For years, many insisted the next presidential election had to be in 2027. My argument has always been different: the Constitution speaks of "the second Tuesday in August in every fifth year."
Today, Justice Mugure Thande of the High Court at Malindi has held that, on her interpretation of the Constitution, the presidential election ought to be held in August 2026. Constitutional interpretation is governed by the text, not by political convention. When we return to first principles, the Constitution answers the question.
Rift Valley Leaders are on the ground mobilizing their people to vote as a Block!
Mount Kenya is doing the same.
Coast Region is doing the same.
Western Kenya is in similar mode.
Luo Nyanza is in similar mode.
Kamba people are doing similar.
And so are Somalis.
Politics in Kenya has always revolved around the Big Tribes consolidating its votes then entering into tribal alliances.
To accuse one region of tribalism is stupid hypocrisy!
Our democracy is tribe-centric. Anything else is fantasy.
The Movie is THE TITANIC. The ship has hit the iceberg. Water levels are near full inside the ship. Its clear to all its headed to the bottom of the sea. The passengers are prepared for the worst. Even the rats are scampering for safety and looking for an exit. BUT. Two groups remained oblivious. The band continued playing the music like nothing was happening. And.. wives of the nobles and the rich were still quarreling loudly about who would sit on the front row.
Itโs increasingly becoming harder for some of us to continue supporting Ruto. What on earth was that PR about? He fired blanks despite all the hype about this state of the nation address. Should have just issued a press statement. Yawn! Yawn!
FACT: WE ARE KILLING TOURISM IN KENYA
Malindi was once a tourist jewel for Kenya exclusively built by Italians โฆ Then we allowed kiosks & slums all over โฆ Taps ran dry โฆ garbage remained uncollected โฆ. Insecurity gripped in โฆ Italians left โฆ. Malindi died.
Naivasha was once a beautiful tourist resort with many hotels & restaurants ran by English & Dutch people โฆ We allowed kiosks all over โฆ We allowed unplanned buildings ..
The town doesnโt have sufficient water nor sewage system โฆ Europeans left โฆ Naivasha is dead.
Nanyuki & its environs grew to be a beautiful upscale tourist circuit built on the investment of English settlers & the British army โฆ. There was enough money for everyone โฆ Even for the prostitutes โฆ Then we allowed kiosks โฆ We allowed unplanned buildings โฆ We started accusing the British of real & imagined crimes โฆ A very close friend of mine told me his cousin was bitten by a hyena but he sued the British army that he was injured by an ordinance! And he was paid! The British Army will soon pull out โฆ Nanyuki will collapse into a slum!
Show me one tourist town in Kenya that succeeded after Europeans relocated from it.
Look at Tanzania & Namibia โฆ. They are overtaking us in tourism because they have ring-fenced resort sites from kiosks & slums!
One day, tourism will die in Kenya โฆ We will be competing with Nigeria who receives 5,000 tourists a year ..
Or Somalia that receives 20 tourists!
@Majoriejr1 Justice Cecilia Githua indicated this would be a lengthy judgment. Itโs common & acceptable to read in summary to capture the substance, rather than the entire document which could take hours . Judges always indicate that the full written judgment is the authoritative version.
@Wilspart Justice Cecilia Githua indicated this would be a lengthy judgment. Itโs common & acceptable to read in summary to capture the substance, rather than the entire document which could take hours . Judges always indicate that the full written judgment is the authoritative version.
When pro-Government politicians accuse Rigathi Gachagua of tribalism, I just laugh! Which politician is not a tribalist? When Luo leaders want to make a political statement, they donโt go do it in Machakos but in Nyanza. Kenya is made of tribes whose leaders want a share of the national cake for their people. It is why voting in Kenya is build around tribal blocks. It will always be that way.