Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. The Kenyan shilling fell to an all time low of 129.24 shillings per dollar on Monday, signaling an increase in the cost of living amid market dollar scarcity. Dollars are becoming more and more difficult to acquire as the days progress, since even most banks do [...]
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Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. A war is currently going on Kenya social media. It’s a war between those who are in support of parastatals taking the forefront in Kenya’s economy and those who believe that both parastatals and private owned establishments should work together to further [...]
Kenya dispatch: Supreme Court hears presidential election challenges
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. This has been a very hectic week for Kenya. Mombasa and Kakamega had their gubernatorial elections on Monday, while Rongai, West Pokot South and Kacheliba had their Member of Parliament (MP) elections the very same day. The Azimio La Umoja party won [...]
Kenya dispatch: multiple election petitions flood Supreme Court as presidency hangs in the balance
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. Kenyan elections are like a movie – a really good movie, in fact. We have the theatrics and the suspense element and our elections have enough plot twists to leave the whole world at the edge of their seats as they wait [...]
Kenya dispatch: with general election looming, 'either something good or very terrible will happen'
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. Kenya is now a day away from its general elections, and political rallies are over. Saturday was actually the last day for any campaigns or rallies to be conducted. In the lead-up to the weekend political parties were therefore busy making sure they had perfect venues [...]
Kenya dispatch: walkout and boycott turn national presidential debate into two one-man shows
Kenya’s presidential debate was held this week at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa (CEUA) in Nairobi and it was divided into two tiers. The first tier was to be between presidential candidates whose popularity ratings, based on three recent opinion polls, stand below 5 percent, while the second tier involved candidates who have polled [...]
Kenya dispatch: Deputy President candidates face off on corruption, Bhang legalization
Kenya’s Deputy Presidential debate was held Tuesday at the Catholic University for Eastern Africa (CEUA) in Nairobi. The debate was divided into two tiers. The first tier involved the Deputy Presidential (DP) candidates whose popularity ratings, based on three recent opinion polls, stand below 5 percent, while the second tier involved candidates who have polled [...]
Kenya dispatch: 'many are praying and hoping for peaceful elections'
As Kenya draws closer and closer to its August 9 elections date, I keep thinking that the presidential contenders have come “full circle”. Since the 1980s we have had the same political faces. We have the Azimio la Umoja party leaders, Raila Odinga and Martha Karua, who fought for multipartism in the 1980s, and we [...]
Pandora Papers reveal widespread tax evasion and hidden assets of world leaders
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a report Sunday revealing the secrets of numerous wealthy elites and world leaders who have been using secret accounts to hide their assets. The investigation was based on a leak of around 12 million confidential records from 14 off-shore service providers. The documents cover a wide range of [...]
Kenya's former sports minister found guilty of embezzling funds in 2016 Rio Olympic Games
The Kenyan Court on Wednesday found that former sports minister Hassan Wario was guilty of anti-corruption. He was charhed with embezzling funds for athletes in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. His initial arrest over these claims took place in October 2018. The former sports minister maintained his innocence, pleading not guilty to all counts of [...]