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ELECTORAL JUSTICE

CORRUPTION BIGGEST THREAT TO ELECTORAL JUSTICES OR REFORMS IN KENYA Balkanized politics, money, bribery intertwined with lack of judiciary independence halts the democracy  Election is a process once quoted from the chief justice Kenya David Maraga each five years in Kenya the Nation goes to the poll to elect their choice leader- with long process of the nomination commence political parties converging making endorsement either who led or represent their candidate in the ballot from the president, women representative, Representative of National Assembly, Ward representative, senator and Governor. During the nomination exercise confusion, allegations of favourism, corruption nepotism and many ill-blamed is witnessed this is where all rogue process begins. politics in Kenya is more patronage if you tend to win the hearts of the voters. Choose to be holy that will be your peril in the political arena. Our politics are more tribal; ethnicitised- for example the political p...

PERSPECTIVE ON CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND

#PERSPECTIVE                THE FLIP-SIDE OF CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND Corruptions, clannism, self-egocentric intertwined with political dimension derails the realization of development at the Constituency level When the Ninth of parliament was enacted one of the biggest achievement was passing the Constituency Development Act in 2003 under the opera mundus of the kibaki administration after then president won the election in landslide victory taking over from the long reign of KANU regime, almost two decades of Moi’s leadership – the NARC coalition the kibaki TOSHA. Raila was among the architectures. The legislation of the constituency development fund was meant to correct imbalances in regional development that for years marginalized many areas in the country, an initiative that give hope to the laymen to partake in development in the grassroots, this was a channel that enhanced a very robust change in many r...