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Martha Karua Accuses Uhuru of Bribery After Sagana Meeting 31 January 2021 - 11:49 am President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shaking hands with NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua at a past event. The Standard Former Presidential Aspirant Martha Karua has accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of bribing Members of the County Assembly (MCAs). Speaking in Baricho on Saturday, January 30, the former Minister claimed that the Head of State had offered MCAs from the Mt Kenya region a bribe in form of car grants in order to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report. She further urged the Mt Kenya...

Kibicho Quells Riot Inside Uhuru's Sagana Meeting 30 January 2021 - 7:23 am President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre), his bodyguard (second left) and Interior PS Karanja Kibicho (left) at Sagana State Lodge on Friday, January 29, 2021 PSCU Interior Principal Secretary, Karanja Kibicho, stepped in and restored sanity at President Uhuru Kenyatta's meeting at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri after MCAs demonstrated.  The lawmakers, on Friday, January 29, were infuriated by the presentation of the legal expert, Tom Macharia, who urged them to support the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) for various benefit...

THE STANDARD By Wainaina Ndung'u | January 30th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 In the first of four days of meetings in the region, Uhuru tells local leaders they have a reason to support the BBI and says he will have a say on his succession. President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday started his four-day pitch for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) by offering a sweetener that could change the tide for the constitutional reform moment. The president acceded to demands by MCAs to be given car grants, adding that the same would be given to all ward representatives across the country. Uhuru also state...

THE STANDARD By Ruth Mwaniki | January 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Some of the 400 data clerks who were sworn in on 30/12/20 during the IEBC BBI Supporters Verification Exercise at the Bomas of Kenya. [Emmanuel Mochoge, Standard] The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report has been hailed as a document for not just achieving sustainable development, but also ensuring lasting peace in Kenya. There are many benefits the common mwananchi can reap from this important initiative. In 2013, President Uhuru Kenyatta took the reins of power at probably the most tumultuous period in Kenya’s hi...

ad nauseum during the week of waiting that followed Kenya’s 2013 general elections. In ads published in the run-up to the 2013 elections by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), people were told to vote, go home and accept the results. Encouraged by a state that had since the 2007 post-electoral violence dominated public discourse and means of coercion, the military pitched camp in polling stations. Many streets in Kenya’s cities and towns remained deserted for days after the polls closed. According to Ngunyi, the winner of the 2013 elections had been known four mont...