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On The 2/3 Gender Principle and the Potential Constitutional Crisis

September 24, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

The government has flip-flopped several times on the issue of the gender parity principle contained in the constitution. Yet the constitution’s position on the gender …

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On Hate Speech, Conciliation vs. Criminal Prosecution, Is Conciliation Enough?

September 21, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

If the prosecution of the Environment Minister for hate speech had gone ahead, it would have been the first in country case of high profile …

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On Bribery of Parliamentarians

September 19, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

A few weeks Parliament ago rejected the report of Public Accounts Committee that revealed a 1.8 billion shilling loss of taxpayer money as a result …

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On the Doctors, Teachers, and Lecturers Strikes

September 17, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Has the government so poorly managed public services that the only way that public servants (doctors, teachers, lecturers, police) feel they can influence the government …

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On the Government’s Responsibility to Protect its Citizens

September 14, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

The primary of role the state is to protect its citizens. Our constitution guarantees both the right to life (Article 26.1) and the right to …

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MPs Salaries? What about Teachers and Doctors?

September 5, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Considering that our MPs are some of the highest paid in the world it’s ludicrous that anyone, let alone the Speaker of House, would suggest …

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Media Roundtable: The Media & Hate Speech

September 3, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Last month’s media roundtable centred around whether the media is better to prepared to deal with issues of hate speech and inflammatory language than it …

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On Parliament’s Passing of the Mutilated Leadership and Integrity Bill

August 31, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

It has been two years since the constitution was promulgated; and it seems that every step of the implementation process has been fraught with controversy, …

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Constitutional Deadlines & Fast Tracking Bills Again

August 21, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Earlier in the month Transport Minister, Amos Kimunya, moved a motion for the reduction of the publication period of four bills constitutional bills from 14 …

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On the Nairobi Southern By-Pass

August 17, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Earlier this year the government commissioned the building of the Nairobi Southern By-Pass. The 30km road, which is scheduled for completion in 2015, will run …

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On Parliament’s 200,000 Shilling Seats

August 11, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Government waste is no secret. It is not only surprising some of things that the government spends money on, but also how much it spends …

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On the Cabinet’s Mutilation of the Leadership & Integrity Bill

August 10, 2012 Loise Mwakamba

Whether our leaders should abide by principles of leadership and integrity as outlined in the constitution should not really be a topic of contention. It …