For the first time in post-independence Kenya, there is a sense of unity among Kenyans drawn from humble beginnings irrespective of their tribe. The hustler nation...
It is a year to the next general elections and second presidential transition under the 2010 constitution. How have we fared? Can the counties do better?...
It is an unacknowledged fact that, in Kenya’s relatively short political history, if one were to speak of the BBI report and launch as a moment,...
Kenya's youth demography is made up of over 9.5 million people, more than 20 per cent of the population. Despite being the majority, youth interests have...
They say Uhuru lied to them. They say Raila has been played. Disillusioned, dispossessed, disaffected, the youth, Kenya’s largest voting constituency, are wary of the handshake.
An accurate account and analysis of past constitutional innovations demonstrates very clearly the need for wide consultations among the populace and a broad-based consensus.
Kenya’s constitutional history did not develop in a vacuum. To understand the recent limitations placed on the powers of the executive by the 2010 constitution, the...
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (HBS) Nairobi Office, in collaboration with the Elephant, cordially invite you to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Judgement Series. This new series seeks to interrogate...
This new series seeks to interrogate the effects of the historic May 13, 2021 judgment declaring the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) unconstitutional. This means a lot...
This new series seeks to interrogate the effects of the historic May 13, 2021 judgment declaring the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) unconstitutional. This means a lot...
In conversation with The Elephant, Mtumishi Njeru wa Kathangu places into context the unconstitutional BBI process which seeks to change the constitution of Kenya 2010 within...
For Mr. Kenyatta and Mr. Odinga, the dim prospects of the Bill process could upend any succession plans they have hatched together. Political analysts believe that...