The Joint Dialogue taskforce formed to mediate the political conflict between the opposition and the government has petitioned Houses of Parliament to formally constitute the committee. The committee co-chaired by former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka (Azimio) and National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah has urged leadership from both sides of the political divide to urgently draft a motion following its second meeting yesterday. “It has been agreed that the parliamentary leadership of both the National Assembly and the Senate will process a motion to legally establish the dialogue team,” the committee said in a joint statement. The team urged the…
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By NLM Writer The country could be caught in a constitutional crisis as the deadline for review of electoral boundaries looms amidst the standoff between President William Ruto and Azimio leader Raila Odinga over appointing commissioners to the electoral agency. Article 89(2) of the 2010 constitution requires the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to “review the names and boundaries of constituencies at intervals of not less than eight years, and not more than 12 years”, and the same should be completed at least 12 months before a General Election. In addition, the Commission is required to review the number,…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday condemned Moscow for putting another of its judges on a wanted list in Russia, after the court issued an arrest warrant for the country’s President Vladimir Putin. ICC Judge Tomoko Akane issued an arrest warrant for Putin in March for the war crime of allegedly unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children, as well as for Russia’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights Maria Lvova-Belova over similar charges. Russian news agency TASS reported last week that Akane was the latest target of an arrest warrant in Russia following ICC prosecutor Karim Khan and Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala,…
At the intraregional level, the region’s performance was driven by the Democratic Republic of Congo, which grew by 8.5 percent. Central Africa achieved real GDP growth of 5.0 percent in 2022, compared with 3.4 percent in 2021. The rebound in economic activity was driven by favourable prices for raw materials, in a region that is home to net exporters of crude oil, minerals and other commodities. The region’s growth rate was higher than the African average, which is estimated at 3.8 percent in 2022, down from 4.8 percent in 2021. It is set to settle at 4.9 percent in 2023…
Mid-term economic growth in the region to accelerate to 5.1% in 2023 and 5.8% in 2024, outpacing all the other African regions East Africa will register the highest regional economic performance on the continent in 2023 and 2024, with growth figures at over 5%, according to the newly published African Development Bank 2023 East Africa Economic Outlook. The report, launched in July, projects mid-term economic growth in the region to accelerate to 5.1% in 2023 and 5.8% in 2024, outpacing all the other African regions. This will be largely driven by growth in Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and…
Scholarship aims to make a career in law accessible to all regardless of financial means Pioneering online legal education provider, Law Training Centre will launch its ‘Open to All Scholarship’ on 1st August, a new offering to improve access to legal qualifications, which will run in parallel with its existing scholarship initiatives including the Access to Law SQE Scholarship. The new scholarship will be available for learners, including international students, studying towards qualification with Law Training Centre, including for CILEX, CLC and NALP qualifications in addition to the Notarial Academic Training Course. Students will also be able to apply for the scholarship throughout the…
The Law Society of Kenya has strongly condemned recent police violence against demonstrators, which reveals a culture of violation of human rights and unreasonable use of force by the government of Kenya. In a press In a Press release titled ‘Return of the dark days of repression’ released on Monday, lawyers said they were troubled by cases of people in civilian clothes, others posing as police officers, bearing arms and unleashing violence, injury and death on protesters. “Such incidences place the country on a dangerous path that can only result in anarchy and disruption of the public order,” read the…
GenAI provides hope for an equitable healthcare revolution, but advances in technology must never come at the cost of patient rights The next generation of ethical Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) provides new hope for an equitable healthcare revolution – but technological advances must never come at the cost of patient rights. This was the consensus amongst top African and American health AI experts who participated in a webinar about the impact of GenAI on healthcare, hosted by Vantage Health Technology – part of BroadReach Group, a social enterprise focussed on health equity globally. “The fundamental issue in healthcare anywhere in…
Businesses and transport in various parts of the country including in Nairobi were paralysed for a better part of Wednesday as the opposition Azimio la Umoja Coalition began its three-day anti-government protest across the country. Protestors allied to Azimio leader Raila Odinga on Wednesday morning engaged police in running battles with some in areas like Kibra and Mathare, lighting up fires to protest against the government. Police officers engaged the rioters in running battles within the capital and in other parts of the country, with many Azimio leaders including Odinga remaining largely absent from the protests. Inside Nairobi’s Central Business District,…
Democracies across the globe have faced multiple challenges over the past decade, and Africa has been no exception. Between 2020 and 2022, the continent experienced six coups and three coup attempts: a sharp rise from the previous two decades. Drawing on its organisational mandate and country-level presence across Africa, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conducted a ground-breaking study to make sense of rising constitutional manipulation and the alarming uptick in military coups in Africa. The findings are captured in a flagship new report titled Soldiers and Citizens: Military Coups and the Need for Democratic Renewal in Africa. The report…