The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 didn't just ask for a presidential winner. Article 138(4) demands 50%+1 and 25% in more than half the counties. Let's do the math on 2027. Only one aspirant has the national spread to clear that bar. The rest are just registering vehicles for negotiation.
Prime Maandamano Twitter would have already sent hundreds of thousands of emails to Bayern Munich and Ajax telling them not to come to Kenya. We’ve really come a long way. Pole pole tu. Tutaelewana pale mbele.
Swiss Poll International Survey Ranks Ruto Ahead of Kalonzo and Edwin Sifuna in 2027 Presidential Race.
President Ruto placed at 40.2 per cent, Kalonzo comes second with 19.7%, followed by Sifuna at 17.6 per cent.
Rule number one of Raila Odinga stadium, we must now let go of certain silly habits.
Tickets should be the only way into the stadium, the stupidity of " huyu ni mwesh" must be left to Nyayo stadium & camp Toyoyo.
New stadium, new habits.
SwissPoll International's reported survey places President William Ruto at 40.2%, ahead of Kalonzo Musyoka at 19.7% and Edwin Sifuna at 17.6%.
Governor Anne Waiguru also leads the reported running mate preferences at 43%.
@fokango So, you reckon that crowd represents what is on the ground. If a sitting Governor (Mutula) can skip a Presidential visit to travel to meet Gachagua...@skmusyoka@Wavinya_Ndeti@WambuaKiioEnoch
This legislative step is, however, incomplete. The core legal question is not whether a camera operates at the polling station, but whether the stream has any legal probative value
The unresolved constitutional contradiction is that, in the 2018 decision of Katiba Institute v Attorney General, the High Court struck down Section 39(1G) of the Elections Act. The court ruled that the proviso, which stated that livestreamed results were "for purposes of public information only and shall not be the basis for a declaration by the Commission," was unconstitutional. It rendered the stream legally worthless, and with no legal probation value hence violating the constitutional fidelity in Articles 38, 81(e), and 86.
Too much noise about Election Laws. To live-stream or not?
See below an explainer 🧵 and be the judge.
Section 39 1(G) provides for, “a mechanism for the live-streaming of results as announced at polling stations…”
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