The Star 12/03/2016

The electoral agency has outlined revised election timeliness, pushing the delivery of election kits to March or April next year. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said it has finalised preparing draft specifications for the Integrated Election Management System to be used in next year’s August 8 polls. The law requires it to deploy an electronic electoral system that integrates voter registration, voter identification and results transmission. The IEBC on Wednesday said the December 8 deadline for the supply and delivery of the new equipment for the polls was untenable. In the proposed timeliness, it plans to have a multi-stakeholder technical committee validate the specifications. The Commission will then advertise the tender, following the procedures laid down by the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015. This means the process…

GOVERNOR ALEX TOLGOS County ranked second in KCPE As the news about the KCPE results spread after they were released early by Education CS Fred Matiang’i, Elgeyo Marakwet celebrated when it emerged the second best county. “We’re proud that our teachers and candidates have once again achieved marvellous results in the KCPE exam and this is because of their consistency and dedication,” Tolgos said. See page 21 EVANS KIDERO Nairobi can rake in billions City Hall expects to rake in billions of shillings from ongoing regularisation of buildings and plots — if owners comply. The deadline is February next year. Some owners have no title deeds, some developers are balky or refuse to pay. The drive targets about 50,000 buildings constructed without approval. See page 16 JOSHUA IRUNGU Laikipia fights…

The resolution of nomination disputes will be from April 20 to May 19. Nomination of presidential candidates and senators will be on May 28-29, while that of MCAs will be on May 31. That of woman representatives will be on May 30-31. Nominations of governor and National Assembly candidates will be on June 1-2 and will be disputes resolved on June 3-9. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission will then publish the list of all nominated candidates between June 10 and 17, while parties will submit lists of candidates from June 10 to 24.…

POLITICAL GOSSIP Who is doing what and where in the world of politics LOCALS in Kiambu are asking Governor William Kabogo (pictured) to do more to improve infrastructure, which is still a problem in some parts of the county. These areas include parts of Kiambu, Limuru and Thindigua. Whereas Kabogo has invested in infrastructure and other amenities in the county, most areas in Kiambu, Thindigua and Limuru are impassable due to bad roads. The drainage in most residential areas in Kiambu, Thindigua and Limuru is so bad that residents are forced to use boda bodas and taxis to access their houses - less than 300 metres away from the main road. ARE rebel MPs able to deliver Ukambani votes to President Uhuru Kenyatta at next year’s general election? Some Jubilee…

ALTHOUGH ALL OPPOSITION LEADERS SAY THEY WANT TO BE PRESIDENT, IT IS UNDERSTOOD NASA’S CANDIDATE WILL BE EITHER CORD AND ODM LEADER RAILA ODINGA OR ANC CHIEF MUSALIA MUDAVADI. THE ONE WHO DOESN’T GET THE PRESIDENTIAL TICKET WOULD GET THE PM’S POST WHEN IT IS PRESENTED TO US FORMALLY, WE WILL RESPOND. OUR PARTY LEADER HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE IS WILLING TO ENGAGE WITH PROGRESSIVE FORCES IN A STRUCTURED MANNER The team crafting the National Super Alliance has proposed two Deputy Presidents in a new government — one of them Kanu leader Gideon Moi. It proposes a greatly expanded executive of five requiring constitutional amendment. If it wins, it would create First and Second Deputy Presidents, a Prime Minister and two Deputy Prime Ministers to represent all regions in…

I was momentarily bemused when a known idle lawyer with obscure clan grouses suggested he had recently landed from the moon with the discovery that NASA was a State House project designed to prevent Raila Odinga from ascending to the Presidency. I stopped being bemused when Edwin Sifuna’s evidence was an insulting insinuation that the NASA prompter, Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi, doesn’t have the intellectual capacity to conceive of an idea of the National Super Alliance’s complexity. But the indolent, struggling junior counsel must’ve been a toddler when Kenya needed Mudavadi to steer it from its worst economic quagmire in the early 1990s. Kenya stared failed state status in the face before Mudavadi was appointed Finance minister. It’s one thing to hate a person; it is another to…