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Kenya: Curtain On Voter Registration Closes Monday
Capital FM, 6 March 2017
Monday marks the end of voter registration for the August General Election according to a gazette notice. Read more »
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Kenya: Preparations for August Polls Dealt Another Blow
Nation, 6 March 2017
Preparations for the August elections have been dealt a blow after the public procurement board annulled a decision by IEBC to cancel the tender for a new system to manage the… Read more »
Credibility of Kenyan Polls Under Threat?
Nyambega Gisesa of The Daily Nation has said that the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board's move to annul a decision by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission raises further questions on the credibility of the country's elections.
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East Africa: Kenya Polls - Radio Stations Warned Over Hate Speech
East African, 4 March 2017
Kenya's vernacular radio stations are being closely monitored by government security agencies to prevent them from broadcasting inflammatory statements that could lead to violence… Read more »
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Kenya: Give Women Equal Chance On Merit in Poll
Nation, 3 March 2017
In the 2013 General Election, a notable outcome was that voters decided not to elect any woman to the position of governor in all the 47 counties. Read more »
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Kenya: Nasa, Jubilee in Heated Exchange Over Electoral Commission's Readiness
Nation, 2 March 2017
Nasa and Jubilee were on Thursday involved in a heated exchange over the electoral agency's readiness to conduct the August election. Read more »
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Kenya: Governors Face Lifestyle Audit Ahead of Election
Nation, 2 March 2017
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) will carry out a lifestyle audit on governors, Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and county officials ahead of the General Election… Read more »
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Kenya: Opposition Says It Has Way of Preventing Election Rigging
Nation, 28 February 2017
Opposition leaders on Tuesday said they had come up with a foolproof way of preventing election rigging in the August polls. Read more »
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Kenya: Garre Elders Issue Ultimatum On Choice of Candidates in 2017 Polls
Nation, 28 February 2017
A section of Mandera County leaders have asked the Jubilee Party leadership to respect their decision made through the use of negotiated democracy in selecting candidates to vie… Read more »
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Kenya: Kalonzo Tells Peers to Stop Whining About a Rigged Election
Capital FM, 26 February 2017
Wiper Democratic Movement party leader and National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential hopeful Kalonzo Musyoka has cautioned his counterparts against creating a notion that the… Read more »
