Criminal gangs have carried out a spate of violent attacks targeting civil society and opposition gatherings ahead of the ...
President William Ruto is consolidating his Nairobi base ahead of the 2027 election while opposition leaders test their ...
Kenya’s Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka appears to be gradually strategising and consolidating political support ahead of his bid for the presidency. This follows the recent incorporation of his ...
The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi has issued an advisory to its citizens in Kenya to register and request absentee ballots early ahead of the November 3 Mid-Term elections. In a statement released on ...
The Judiciary has maintained that Kenya’s Supreme Court is more than just the country’s highest judicial body—it is the constitutional guardian of presidential elections.Speaking at the Catholic ...
Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Martha Karua and Eugene Wamalwa have vowed to reject the nomination of Kenya’s new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairperson and six ...
Doubts are growing over Kenya’s ability to hold a rerun of its presidential election in just one month as key players remain unable to agree on how to conduct a credible vote, analysts say. Bickering ...
Facing intense political pressure ahead of the general election, President William Ruto's restriction on foreign small-scale ...
A top official overseeing Kenya’s electronic voting system was found tortured to death just over a week before national polls, the election commission’s chairman said Monday. Rights groups reacted ...
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Kenya’s curse of monetary expansion during elections

In 1955, William Martin Jr, Chair of the US Federal Reserve (1951–1970), coined the phrase ‘removing the punch bowl’ in central banking. It describes the responsibilities of central banks to restrain ...