Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Makerere University students have vowed to boycott the planned universal suffrage elections scheduled for Saturday. The University Council is planning to hold a universal suffrage election across all colleges and halls of residence to elect a Constitutional Review Commission that will participate in …
Read More »MCK: Why joint media tallying of election results failed
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Media Council of Kenya (MCK) claims the efforts to organize a joint media tallying centre failed because talks started too late. In a statement on Tuesday, MCK CEO David Omwoyo said that media owners and Editors Guild had agreed on the joint tallying …
Read More »Malema congratulates Ruto, asks Raila to concede defeat
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party Julius Malema has yet again asked Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga to concede defeat. He has told the ODM leader not to go down in history as one who was desperate for power. Raila has …
Read More »Cartels flexed their power in Kenyan polls: Odinga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Raila Odinga, the runner-up in the 2022 general elections in Kenya has explained that his move to petition the Supreme Court of Kenya is aimed at not only making him president but saving Kenya from criminal cartels. Odinga as 1st Petitioner and Martha Karua, 2nd …
Read More »Ruto lawyers ready for legal battle on poll petitions
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | President-elect William Ruto has put together a team of lawyers to defend his win in petitions filed Monday at the Supreme Court. Ruto will be banking on seasoned lawyers to help thwart attempts to nullify his election as President Uhuru Kenyatta’s successor …
Read More »Raila Odinga faces 2pm deadline to submit full petition
•The DP was declared the winner of the August 9 presidential poll after he garnered 7,176,141 votes, equivalent to 50.59% of valid votes cast, beating former Prime Minister Raila Odinga who had 6,942,930 votes representing 48.85%. Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s legal team has …
Read More »Would early elections resolve Sudan’s political crisis?
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | With the political crisis in Sudan still in deadlock, calls for early elections are raised every now and then as the last solution. However, such calls have provoked a division among different factions and further complicated the already prolonged crisis. For supporters, they see early elections …
Read More »Court dismisses application to block UNATU elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an application in which the former chairperson of Uganda National Teachers Union-UNATU Kayunga branch, Andrew Kwete wanted to block elections of new leaders in the district. Justice Musa Ssekaana dismissed the case on the basis that Kwete …
Read More »Chebukati: Four ‘rebel’ IEBC commissioners wanted to force re-run
Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati has for the first time spoken about the decision by the four IEBC commissioners to reject the presidential results. The four IEBC officers who rejected the results are Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Justus Nyang’aya and Irene Masit. In a statement, …
Read More »🔴 LIVE: Raila Odinga speaks out
🔵 Odinga Address – 2pm KICC, Azimio Media Center Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Azimio La Umoja coalition leader Raila Odinga will this afternoon reveal his response to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declaration of UDC’s William Ruto as duly elected President of Kenya. Odinga boycotted the ceremony at …
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