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DEFEAT OF JUBILEE IN KIAMBAA CONSTITUENCY SPELLS DOOM FOR THE PARTY

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THE NEAR 50/50 DIVIDE OF VOTES BETWEEN UDA AND JUBILEE COULD MAKE IT HARD FOR DP RURO TO CLAIM MT KENYA AS A STRONG HOLD By Abala Kinyua Picture: Courtesy The Jubilee party of Kenya has had a difficult ride since the general elections of 2017. With a deputy party leader who has been openly on the race to succeed his boss, the party was thrown into internal squabbles that pitted the party leader also president of the republic against the deputy party leader also deputy president of the republic. These squabbles led to emergence of camps allied to the two one called Kileweke and the other tangatanga ( a term used by head of state to refer to his deputy). The war has since gone on to the point where the deputy party leader has openly formed his own party (UDA) and decided to go after his main party Jubilee in a couple of by-election ostensively to measure his weight as he prepares to launch his presidential run latest being the Kiambaa by -election where he dealt a blow to his former ...
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BBI BILL MUST BE ALLOWED TO GO TO THE PEOPLE

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BBI BILL MUST BE ALLOWED TO GO TO THE PEOPLE By Abala Kinyua   Photo: Courtesy The constitution of Kenya 2010 and indeed any other constitution are not cast on stone and even so, stones can also be broken into fine dust. The framers of all constitutions were not insane to insinuate that the law can be changed and that a constitution can be amended. The constitution provides for its own amendment because time changes and some laws may not be serving us anymore hence the reason and need to change a constitution. In this regard, I fail to understand why the judiciary would want to stop citizens from exercising their rights to change their own constitution. Is it not the mandate of the judiciary to interpret and not make laws? Why is the judiciary adjudicating on something that is not yet law? Is the judiciary not supposed to wait for the verdict of the people before they say whether the law is constitutional or unconstitutional? The judiciary is engaging in a very dangerous atte...
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IF KENYANS WAN’T WOMEN TO LEAD, THEY WILL ELECT WOMEN

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Why The 2/3 Gender Rule Can’t Work in The Kenyan Political System. By Abala Kinyua Women Deserve to Lead Because Many Are Capable. However, Get This; We Are Not Going to Award People Elective Seats Simply Because They Are Women’ Pic; Courtesy Women empowerment can roughly be defined as a procedure through which women procure abilities and readiness to fundamentally dissect their circumstances and make suitable moves to change their status in the general public. There are several ways and forms of women empowerment in the society. However, as a political writer, I would like to center my article on ‘POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT’ a major form of women empowerment that brings a lot of emotions and arguments. In the era of democracy where the voter is expected to elect the leaders of their choice, empowering women politically has become an aspect of much debate and arguments; Should women be awarded free seats, should be they given ‘special’ treatment to allow them trounce their male ...
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KENYA NEEDS AN AUDITOR GENERAL NOW!

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INSTALL AN AUDITOR GENERAL NOW By Abala Kinyua                                                       Pic; Courtesy It is nearly one year since Edward Ouko retired as the Auditor general of the republic and he is yet to be replacement. The failure by the president to appoint another auditor general is a spat on his agenda to end corruption in Kenya. It is a sign of government that is not ready to be audited or brought to account. The office of the Auditor general was created in our constitution and intended to keep check on government expenditures, mismanagement and management of Kenyan tax payers’ money. It therefore doesn’t make any sense that the office should remain vacant for a long time yet the government continues with its expenditure. On his retirement, the former Auditor general warned that the ongoing audit work...
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WAIGURU IS THE CHOICE OF THE KIRINYAGA PEOPLE

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MY CASE ON WHY GOVERNOR ANNE WAIGURU SHOULD NOT BE IMPEACHED BY THE SENATE By Abala Kinyua                                           Pic; Courtesy Kenyan politics is probably one of the most interesting field in the entire African continent. It is a politics where we invoke tribal galvanization every five years and end up crying for another five years before we repeat the same mistakes made five years ago. Kenyans are known to have much sense before the electioneering period only for them to lose the sense they had when the election calls. The politicians have mastered this game and have perfected a way on how to check mate the electorate every five years. By the time the electorate realize that they have been outwitted, the politician is basking in his glory while laughing all the way to the bank to cash his check. A s a Kenyan adult, i have successfully particip...
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BEING PRESIDENT REQUIRES HUMILITY

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Presidency is not by FORCE. By Abala Kinyua In this country Kenya people who want to become president should not be too eager to become president, they should show some humility and a sense of proportion in the way they go after the position. The idea that 'I should become President' seems to me too visionary to require a serious answer. It has never entered my head, nor is it likely to enter the head of any other person.    TWEET;   https://twitter.com/AbalaKinyua/status/1149047982517641220 
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KENYA IS CAPABLE OF A REVOLUTION IF POLITICIANS DO NOT CHANGE

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A people's revolution has been tested before, let no one say it cannot happen in Kenya. By Abala Kinyua If you say #Kenya cannot stage a people's revolution & kick out bad governance and corruption, you may have lived in a different country in January of 2018. The only thing is, that revolution may not work if it is led by the same politicians. Here is a tweet by Abala Kinyua; https://twitter.com/AbalaKinyua/status/1128294709263261696
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