Special report: It’s time for deep conversation on devolution

Senate banners during the 7th Devolution Conference in Makueni, November 2021. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Kenya is an interesting country. Consider this. There is a Political Parties (Amendment) Bill that has been passed by one House of Parliament (the National Assembly) and is now sitting at the second House (Senate) which, among other things, empowers the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) on political party oversight to the chagrin of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

This is the same IEBC that essentially faces an existential threat if we go by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) judgements made by the High Court, and still does not have a CEO.