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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 ...

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...

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...