Gladwell Otieno's blog

Ringera’s reappointment a naked display of impunity

President Kibaki's reappointment of Mr Justice Aaron Ringera and his two deputies has triggered the latest in a long series of political controversies.

Perhaps deliberately, these crises serve to distract Kenyans from the urgent work of rebuilding a country that is threatened with collapse.

Such generosity to ECK officials was in bad taste

Reports of a generous send-off package for the former commissioners of the defunct Electoral Commission of Kenya are the latest example of a lack of real recognition by government of the precarious situation in which Kenya finds itself.

As holders of high constitutional office, the remuneration of the commissioners cannot be varied to the disadvantage of the holder of the office.

The guilty must not be allowed to throw out Waki report

THE RECENT PUBLIC DEBATE on the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Post-Election Violence has tended to narrow the focus to the secret list of names recommended for further investigation and possible prosecution.