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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 ...

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...