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How bid to tighten law to recall MPs flopped in Parliament

How bid to tighten law to recall MPs flopped in Parliament

Opponents warned against legislating out of fear or repeating unconstitutional errors.

A bid by a section of Members of Parliament to tighten the law on their recall failed on the floor of the House during consideration of the Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Calls to make the recall ‘easier’ for the electorates and the risk of the court nullifying the law less than one year to the general elections led to a proposal by Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo failing to carry the day.

The legislative setback follows past revelations from a KPMG audit exposing severe voter roll irregularities.

City life also makes joblessness and poverty harder to bear, so protests are more likely and more militant.

The exposure covers 13 projects signed or advanced under Ruto and his predecessor, Uhuru.

Some governors are resisting military intervention on stalled projects out of concern that the presidency will claim ownership.

The changes reopen deep political anxieties rooted in past disputed polls.

Neither man may remove the children from Kenya.

Motorists spend at least two hours in heavy traffic to drive through a distance of five kilometers.

NTSA argues that scale of the fatalities requires coordinated action across government agencies, rather than leaving the responsibility to the transport regulator alone.

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