August 12, 2022
Kenya: Lusaka Back As Bungoma Governor
Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka is back as Governor of Bungoma County after defeating incumbent Wycliffe Wangamati. Read more »
Kenya: Kawira Mwangaza Defeats Kiraitu to Bag Meru Governor's Seat
Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi has lost the seat to Independent candidate Kawira Mwangaza. Read more »
August 11, 2022
Kenya: Polls Agency Urges People Not to Panic Due to Varying Results By Media Houses
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has urged Kenyans not to panic owing to the different results being displayed by a section of media houses. Read more »
Kenya: Anxious Wait as Odinga, Ruto Stuck Below 50% Threshold Amid Slow Tallies
Kenya was sitting on the edge on Thursday as a leading provisional tally narrowed difference between frontrunners in Tuesday's presidential election to a 0.36 percentage point gap… Read more »
Kenya: Polls Body Asks Presidential Contenders Who Will Lose to Follow Trend and Concede
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has challenged contenders in the presidential race to concede defeat if they lose quickly. Read more »
Kenya: Deputy Presiding Officer Arrested for Marking Ballot in Favor of His Candidate While Aiding Voter
Police in Kitale have detained a Deputy Presiding Officer, after he was allegedly found marking ballot papers meant for a particular gubernatorial candidate, for his own candidate. Read more »
Africa: Continental Free Trade Pact Launch Digital Hub to Ease Trade
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat has launched a digital platform aimed at easing trade on the African continent. Read more »
Kenya: Electoral Body Starts Relaying Verified Presidential Results From Constituencies
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries (IEBC) started streaming verified presidential results late Thursday as it races against time to declare final results. Read more »
Kenya: Webuye East MP Elect Wanyonyi Becomes First Person With Albinism to Be Elected in Kenya
Martin Wanyonyi of Ford Kenya has become the first person with albinism to be elected through the ballot in Kenya, after clinching the Webuye East Parliamentary seat. Read more »
Kenya: UN Secretary General Guterres Lauds Country's Peaceful Election
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has lauded Kenya for conducting a peaceful election. Read more »
Kenya: Wazito Make Shocking Decision to Pull Out of the FKF Premier League
FKF Premier League side Wazito FC have shockingly announced they will not be part of the top tier next season, until the current confusion in football management is sorted. Read more »
Kenya: Oscar Sudi Sends Two Wives to Pick Certificate After Retaining Kapseret Parliamentary Seat
Kapseret Member of Parliament Oscar Sudi today sent his two wives to pick his certificate after he retained the seat after garnering 31,534 votes against his immediate competitor… Read more »
Kenya: Judiciary Fund Operationalized With Sh9 Billion Half-Year Allocation
The Judiciary Fund is finally operational since enactment of 2010 Constitution. Read more »
Kenya: Top Brass From Azimio, Kenya Kwanza at Bomas for Presidential Results Tallying
Top honchos in Azimio La Umoja One Kenya and Kenya Kwanza have made their way to the national tallying center where they are hold in a meeting. Read more »
Kenya: Former Governor Mutua's Chief of Staff Mutuse is Kibwezi MP Elect
The immediate former Machakos Chief of Staff Mwengi Mutuse has clinched the Kibwest West parliamentary seat, after garnering 30,821 votes. Read more »
Kenya: Waiguru, Ngirici Supporters Clash in Kirinyaga Disrupting Vote Tallying
Supporters of Governor Ann Waiguru and Kirinyanga Woman representative Wangui Ngirici have clashed and disrupted tallying at a tallying center in Gichugu constituency, over… Read more »
Kenya: Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri Trounced By Mrembo Irene Njoki
Bahati Constituency in Nakuru has gotten its first woman Member of Parliament Mrembo Irene Njoki. Read more »
Kenya: Oscar Dennis Calls Time on Career After Injuries Sustained Off Motorbike Accident
Former Kenyan international Oscar Dennis has called time on his rugby career. Read more »
Kenya: DAP-K's Wamunyinyi, Eseli Lose MP Seats to Ford Kenya Candidates
Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) Party leader Wafula Wamunyinyi and his Secretary General Eseli Simiyu have both lost their Member of Parliament seats in Kanduyi and… Read more »
Kenya: Super Hellen Obiri Obiri Set to Make Marathon Debut in New York
Double world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri will make her long awaited debut in the marathon in New York on November 6, as she fully fledges herself into road running after decades… Read more »
Kenya: DCI Gives MP Didmus Barasa 6hrs to Surrender Over Alleged Murder
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has given Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa six hours to surrender over the alleged murder of his opponent's aide. Read more »
Kenya: Conduct Tallying in Your Own Centres Not Bomas, IEBC Tells Presidential Agents
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has directed presidential agents to conduct tallying in their own centers to avoid occasioning delays in the verification… Read more »
Kenya: Elections Should Not Cause Unease and Uncertainty
Any nation's development heavily relies on the leaders elected by the citizenry. Leadership plays a key role in sustainable economic growth as it involves providing opportunities… Read more »
Kenya: IEBC Begins Validation of Form 34B Returns
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has began the validation of Form 34B returns against Forms 34A. Read more »
Kenya: ODM's Peter Orero Wins in Kibra as Imran Okoth Loses MP Seat
Peter Orero who was the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party candidate for the Kibra parliamentary seat has won the seat with 33,008 votes. Read more »