The Daily IIJ

Kenyans could soon enjoy dual citizenship if the draft constitution, unveiled on Tuesday, is enacted into law. According to the draft, a person cannot lose Kenyan citizenship if he or she acquires the citizenship of another country. The draft also proposes that Kenyans, who as a result of acquiring the citizenship of another country ceased [...]

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After Decades of struggle and abortive attempts, Kenya is finally on the path to      unveiling a new constitution. On Tuesday, Kenya unveiled a harmonised draft that entrenches post of a Prime Minister (PM) in the constitution. If the draft is adopted, the number of cabinet ministers shall not exceed 20 and not below 15. Currently [...]

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The International Institute for Journalism came to Nairobi, Kenya last month. Fifteen journalists from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania convened in Kenya’s Multimedia University for a two-weeks course on Budget reporting and it was marvelous.

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Trial for Kenya’s masterminds of post-election violence would start as soon as July 2010. The International Criminal Court (ICC) already set in motion the wheels of justice to try the perpetrators as its Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo indicated President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga had agreed to facilitate arrests of the indicted, irrespective of [...]

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By James Ratemo
At last I have a post so dear to my heart in my diary
Kenya’s parliamentary attempt to defeat country’s match to enhanced media freedom has been cut short.
Mooters of a plan to have a draconian section of law that gave Internal security minister power to storm media houses and confiscate broadcast and print [...]

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BY JAMES RATEMO, In Nairobi, Kenya
Corruption is ailing African economies and is keeping off elite Africans out of the continent, US president Barrack Obama has decried.
In his anwers to questions from Africa during his Ghana tour, Obama said his foreign policy is going to be emphasizing the importance of governance in Africa. “I think we [...]

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Kenya’s political crisis has taken a swift turn and now major suspects in the 2007 post-election violence that rocked the country would be headed to the Hague.

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BY JAMES RATEMO IN NAIROBI
So Michael Jackson is dead enh? But why? Well I know this is the question that played on many minds and lips.Kenya was not left behind. POLITICS that take centre stage in Kenyan Media and the Somalia crisis was shelved as the country went into mourning for a man who “touched [...]

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Yeah that is how it is exactly, as wavy and full of bickerings as the title to this story.
Though designed after Germany’s coalition government, Kenya’s has not matured one year down the line.
The two principles differ openly despite their spirited efforts to paint an ‘all is well within’ image.
Recently the two guys took their battle [...]

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It is the epitome of civilization.
Some find it irresistible but for others it can be a thorn in the flesh.

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