Kenyan Pundit

The following information was part of a paid advertisement published in the Daily Nation and the Standard since the press could not be relied upon to publish the full list. Note that the fact that the politicians are resorting to removing GOK plates and replacing them with civilian plates indicates that the increased scrutiny is […]

The following are my notes from the Q&A session which proved to be quite entertaining.

– Kenyans are so verbose. Everyone was explicitly restricted to one question, but I can’t tell you how many times someone started off with a speech on how grateful they were about the workshop before raising “just three quick points.” […]

A few weeks ago I attended a workshop on the proposed new constitution that was sponsored by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The forum was free and open to the publc. The workshop focused on 6 thematic areas of the new constitution – Representation, Women’s Issues, Devolution, Land and Natural Resources, Media, Executive Powers and Youth. The […]

The next presentation by Dannitah Ghita from the League of Kenyan Women Voters dealt with the status of women in the constitution. She felt that overall there was a “net loss” for women when you compared the Bomas Draft with the Wako Draft. She listed the following as some of the gains for women:

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