Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries
County nominees put on hold
Daily Nation pg 10Friday, 22 Mar 2013
The electoral commission has been stopped from gazetting the names of nominated members to the County Assemblies. The High Court order locks out the political party nominees from the scheduled swearing-in of elected county represe
Full StoryIEBC names nominated MPs, senators
Daily Nation pg 8Thursday, 21 Mar 2013
The electoral commission has finally gazetted the names of nominated members of parliament and the senate, paving way for the swearing-in ceremony to be held next week. The names were sent to the Government Printer last evening an
Full StoryTop court set to publish petitions
Daily Nation pg 5Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
The Supreme Court is scheduled to gazette three petitions challenging the March 4 presidential poll results by the end of Tuesday. This comes as Attorney-General Githu Muigai wrote to the court requesting to be supplied with copie
Full StoryThree Narok poll losers lodge petition
Standard Pg 10Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
Three Narok County poll losers have moved to court to challenge the election of Samuel Tunai and Stephen ole Ntutu as Governor and Senator-elect. Ledama Olekina, who was vying for Narok Governor seat, Andrew Sunkuli and Joseph Mus
Full StoryIEBC repeats poll in Samburu, Kuria
Standard Pg 7Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
Voters in wards in Kuria East and Samburu North constituencies went to the polls on Monday after the exercise failed to take place on March 4 due to technical hitches. The areas held polls to choose county ward representatives, wi
Full StoryIEBC 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 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
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