Blog How Did Your MP Vote on the Gender Rule? May 18, 2016 Loise Mwakamba For a second time running, the National Assembly failed to raise the threshold required to pass the 2/3 Gender principle even though it is a …
Blog 11th Parliament on track with the passing of Access to Information Bill May 9, 2016 Loise Mwakamba C.S Lewis once said, “If you do one good deed your reward usually is to be set to do another and harder and better one.” …
Blog Failure to Pass the Duale Bill Reeks of Chauvinism April 29, 2016 Loise Mwakamba Ever wondered why the goat would never dance to tune no matter how beautifully you play? Indeed Kenyans wonder with the same intensity why MPs …
Blog Hostility among government officials only hurts the country April 22, 2016 Loise Mwakamba Not so long ago Kenyans were ranked second happiest people in the region after Somali. For a happy people, it’s rather disturbing how quarrelsome and …
Blog Banks Collapse Point to MPs not Conducting their Watchdog Role Properly April 14, 2016 Loise Mwakamba Someone did say Kenyans were born on the eighth day. To prove the unique-ness that is our country, trouble is brewing in the banking industry …
Blog Of The State of Nation Address and Rowdy MPs April 4, 2016 Loise Mwakamba After two years of scandalous headlines. Kenyans should be forgiven for being a little cynical. Additionally, what equally breeds apathy and hopelessness in the country …
Blog MPs lack enthusiasm in scrutinizing the Division of Revenue Bill March 24, 2016 Loise Mwakamba Our law makers are always attentive and enthusiastic when scrutinizing anything relating to their heavy perks. This excitement and attention is hardly reciprocated when important …
Blog Let’s Be Real Education Matters in Policy Making March 11, 2016 Loise Mwakamba Most of us have only guessed at it but it turns out educated legislators actually perform better than less educated ones. While compiling Parliament’s annual …
Blog Auctioned Futures: The Children of Corruption March 4, 2016 Loise Mwakamba Over 5000 students had their KCSE certificates cancelled over cheating cases in the just released 2015 KSCE examination results. And while the Education CS says, …
Blog Feb-16 February 27, 2016 Loise Mwakamba The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) begun a month long voter registration exercise set to end on 15th March. Over the period, the Commission hoped …
Blog MPs Greed: What Ksh. 8.35 billion can do February 26, 2016 Loise Mwakamba The relationship between Kenyans and their elected members of Parliament borders that of an abusive relationship. It’s a typical prime time soap opera TV program …