The Standard: RSS Feeds - Politics http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ RSS Feeds for The Standard - Online Edition en-us http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ PHP/5.2.9 MPs’ marriage of convenience spells doom for Imanyara Bill http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028749&cid=289& For the second time in a row, MPs have boycotted debate on a Bill to establish a Special Tribunal to try post-election violence suspects. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:56:49 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258736209 Fresh turf war has Central MPs in a spin http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028758&cid=289& As power rivalry between Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth rages, some central Kenya MPs are calling for a ceasefire. They say the battle for regional supremacy could not have come at a worse time when the region is seeking to forge a common position on the Harmonised Draft Constitution. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:34 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258737574 Two power centres recipe for confusion, says Kanu http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028698&cid=289& Kanu will not support the Harmonised Draft Constitution as long as it provides for two centres of power. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:26:42 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258655202 Bickering among Nyanza MPs leaves Raila a lone ranger http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028416&cid=289& The battle for political supremacy among Luo Nyanza MPs has opened the province for other players. Similarly, it has left Prime Minister Raila Odinga a lone ranger whenever he travels across the country. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:26:20 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258219580 Fall of Iron Curtain set stage for radical changes in Africa http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028421&cid=289& Twenty years ago, the political situation in the country was heavy with expectation. What has come to be known as the Second Liberation was building momentum and reactionary forces in the only political party, Kanu, were loosening their grip on the instruments of power. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:53:50 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258221230 Gatanga MP may spoil Uhuru’s maths http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028415&cid=289& A behind-the-scenes political struggle has emerged between Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth. Kenneth is said to have lately attracted considerable support in Central Province. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:25:29 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258219529 Kibaki calls for quick deal on system of governance http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028348&cid=289& President Kibaki has said an agreement would be reached on sharing of Executive power in a new constitution even as PNU and ODM remained deadlocked on the issue after nightlong meetings. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:17:18 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258136238 Githae: Any day is presidential campaign time http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028349&cid=289& Nairobi Metropolitan Development Minister Robinson Githae has defended those who have declared their presidential ambitions. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:18:46 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258136326 Judges won’t hear application by Wetang’ula http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028297&cid=289& Three appellate judges have declined to hear an application by a Cabinet minister in connection with a petition challenging his election. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258050420 Former MP declines to meet Kalonzo http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144028298&cid=289& ODM-Kenya first vice-chairman Joe Khamisi has declined an invitation to meet Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:27:58 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1258050478 PNU affiliates lock horns over party funding http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144027974&cid=289& The Party of National Unity has been told not to celebrate the prospect of receiving part of the Sh200 million allocated to political parties in the current budget. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:01:38 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257609698 Will history favour VP again in Kibaki succession? http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144027973&cid=289& Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka’s bid to woo Mt Kenya region to back him for the 2012 General Election is a throwback to the heady Kenyatta succession days in the 1970s. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:51 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257609651 Kenya could make or break Ocampo http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144027989&cid=289& He is shrewd and meticulous. He has dragged the high and mighty along the corridors of justice, but Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s greatest test will be how he handles the Kenya case. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:08:59 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257617339 MPs’ plate full as House reopens next week http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144027917&cid=289& Parliament reopens on Tuesday after a two-month break.Before the September 16 recess, lawmakers were in a fighting mood – first shooting down a Government Motion to send them home earlier and then rejecting President Kibaki’s controversial reappointment of Justice Aaron Ringera as the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission director. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:59:18 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257530358 Leaders hold breath as Ocampo pushes agenda http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/politics/InsidePage.php?id=1144027863&cid=289& International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrived in the morning as the country pondered how President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga would receive him. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:59:01 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1257447541