The National Reconstruction Alliance Party Leader, Senator Okiya Omtatah has moved to court to stop the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from making changes to security features on the ballot paper ahead of the 2027 General Election.
In his petition, Okiya argues that IEBC has not demonstrated that the revised specifications will provide equivalent or better protection against electoral malpractice.
He adds that any decision diminishing the safeguards to secure the integrity of ballot papers directly implicates the constitutional integrity of Kenya’s electoral system.
The impugned act tends to relax mandatory technical security specifications applicable to ballot papers, including requirements relating to tapered serialization, guilloche security patterns, micro-text and embossing.
Senator Omtatah further argues that under the original tender document, the ballot papers were required to incorporate, among other safeguards, uniquely generated guilloche security patterns integrated with variable data, micro-text incorporating variable data, unique machine-readable QR codes incorporating variable data, and tapered serialization using multi-coloured ink.
In addition he argues that the petition raises serious constitutional questions concerning the obligation of the IEBC to maintain a voting system that is secure, verifiable, transparent and accountable and to put in place appropriate mechanisms to eliminate electoral malpractice.
Omtatah argues that the relaxation of the security architecture before an election, creates an immediate public-interest concern because once ballot papers are printed and deployed, the inadequate security measures may be incapable of being practically reversed.
William Ruto is getting emotionally hungry!
The man is fighting with his own citizens because social media has refused to attend State House meetings.
Now he is lecturing us that elections are not won on social media. Mr President, who told you we think Twitter is a polling station?
We know votes are cast at polling stations, but public opinion is shaped everywhere, including the very phone you keep checking to see what Kenyans are saying about you!
The problem is simple: you can appoint people, distribute government jobs, hold rallies, buy billboards and summon influencers to State House, but you cannot summon the internet to State House and order it to praise you.
You don't own X.
You don't own Facebook.
You don't own TikTok.
And unfortunately for you, you don't own the mouths of hungry Kenyans either!
Every morning, you wake up to a new hashtag.
By lunchtime, your communication team is holding an emergency meeting.
By evening, you are addressing a rally about how social media cannot elect a president.
Bwana Ruto, if social media is so irrelevant, why are you giving it presidential attention?
Why are you arguing with people who don't even have a government vehicle to take them to work?
Someone please tell William Ruto that we are not afraid of him, we don't worship him, and we don't owe him respect simply because he occupies State House.
We respect the presidency as an institution. Respect for the person occupying it must be earned through leadership.
And one more thing, Mr President: we know elections are won at the ballot. We are simply making sure that when Kenyans walk into that polling station, they remember what happened outside it.
The ballot is in the hands of the voter.
The narrative is in the hands of the people. And neither belongs to you do don't threaten us.
Ps sports @ElijahGMwangi , you went on NTV to lie about my registration, i proved you wrong, and as if not enough. The federation is making dangerous claims, the same federation that received my money Ksh. 380,000 and they have never given me. Why were you receiving me after african Championship then?? Is this how you avoid accountability?? The cs sports @Waziri_Mvurya , when hardworking Kenyan athletes are in danger because of incompetent ministry officials, serious questions arise. Regardless of the ill treatment, we shall fight to make sure that our dignity is not something to play around with, not now, not in the future.
Muranga County hosted investors at Ole Sereni Nairobi where we marketed Muranga as Kenya's next industrial hub.
We showcased investment opportunities in agro industrial parks, and value addition in avocado, tea, coffee, macadamia and milk.
Breaking: Kenya has been awarded the right to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships.
Nairobi will become the first African city to stage the senior World Athletics Championships, bringing one of the world’s biggest athletics events to the continent for the first time.
Msifanye makosa ya Euphoria mchague DCP Women Rep Nairobi, Millicent Omanga.
Crystal Asige ata asimame na KADU watu wa Nairobi tafadhali she’s the one who’ll bring dignity to that seat.
She doesn’t even need to print a single poster! Her contributions in Senate and her principles are clear enough that she’s level headed notwithstanding the political decisions her party takes. Remember she’s nominated but she still stands by her principles unlike the socialite bimbo!
@CrystalAsige
I don't think many Kenyans have understood the weight of the figures David Maraga released yesterday.
According to the former Chief Justice @dkmaraga, 3,958 Kenyans have been killed by police since President William Ruto came to power, an average of roughly 990 deaths every year.
Now put that number next to the country's terrorism figures.
Available Kenyan terrorism data records roughly 343 terror-related deaths between 2022 and 2025.
That means the number of Kenyans Maraga says have been killed by police is more than 11 times the number of people killed in terror-related violence over the same four-year period. Think about that.
We have spent years being told to fear Al-Shabaab terrorism, and violent extremism as some of the greatest threats to our national security.
And rightly so.
But what does it say about the state of our country when the number of people reportedly killed by the police is an order of magnitude greater than those killed in terror-related attacks?
The police are supposed to protect citizens from violence.
They are supposed to be the institution standing between citizens and those who want to harm them.
The State gives them uniforms, guns, training, and extraordinary powers because we are supposed to trust them with our lives.
So when thousands of citizens are reportedly dying at the hands of the very institution tasked with protecting them, this is no longer simply a conversation about police brutality. It is a national security question.
Who is protecting Kenyans from those who are supposed to protect Kenyans?
And perhaps that is the figure we should all be struggling to comprehend: 3,958.
Not a statistic.
Not a political talking point.
3,958 human beings.
3,958 families.
3,958 stories.
3,958 people who did not go home.
And if a terrorist organization killed anything close to that number of Kenyans, we would quite rightly call it a national catastrophe.
So why should the identity of the person holding the gun change the seriousness with which we treat the death?
A terrorist killing a Kenyan is a threat to the State.
A police officer unlawfully killing a Kenyan is also a threat to the State.
The difference is that one is supposed to be our enemy. The other is supposed to be our protector.
@Makiadi_ Any man who talks bad about his wife to a side chick is not qualified to get the couchie, I always think they're the problem but seek sympathy ndio ahurumiwe.
Jokes aside, this is so beautiful and powerful to watch. I’m sure the inept lying ass politicians in front didn’t expect that they’d call them out on their bs on live TV. Inject this into my veins 💉 💉
Manze hii shugli inahitaji mbogi. Missing child alert.
His name is Nollan Kinyua Kamau age 6 months, was last seen in the company of the nanny Jemimah Ndanu Ngila who has deleted her photos and left her phone.
She was last seen area za kamakis greenspot. Kindly rt
Few days from today, I will be honored To participate in the 2026 Sichuan High-T International Inline Freestyle Competition Exchange Programme in Chengdu, China from 2026 May 21st to 2026 to June 3rd. For years I have used YouTube and online videos to advance my tricks. While in Chengdu, I will be honored to attend a highly intensive training programme with the strongest team on earth, High - T, where i hope to extend my horizons an athlete and for Kenya in diverse ways. The Best Is Ahead🇰🇪
#kevinkiarieruhiu
Tumefika almost 1.7M new voters (maybe more). As a result, politicians and interested parties have been trying to get me to work with them. Some offering money, positions and some blackmailing. Some interested parties are fundraising and getting money using my name. The worst is infiltration.
There’s something powerful happening in this country.
Tuko Kadi was never just a slogan. It is a call! A call to a generation that is choosing participation over apathy, values over tribe, and the future over fear. It is young people deciding that their voice matters, and their vote matters, and that Kenya must move beyond the politics that have held us back for decades.
But with any movement that carries hope, there will always be those who try to ride its wave for their own gain.
We have noted, with concern, individuals and groups falsely claiming association with Tuko Kadi to solicit funds and mislead the public. Let’s be clear: this is not who we are. Tuko Kadi is not a fundraising vehicle for opportunists. It is a civic call rooted in integrity, accountability, and collective responsibility.
If you are asked to contribute money in the name of Tuko Kadi, verify first. Question boldly. Protect the movement.
Because this moment belongs to young people. To new leaders. To fresh thinking. To a generation that refuses to inherit broken systems without challenging them.
We are not here to recycle old politics. We are here to redefine it.
And despite the noise, the confusion, and the attempts to dilute it ..... the spirit of this movement is stronger than ever.
You can feel it.
A new consciousness. A new energy. A new Kenya in the making.
This is our moment.
#TukoKadi #NiKokadi
@CollinsBriche Then you should visit Naromoru, a small town at the outskirts of Nyeri, you'll find all sorts of Kalenjins and other tribes, they''ve bought land and built homes.
WINNER OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AWARD!
Congratulations to @LarryMadowo for winning the human rights defenders award, an award recognizing Individuals or movements who, within the past year, have demonstrated outstanding courage in addressing and challenging current human rights issues.
#HRDAwardsAt10 #MeettheHRDs #CourageHasAName
Mwananchi ajitolee, aamke 5am, akae kwa jam mpaka afike job 7:30am. Then apige 8-5 yake. Alipe 30% tax. Alafu bado aswim akienda home while fighting for his life.
Aren't we angry enough Kenyans?