IEBC chairman Erustus Ethekon with commissioner Anne Nderitu at JKIA Nairobi after receiving first batch of ballot papers for the 27th November by elections. The papers which were printed in Greece at a cost of Ksh.27 million will be transported to various constituencies from Friday this week.[Collins Oduor, Standard] All eyes are on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as it prepares for the 2027 elections. The commission must be diametrically impartial to engender trust and transparency in the electoral process. This is the biggest test for the Erastus Ethekon-led commission. Already, from the recent by-elections, there are clear indications…
Author: By Livinus Onogwu
Families bury their close ones in a mass grave in the village of Maiyanga in Central Nigeria on December 27, 2023. [Kim Masara, AFP] From 2009, under the full administration of different democratically elected presidents, killings, kidnapping, burning of homes, schools and churches, mass displacements, closure of schools, bandits ruling in captured territories and loss of livelihoods, among a litany of other woes, have largely characterised the landscape of Nigeria, cutting across north, east, south, west and in between. No place is safe! Thousands of lives have been lost. Properties worth billions have been ruined. Trillions worth of livelihood resources…
President William Ruto conferring the Mashujaa Day award to Shee Kupi Shee for his brave work in peacebuilding and humanitarian aid, particularly in the Boni Forest area in Lamu. [Robert Menza, Standard] There has been much hype about whether some people nominated for national honours truly merit it, given their questionable reputation with clouds of dishonour hanging and indeed hovering over their heads. In a world where politics defines, shapes and influences nearly all action, policy and programme of governance, it goes without saying that the original sanctity and value of the award of national honour have been desecrated by politicians to…