FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Issack Hassan has proposed for annual lifestyle audits within the Judiciary, as part of measures to curb corruption. Hassan, who is seeking to become a Court of Appeal judge on Thursday told the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) panel that this exercise will enhance integrity in the judiciary.…

JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION ONGOING INTERVIEWS

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) carries on interviews for thirty candidates who were shortlisted for the Court of Appeal judges’ posts. The interviews had been delayed after the High Court barred the Commission chaired by Chief Justice Martha Koome from conducting them following a suit filed by the Katiba Institute. Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi…

MEDIA COVERAGE IN HIGH POLITICAL SEASONS

According to a media monitoring report by the Media Council of Kenya Media, coverage of Kenya’s 2022 General Election campaign has improved compared to the coverage in the run up to the 2017 polls. The report showed improved adherence to journalistic ethics by Kenyan media houses despite the interference of media ownership on framing and…

OVER 120,000 SIM CARDS DEACTIVATED BY CAK

In efforts to curb illegally registered cards in the country, the Communications Authority of Kenya CAK says over 124,000 SIM cards have been deactivated as at the end of March this year. According to the latest sector report covering the three months to March, the number of active SIM cards declined by 124,689 to stand…

KALONZO MUSYOKA DROPS HIS PRESIDENTIAL BID

Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has dropped his presidential bid and is back in the Azimio Coalition after accepting the Chief Cabinet Secretary position offered by Raila Odinga. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, Kalonzo stated that he arrived at the decision following extensive consultations with his party officials He announced that he has…

YOUR DATA IS SAFE- CHEBUKATI ASSURES KENYANS

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has dismissed reports that one million names of registered voters have been removed from the register to aid a plot of rigging. The commission’s chairman Wafula Chebukati assured that no data has been lost in the voters register saying the vote in question are of those who requested…