-
Kenya: Degree Shocker for MPs, Members of County Assembly in 2022 Polls
Nation, 9 November 2020
A law requiring contestants for MP and MCA seats to have a university degree qualification is set to take effect in the 2022 general election, locking out hundreds of potential… Read more »
-
Kenya: Degree Shocker for ODM Aspirants
Nation, 19 October 2020
The Orange Democratic Movement is working to toughen its nomination rules as it seeks to reclaim the dozens of seats it lost in the 2017 General Election. Read more »
-
Kenya: Parliament Committee Invites Public Views On Suitability of Kassait for Data Job
Capital FM, 19 October 2020
The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation is now seeking views from the public on the suitability of Immaculate Kassait as Data… Read more »
-
Kenya: Gender Commission Supports Dissolution of Parliament
Nation, 6 October 2020
The push for the implementation of the two-thirds gender rule through the dissolution of Parliament has received backing from the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC). Read more »
-
Kenya: LSK to Lead 'Occupy Parliament' Protests Amid Dissolution Uncertainty
Capital FM, 24 September 2020
In a move meant to pile pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament, the Law Society of Kenya has declared plans to lead mass protests to occupy Parliament… Read more »
-
Kenya: Kenya's Parliament to Challenge Dissolution Bid Over Lack of Women
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 September 2020
Kenya's 2010 constitution states no more than two-thirds of any elected body can be of the same gender but women hold 22% of seats in the lower house of parliament and 31% in the… Read more »
A Degree Will Now Be Required For Kenyan MPs
A law will be implemented, requiring those vying for positions as MPs and members of the county assembly, to have a university degree. This will take effect by the time the 2022 general election is held. This requirement will dash the hopes of hundreds of aspirants, whose plans to acquire their qualifications have been derailed by Covid-19. Members of the National Assembly, in 2017, amended section 22 of the Election Act, that prescribes minimum academic qualifications for lawmakers at both levels of government. The amendment requires that MPs and members of the county assembly have a minimum qualification of a bachelor's degree.
InFocus
-
In his advice to President Uhuru Kenyatta, Chief Justice David Maraga has said the dissolution of parliament, irrespective of the consequences, is the radical solution that Kenyans ... Read more »
-
President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga have offered to help break the stalemate on the third basis of sharing revenue and provide the way forward on a matter ... Read more »
-
The passage of the 2019 Parliamentary Pension Amendment Bill means the government will be required to pay at least U.S.$11 million to the former MPs who served between 1984 and ... Read more »
-
Kenya is reportedly staring at a blood crisis, with the volumes in hospital blood banks at its lowest levels. The situation is aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic that has scared ... Read more »
-
MPs who retired between 1984 and 2001 will not receive a monthly pension of U.S.$900 for life, under revised changes to the National Assembly's retirement benefits law. President ... Read more »
