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If the election was held today, Anne Waiguru would trounce Martha Karua in the Kirinyaga gubernatorial contest by 20 percentage points, the latest poll by TIFA indicates. The poll released on Thursday in Nairobi puts the Jubilee party candidate Anne Waiguru ahead of Nark Kenya’s Martha Karua with…
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The Court of Appeal has given the Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) a major boost in its quest to deliver the August 8th general elections after it overturned a High Court judgment blocking Al Ghurair of Dubai from printing presidential ballot papers. The Kenya’s second highest Court in…
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Nairobi County gubernatorial aspirant on a Jubilee ticket Mike Mbuvi Sonko was on Wednesday nstalled as a Kamba Community elder in a colorful ritual conducted at his Mua Hills home in Machakos County. Kamba Clans Governing Council of Elders presided over the ceremony that saw the Nairobi senator…
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Former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has told President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival in the August 8th presidential election, NASA's Raila Odinga, that peace and stability in Kenya during and after the upcoming poll lay in their hands. Kikwete lectured the political elite that post-election…
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The Ministry of Health has ordered the closure of two Nairobi City hotels, Jacaranda and San Valencia following a cholera outbreak in the Kenyan Capital City in recent weeks. While giving the order, Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu said that the two joints will cease to operate immediately,…
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Uasin Gishu County Jubilee senatorial candidate Professor Margaret Kamar has cleared the air on her relationship with the late former powerful minister during Kanu era, Nicholas Biwott. The former university don on Wednesday introduced Biwott’s family, including herself and her two co-wives Hannie…
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Chesumei MP Elijah Lagat and former Mosop MP David Koech have led several leaders from Deputy President William Ruto’s North Rift region in ditching the ruling Jubilee Party to join opposition National Super Alliance (NASA). Speaking while launching NASA campaigns in Eldoret on Tuesday, the more…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has told the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) that elections will be held on August 8th as scheduled. While reacting to calls by the opposition that the elections be postponed should electoral voting systems fail, the head of state warned that their scheme to evade…
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A think tank connected with the US Defense Department has expressed concerns that weakness of national and international institutions could precipitate election-related violence in Kenya in the forthcoming elections. “A perception of impunity hangs over the election process,” states an analysis…
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A new poll by US pollster John Zogby shows that if elections were held today, National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga will defeat President Uhuru Kenyatta. Raila would garner 47.4 percent of the votes cast compared to 46.7 percent for President Uhuru Kenyatta, according…