Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries

Sub-Category : Electoral and Boundaries Reforms

Politicians triumph despite the odds stacked against them

Daily Nation pg 6
Saturday, 09 Mar 2013

When the new MPs convene later this month to be sworn in and elect their Speaker, it will be an emotional reunion for two former lawmakers. Mr Sammy Leshore, the new senator for Samburu County (URP), will be connecting with his fr

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Uhuru set for State House win

Daily Nation pg 3
Saturday, 09 Mar 2013

The electoral commission will on Saturday morning declare whether Mr Uhuru Kenyatta has won the presidency. The Jubilee Coalition presidential candidate was announced to have got 6,173,433 votes out of 12,338,667 total votes cast

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Observers call for scrutiny of Form 36

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Friday, 08 Mar 2013

Election observers have urged the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ( IEBC) to open up the manual tallying of presidential results to thorough scrutiny and protect the credibility of the results. Speaking yesterday i

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Kimemia orders Civil Servant back to work.

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Friday, 08 Mar 2013

Head of Civil Service Francis Kimemia has ordered all civil servants to report to work Friday. Kimemia ordered Thursday evening that a headcount be conducted and results of those present and absent be submitted to the Office of th

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ICC moves Uhuru-Muthaura trial to July

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Friday, 08 Mar 2013

Trial Chamber five of the ICC decided to grant the Defence teams’ requests, to which the Prosecutor did not oppose, and to postpone the opening of the trial in the case The Prosecutor versus Francis Kirimi Muthaura and Uhuru

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Women ‘sidelined’ in poll race

Daily Nation pg 8
Friday, 08 Mar 2013

Foreign observers were disappointed with the poor participation of women in the election. In its preliminary analysis of Monday’s poll, the European Union’s Observer Mission to Kenya said the contest was credible and p

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Computer bug behind the many spoilt votes

Daily Nation pg 5
Friday, 08 Mar 2013

A bug which multiplied spoilt ballots was responsible for the high number of spoilt votes reported through the electronic tallying system. The chairman of Kenya’s electoral commission, Mr Ahmed Issack Hassan has attributed t

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Focus on poll officers after system fails

Daily Nation pg 5
Friday, 08 Mar 2013

With the electoral commission having turned to the manual system after the electronic transmission of provisional results failed, the focus has shifted to the 291 returning officers.  By Thursday 2pm, 253 of the 290 returning

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