Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries
Politicians triumph despite the odds stacked against them
Daily Nation pg 6Saturday, 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
Full StoryUhuru set for State House win
Daily Nation pg 3Saturday, 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
Full StoryObservers call for scrutiny of Form 36
Standard Pg 13Friday, 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
Full StoryKimemia orders Civil Servant back to work.
Standard Pg 7Friday, 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
Full StoryICC moves Uhuru-Muthaura trial to July
Standard Pg 1 & 2Friday, 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
Full StoryWomen ‘sidelined’ in poll race
Daily Nation pg 8Friday, 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
Full StoryComputer bug behind the many spoilt votes
Daily Nation pg 5Friday, 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
Full StoryFocus on poll officers after system fails
Daily Nation pg 5Friday, 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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