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Almost three years after the ban on plastic bags, they are still available and in use. One would expect that they would be completely gone from the face of Kenya yet a spot check by RoGGKenya around the country indicates that they are being used in public. When the government of Kenya banned plastic bags … Continue reading “Plastic Bags Still Available Years After The Ban”
On the first week of December, a group of legal officials from Kenya, Uganda and South Sudan were gathered in Mombasa to discuss an age-old problem: unmarked borders between them. The problem at hand is that there may not be tranquility if the countries don’t act fast. A spokesperson for Kenya’s Attorney-General Kihara … Continue reading “Kenya’s possible border clash points with neighbours jolts officials”
Petrol stations operators across Kenya seem to disregard their regulator’s demand to adhere to the laid down safety and quality standards in running their fuel businesses. This is despite the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) in February 2017 announcing that 500 petrol stations of the then 1,731 licensed fuel pumps risked closure for … Continue reading “Petrol Stations Flouting The Regulator’s Operational Rules”
The Kenya Natinal Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) has released the population census 2019 results and as usual the figures have been politicized. Some political leaders have disputed the results because the figures are less than they expected, or the number of the residents in their regions have reduced like in the case of Ikolomani. Other … Continue reading “Kenyan Population Census 2019-The Figures and Implications”
The 2010 Constitution which is citizen- centered in governance requires all state institutions both at the national and county government level to ensure that citizens are involved in decision-making through public participation. However, full implementation of this constitutional provision remains a challenge since the process is either hijacked by politicians and public officials dictating or … Continue reading “What The Constitution Says About Public Participation Amid Referenda Push”
Eugene Wamalwa, CS, Ministry of Devolution and ASALs appeared on Citizen TV to discuss how prepared Kenya is to deal with climate change. His response during the interview was however not satisfactory going by Kenyans reactions on social media .Many of them accused him of being insincere . He could not explain why despite the … Continue reading “President Kenyatta Yet to Chair National Climate Change Council 3 Years Later”
The nomination of Mwende Mwinzi, a dual citizenship holder, as Kenya’s ambassador to Seoul, South Korea continues to elicit mixed reactions on her legitimacy for the job. The defiant Mwinzi is fighting for her posting since she has to renounce her American citizenship before taking up the job. She was nominated with other 18 … Continue reading “Should Politics or the Law Prevail in Mwende Mwinzi’s Nomination?”
The recent death of eight pupils and 69 injured at Precious Talent School has not only saddened the entire country but also exposed how several schools in Kenya don’t meet the safety requirements. In the same breath it has yet again uncovered in-depth corruption, impunity and disregard for procedure that engulfs our regulators. Why … Continue reading “How Safe are Kenyan schools?-Rules and Regulations”
Quality healthcare is essential to every Kenyan as enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010. However, this has remained a mirage in the face of many Kenyans who, in several occasions, have been deprived of their rights to prompt and quality medical services. Poor Kenyans have experienced the wrath of failure to pay for health … Continue reading “Detention Of Patients for Unpaid Bills Illegal”
If you live in Nairobi and you have running nose you better invest in a handkerchief worth Ksh 20 or else you might end up paying a fine of Ksh 2,000 or three months imprisonment. The law requires one to blow their nose in a cloth material or a tissue paper.It is also illegal to … Continue reading “The Strange Nairobi City County Bylaws”
Did you know that public entities are required to disclose information without the need for the applicant to give reasons for inquiring the requested information? Yes, that is what the Right to Information Act ,2016 states. It further states that private entities are only required to do so if the information is needed to protect … Continue reading “The Access to Information Act , 2016 Simplified For You”
It is said that ‘justice delayed is justice denied’ and Kenyans know this very well since cases take too long in court. A court cases can be expensive considering that lawyers usually charge fees based on among other things, the number of appearances made in the court on behalf of their clients. The involved parties … Continue reading “Kenyan Courts Record 84 % Reduction in Case Backlog”
Some government officials have been accused of dishing out bursaries to their relatives, friends and close associates who do not deserve it.This goes against the reasons as to why Constituency Development Fund (CDF) Bursary was created . Read more HERE In September 2018, two Nairobi ward representatives were also accused of colluding with rogue county … Continue reading “Corruption in CDF Bursary Allocation”
On 18th July 2019, Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) confirmed that they had verified the signatures submitted by the Thirdway Alliance Kenya Party for the proposed Punguza Mizigo ‘referendum. The signatures were delivered to the Commission together with a draft Constitutional Amendment Bill and details of supporters of the draft Bill both in soft … Continue reading “ELOG Query IEBC Over Punguza Mizigo Signatures”
If you love history and would like to understand things that happened even before Kenya got independence then this site will excite you. Kenya Gazette has Kenya Gazette Notices from 1895 to 2012 that you can easily refer to and even download if necessary. Below are some notices that you might not known about Liquor … Continue reading “Kenya Gazette Notices from 1895 to 2012”
The media has been flooded by news of medical negligence, overcrowding in hospitals and in some instances, successful procedures that bring hope to Kenyans. Some hospital managers have however complained that they are overwhelmed because people do not go to the right facilities near them for the services they require, instead they go to referral … Continue reading “Kenya’s Health Structure and The Six Levels of Hospitals– an Overview”
In August 2018, Cabinet Secretary for Water and Sanitation, Simon Chelugui, suspended water abstractions from the Mt. Kenya and Aberdare regions for two weeks illegally without following the procedure set out in law for revocation of permits. Though the Cabinet Secretary cited the provision of illegal licences and farmers farming inside the forest … Continue reading “Water Permits and Regulation; The case of The Mt. Kenya Controversial Abstractions”
According to the IMF World Economic Outlook database, October 2018, the percentage of public debt to GDP in Kenya from 2012 is 43.88 while 2018 is 56.101. To be precise the country owes more than half the value of its economic output (GDP).The level of government debt has continued to increase from the early 2000. … Continue reading “Kenya Overburdened by Debt”
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The Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has provided no convincing answers to the questions arising from the high concentration of multiple IDs in the 2017 voter register in only two Homa Bay constituencies. Follow-up questions by RoGGKenya.org editors as to what the reasons were for the accumulation in Homa Bay, and how the IEBC … Continue reading “Multiple Voters on one ID Number – but no convincing Answers by the IEBC”
As the Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) officially concludes the 2017 elections cycle today, February 12, 2019, by releasing an evaluation report, a serious constitutional question about the 2017 elections is unanswered: Has the commission properly gazetted the complete results of the Genearal Elections in all six positions, as the law requires it? … Continue reading “Has the IEBC gazetted Election Results as required by Law?”
The arrest and ongoing detainment of the eight Ambira Boys High School students is most probably illegal, a legal analysis made for RoGGKenya has found. In addition, the harsh reaction of the state agencies against the minor school boys is in sharp contrast with a leniency we can observe when famous politicians are involved. This … Continue reading “Detention of eight School Boys probably illegal”
