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The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has availed the final voters’ register that will be used in the August 8 polls after expunging dead voters from the list. The total number of voters’ in the upcoming elections now stands at 19.6 million after the Electoral Commission…

The National Super Alliance presidential candidate Raila Odinga has been warned by the Luo Council of Elders that he risks denting his presidential aspirations if he does not allow Nyanza people to elect leaders of their wish. The caution by the Elders comes after calls by the former Prime Minister…

Kiambu Governor William Kabogo says that the August 8 elections will be the end of Kenyattas and Odingas families’ dominance in Kenyan politics. President Uhuru Kenyatta and National Super Alliance (NASA) Presidential candidate Raila Odinga will be the last from the two families, who have dominated…

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has attacked the Jubilee party senatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja, calling him an academic dwarf. Kidero says Sakaja bowed out of the Nairobi gubernatorial race because he lacked relevant academic credentials required for the job. “You remember Sakaja wanted to be the…

Eight people have been confirmed dead in Lamu County after a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded on the vehicle they were traveling in. Four of those killed were school children who were being escorted to school by police officers to Kiunga from Mararani, Lamu County. “We have…

National Super Alliance (NASA) flag bearer Raila Odinga has revealed that he will borrow Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli’s style of leadership, where there will be zero tolerance to corruption. Ever since taking the instruments of power, the Tanzania head of state has cracked the whip on…

The European Union (EU) election observation mission on Tuesday deployed 32 poll observers to 13 different areas across Kenya with 41 days to the August 8 general elections. The European Union Kenya Mission deputy observer Hannah Roberts revealed that they will be sending 15 teams, each…

It was pomp and color as President Uhuru Kenyatta launched his re-election manifesto on Monday at the Safaricom Stadium Kasarani in Nairobi, with jobs; free secondary school education, expanded health care and social welfare system topping the list of agenda’s in President Uhuru’s second term in…

Mombasa governor Ali Hassan Joho has once again taken a swipe at President Uhuru Kenyatta, accusing him of launching ‘fake’ and sub-standard projects that do not last for long. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Deputy Party leader has said that everything that the Jubilee government touches…

If the election was to be conducted today, President Uhuru Kenyatta would still trounce National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate Raila Odinga, but a run-off would be inevitable. In a new opinion by the Star, Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta would bag 48 percent of the total votes cast while…