010

Soldiers who were sacked after the 1982 coup now claim the government allowed the coup to justify disbandment of the Air Force. The over 1000 soldiers’ claim this makes them victims of the coup and not suspects hence they appealed to the TJRC to look into the matter.

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Judge to Give New Order in Ruto Land Grab Case
Saturday, 18 Dec 2010

The High Court is to give fresh orders in a case in which William Ruto is accused of land grabbing. Ruto has been sued by KACC for alleged illegal allocation of land and houses belonging to the Eldoret Municipal Council. The court was informed that the government had revoked the

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No Change Yet as Police Keep Image
Sunday, 19 Dec 2010

The police are yet to reform even after the new constitution and many other attempts to reform other sectors that the Waki commission stated need reforms. There have been many reports of torture and forced disappearance of people and the police are the prime suspec

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Implementation of Law to Decide Kibaki’s Legacy
Sunday, 19 Dec 2010

The implementation of the constitution fully will best determine president Kibaki’s legacy. Kibaki has had mixed fortunes in his time at president and while it is in his tenure that a new law was enacted, he was not enthusiastic during the campaigns as Raila was. The implem

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