Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries
IEBC tallying system attacked twice on poll day
Standard Pg 5Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
The Sh9.6 billion electronic voting and results transmission system could have been attacked at least twice before it finally crashed at 8pm on March 4. Several layers of companies and individuals involved in the supply, installat
Full StoryWitness against Ruto in ICC case steps down
Standard Pg 3Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
International Criminal Court (ICC) witness who was supposed to testify against Deputy President-elect William Ruto has stepped down. The witness through lawyer Paul Gicheru, wrote to the ICC prosecutor withdrawing each and e
Full StoryCivil society files case to invalidate Uhuru victory
The Star Pg 5Monday, 18 Mar 2013
A civil society organisation wants the election of Uhuru Kenyatta annulled because the election process was "obscure". The executive director of Africa Centre for Open Governance, Gladwell Otieno, has filed a petition with Zahid R
Full StoryIEBC picks top law firm to defend it in Cord petition
The Star Pg 3Monday, 18 Mar 2013
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has gone for a top law firm to represent it in the presidential petition filed on Saturday at the Supreme Court by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy and some civil society
Full StoryIEBC bought faulty kits despite warning
Daily Nation pg 1 & 4Monday, 18 Mar 2013
The electoral commission ignored advice from its Information and Technology director and went ahead to buy electronic voter identification kits which largely failed on the day of the March 4 General Election, whose presidential re
Full StoryWhy bid to stop tallying of presidential votes flopped
Standard Pg 11Monday, 18 Mar 2013
The outcome of the March 4 presidential election is the subject of several petitions at Supreme Court. The petitions, one by Prime Minister Raila Odinga, the CORD candidate, have been filed after declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as p
Full StoryMutunga urges Kenyans to defend gains from Constitution
Standard Pg 6Monday, 18 Mar 2013
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has said the Constitution must be protected because Kenyans had paid the price paid for democracy to flourish in the country. He said the efforts made in the struggle to reform the constitution could no
Full StoryIEBC gazettes newly elected leaders paving way for swearing in
Standard Pg 5Monday, 18 Mar 2013
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has gazetted the names of those elected for the five positions in the just concluded polls. In a special issue of the Kenya Gazette, IEBC published the names of 47 governo
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