Kenya’s electoral agency is tasked with enhancing and supporting constitutional democracy – any dysfunctions would have dire consequences.
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There’s a lot of information on social media that would support legal proceedings, but courts have yet to harness this.
Many Black audiences are justifiably weary of works about their community told from white perspectives. But authorship isn’t always black and white.
E-petitions are an important democratic tool but they need to be part of something bigger to really change things.
Even if nothing happens immediately, petitions are one of many ways we can help build long-term change.
Some might see Kenya’s presidential election petition as ‘nuisance legislation’. But legal arbitration must be encouraged as an audit to the democratic process.
The internet has been the bogeyman of democracy over the last 12 months. It’s time to harness its power and redress the balance.
When politics and political institutions are trolled by the internet, the outlook is grim.
Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, has carefully orchestrated a constitutional reform that allows him to remain in power for the next 18 years.
Online petitions send a certain signal to politicians and other leaders: we care, but maybe not enough to get off our seats.
As the directors of Oldham Athletic football club consider their options over the possible hiring of Ched Evans, the case of the convicted rapist trying to go back to work has thrown up a catalogue of…
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