Author: NLM writer

  CJ ASKS CHURCH TO WORK WITH GOVERNMENT   Chief Justice Mathew Guy Muli has asked churches to work with the government. “You must work complementary to the aspiration of the government”.   His was a rejoinder to a statement by PCEA   Nairobi pastor Timothy Njoya who had reportedly asked his flock to pray for embattled Cabinet Minister Charles Njonjo at a time the then ruling Kanu government had isolated him (Njonjo) as a coup plotter.  Earlier CPK Eldoret Diocese Bishop Alexander Muge had warned the government against any move to infringe on right of worship. “Freedom of worship is not…

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On August 8, 2014, United States of America President Barrack Obama convened unique Africa Heads of State and Governments forum in Washington DC to discuss trade, economy, security and governance. This is part of US strategy to systematically rebalance its foreign trade and security policy cognizance of new world dynamics. Kenya had strategic interest in this forum, because it opens many frontiers and potential for socially inclusive development.  The strategic interest were on exploring and tapping the  American markets and trade opportunities, and seeking support for strengthening security and governance.  President Obama offered his deal: We do not simply want…

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The concerted, at times desperate, war by the Jubilee Coalition Government against entrenchment of Devolution as envisioned in the latest Constitutional order is not new.  History proves it is a complete replica of the script of the war that Kenya African National Union (KANU) waged on regional governance immediately after independence in 1963.

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It would be understandable for the Executive to try and frustrate Devolution, for it mutilates its power by decentralizing both authority and resources. In the natural need of self-preservation, the presidency together with the entire Executive would, given leeway, want to kill the new system of governance that threatens to give regions and masses the much sought self-determination.  The Legislature, however, is the people’s voice. It is expected that MPs, in both the National Assembly and the Senate, would, through legislation entrench Devolution for the benefit of their constituents; that they would shield it from the reach of the  Executive,…

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As Aden Bare Duale, a take-no-prisoner politician who makes no apologies in defending the Jubilee government to the hilt, hurled a barrage of invectives at Bomet Governor Isaac Kiprono Rutto, Deputy President (DP) William Samoei Ruto merely observed from the sideline. Duale, Leader of Majority in National Assembly, was in his usual element. And when the DP stood to address the crowd already incensed by Duale’s outburst, he appeared to pick the cue from his protégé: He too rammed into the pro-referendum crusaders and the Opposition head-on. “Their agenda is not about the push for more money but politics aimed…

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A major war has broken out between local and foreign contractors over the control of the multi-billion shillings’ building and construction sector in Kenya. At stake is the Sh829 billion Kenya borrowed from China for various infrastructural projects, mostly roads. Chinese multinationals are poised to repatriate home 75 per cent of this loot. Local contractors will get almost nil, according to industry analysts.  The foreign companies, nearly all owned by the Chinese government, have not only seized key public works. Thy have also grabbed ‘private’ tenders, including the 39-storey Hazina Towers, which will be the tallest construction in the region once…

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