/News/politics/-/1064/1064/-/10fl3co/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Fresh+battle+looms+in+House+over+report+on+boundaries++/-/1064/1325002/-/15d62g8/-/index.html A fresh battle over electoral zones is imminent in Parliament as MPs begin their sittings 2012-02-11T19:30:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Why+big+guns+may+be+barred+from+race+/-/1064/1325034/-/vwrsmw/-/index.html Radical new Bill on leadership and integrity threatens to lock out top presidential candidates from State House race over adverse mentions in past commissions, ICC cases, graft and tax arrears 2012-02-11T19:30:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1325022/-/8srr5j/-/index.html The battle for Coast delegates’ votes in the ODM presidential primaries goes a notch higher 2012-02-11T19:30:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/New+era+LSK+polls+fail+affirmative+action+test+/-/1064/1325092/-/51puulz/-/index.html Despite the charged atmosphere as the country prepares for the first General Election under the new Constitution, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) elections to be held this week promise to be free of the usual factional battles. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Pastor+for+the+politician+God+for+us+all+/-/1064/1325090/-/hgq0y0/-/index.html The Church is once again on the cross for yet another foray into the murky waters of the Kenyan political scene. 2012-02-11T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/History+repeats+itself+in+Raila+Mudavadi+polls+debate/-/1064/1325116/-/13uldlkz/-/index.html The emotive debate between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his deputy Musalia Mudavadi over presidential primaries which has raised fears over the future of the Orange Movement is a replay of similar contests in the past. 2012-02-11T19:26:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Attack+on+Lari+MP+property+heightens+next+election+fears+/-/1064/1325106/-/7u8kat/-/index.html The attack on Lari MP David Njuguna’s property last week has highlighted growing intolerance 2012-02-11T19:19:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Red+flag+raised+over+new+wave+of+intolerance+/-/1064/1325104/-/xo250f/-/index.html The raid on the home of Lari MP David Njuguna following his comments at a presidential function in Kisumu has turned attention to another outbreak of political thuggery and intolerance. 2012-02-11T19:16:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Speaker+wants+VP+to+come+clean+on+Nyambati+/-/1064/1325098/-/4tixbhz/-/index.html Speaker Kenneth Marende orders Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka to publicise the return of Kitutu Masaba MP Walter Nyambati 2012-02-11T19:13:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Queries+over+MPs+role+in+vetting+EACC+nominees+/-/1064/1325036/-/x7qbhuz/-/index.html One of the first items on the agenda when Parliament resumes on Tuesday will be the approval or rejection of nominees 2012-02-11T18:12:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Uhuru+Ruto+allies+up+anti+Mutula+rhetoric+/-/1064/1325018/-/wsq3w4z/-/index.html MPs allied to the two want to move a vote of no confidence against minister Mutula Kilonzo. 2012-02-11T17:54:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Mudavadi+digs+in+for+county+polls+/-/1064/1325016/-/r0d0hx/-/index.html Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi maintains ODM is in the process of amending its constitution 2012-02-11T17:50:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/PM+Odinga+Mudavadi+clash+over+polls+/-/1064/1324518/-/mcbx7o/-/index.html Mudavadi reiterates that ODM will conduct presidential nomination at county level 2012-02-10T19:30:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1324496/-/8sr65i/-/index.html The journey to the General Election starts on March 15 after the electoral commission compiles the final report on the 80 new constituencies. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/December+poll+call+gets+backing+/-/1064/1324490/-/p7v33d/-/index.html The call on President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to dissolve the coalition government in October to pave way for elections this year has won praise from political leaders and the civil society. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Workaholic+ex+public+service+boss+hits+the+80+mark+/-/1064/1324244/-/lop8goz/-/index.html Mr Simeon Nyachae, the former Cabinet minister, celebrated his birthday this week. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Will+the+real+Mudavadi+stand+up+/-/1064/1324234/-/cb700c/-/index.html Mr Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi comes out expressing one of his little-known sides. 2012-02-10T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1324368/-/8sr5ag/-/index.html If you thought Githae was joking when he said he needed a 100-day honeymoon, well, he was serious. 2012-02-10T15:43:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1324238/-/8sr4fc/-/index.html The MP with the largest constituency in the country, Mr Chachu Ganya, on Friday said he will contest the finding by the electoral commission that North Horr did not meet the threshold to be sub-divided into additional constituencies. 2012-02-10T13:49:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Polls+body+calls+for+December+vote+date+++/-/1064/1323634/-/yu38l/-/index.html Kenya appears to be headed for a December General Election after electoral commissioners said they would petition President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to dissolve the coalition government in October. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Team+to+speed+up+election+chaos+cases+/-/1064/1323662/-/3rr0cjz/-/index.html A team of 17 has been formed to speed up investigations and prosecution of cases from the 2008 post-election violence. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Cabinet+approves+key+land+ownership+bills++/-/1064/1323674/-/14efncd/-/index.html The Cabinet has approved three Bills that drastically transform land ownership and management. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/We+re+not+for+Raila+claims+Central+lobby+/-/1064/1323698/-/wp0otuz/-/index.html A lobby group has denied claims it is campaigning for Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Central Kenya. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Group+plans+to+block+eight+presidential+candidates+/-/1064/1323692/-/duorns/-/index.html A new political movement plans to seek court orders blocking eight presidential hopefuls from running for office. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Uhuru+rejects+victims+bid+to+join+in+appeal++/-/1064/1323710/-/1sqbaiz/-/index.html Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has rejected an attempt by election violence victims to make submissions on his appeal in The Hague. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Taxman+not+State+official+court+told+/-/1064/1323714/-/xungo1/-/index.html The newly appointed chief tax collector, Mr John Njiraini, was not subjected to public interview because the post of the commissioner general does not fall under a State office 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Devolution+law+was+changed+by+consensus/-/1064/1323678/-/94uy64/-/index.html Changes were made to the draft law on devolution after agreement by all the players in the review process. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Team+raises+red+flag+over+ethnic+push+/-/1064/1323682/-/rk108z/-/index.html The elections team on Thursday sounded the alarm over some people who were using the boundaries review exercise to create ethnic and political enclaves. 2012-02-09T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/CIC+backs+devolution+bills/-/1064/1323508/-/1088xe1/-/index.html The controversial changes made to the draft law on devolution were inserted after an agreement involving all the players in the review process, says the Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution. 2012-02-09T15:38:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1323422/-/8sqgn1/-/index.html Kenya's Cabinet on Thursday approved three Bills that set out to overhaul land management in the country. 2012-02-09T13:34:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+quells+fears+over+election+date/-/1064/1323336/-/7nkl8e/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Thursday sought to diffuse anxiety over the date of next elections, saying the Grand Coalition principals will act in the best interest of the country. 2012-02-09T12:10:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1323202/-/8sqf1c/-/index.html IEBC SAYS it will propose to Kibaki, Raila to dissolve Grand Coalition by October in order to have General election before January 2013. 2012-02-09T07:53:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Ruto+wants+to+return+IDPs+land+/-/1064/1323068/-/syy3loz/-/index.html Eldoret North MP William Ruto wants to surrender 100 acres of land he is accused of grabbing from an internally displaced person. 2012-02-08T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+seeks+to+mend+ODM+rifts+/-/1064/1323034/-/804sgjz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday sought to calm the rising tensions within ODM 2012-02-08T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Mutula+gripe+personal+says+Uhuru+ally+/-/1064/1323048/-/hsd5h9z/-/index.html An ally of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta has accused Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo of holding a personal vendetta in his calls for Uhuru to resign 2012-02-08T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Moi+era+torture+victims+awarded+Sh100+million++/-/1064/1323054/-/5tb4ez/-/index.html The government has paid out more than Sh100 million to people tortured in Nyayo House dungeons 2012-02-08T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1322674/-/8spt19/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday distanced himself from allegations that he was instrumental in taking post-election violence suspects to the International Criminal Court as a strategy of eliminating political competition in the Presidential race. 2012-02-08T12:00:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/ODM+legislators+downplay+Raila++Musalia+rivalry/-/1064/1322602/-/xgk8rhz/-/index.html Six ODM Legislators on Wednesday welcomed the ongoing contest between party leader Raila Odinga and his deputy Musalia Mudavadi for the party's presidential ticket. 2012-02-08T10:57:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kibaki+reinstates+Machage/-/1064/1322554/-/13g68ov/-/index.html President Kibaki on Wednesday witnessed the swearing in of the reinstated Assistant Minister Dr Wilfred Machage and the acting Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet Mr. Francis Kimemia. 2012-02-08T10:03:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Top+judge+shrugs+off+criticism+over+rulings+/-/1064/1322124/-/u94lqwz/-/index.html A High Court judge defends the Judiciary over claims that it is becoming too liberal 2012-02-07T19:30:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Quit+the+race+Raila+allies+tell+Mudavadi+/-/1064/1322148/-/ojot00z/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga is ODM’s “natural flag bearer”, insist some party delegates. 2012-02-07T16:54:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Githu+ICC+team+keeps+tight+lid+on+its+agenda+/-/1064/1322042/-/vt4wsq/-/index.html A legal team set up to advise the government on a response to recent ICC rulings continued meeting 2012-02-07T15:14:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Waki+to+sit+on+UN+Sierra+Leone+court++/-/1064/1322038/-/xegprk/-/index.html Appellate judge Philip Waki has been appointed to the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone. 2012-02-07T15:10:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Youths+to+access+public+contracts++Kibaki/-/1064/1321992/-/gvwogk/-/index.html President Mwai Kibaki has directed that 10 per cent of all Government procurement be allocated to the youth so as to further empower them. 2012-02-07T14:36:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Speaker+set+to+recall+Parliament+next+Tuesday/-/1064/1321908/-/ekcdu9z/-/index.html MPs have successfully petitioned President Kibaki and House Speaker Kenneth Marende to recall Parliament next Tuesday. 2012-02-07T12:53:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Parliament+invites+views+on+election+date+bill/-/1064/1321808/-/dxs5ks/-/index.html Parliament has called on Kenyans to give their views on the Bill seeking to change the election date currently awaiting debate in the August House. 2012-02-07T09:16:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Mutula+attacks+judges+on+rulings+/-/1064/1321752/-/jrlv5hz/-/index.html Justice minister Mutula Kilonzo on Monday hit out at judges for giving what he termed weird and unnecessary court injunctions. 2012-02-06T20:46:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyans+satisfied+with+ICC+verdict+says+poll+/-/1064/1321742/-/ao3iis/-/index.html The ruling made by the ICC on the six suspects of the post-election violence, a new survey shows. 2012-02-06T20:10:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Im+my+own+man+says+Mudavadi/-/1064/1321682/-/ey88d2z/-/index.html Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi on Monday took his bid for nomination as ODM’s presidential flag bearer to Mombasa County. 2012-02-06T18:31:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+woos+Central+Kenya+voters++/-/1064/1321642/-/1a1ddmz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Monday reached out to voters in Central Province and sought to counter what he termed as propaganda peddled against him by regional politicians. 2012-02-06T18:23:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Ocampo+dismisses+appeals+/-/1064/1321616/-/h6mdm8/-/index.html ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo wants the appeals filed by the four Kenyan post-election violence suspects dismissed because no legal grounds have been raised. 2012-02-06T18:01:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Law+to+bar+corrupt+leaders+from+office++/-/1064/1321548/-/386a8qz/-/index.html The fight against impunity gained momentum on Monday following the completion of a draft Bill to operationalise a chapter of the Constitution on leadership and integrity. 2012-02-06T17:25:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/PM+Odinga+criticised+over+poll+date+/-/1064/1321070/-/rsxbj9/-/index.html VP Musyoka challenges Prime Minister over the General Election date 2012-02-05T19:30:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyan+laws+seek+to+halt+polls+gravy+train+/-/1064/1320970/-/12pycdfz/-/index.html Campaigns for Kenya's next elections might be a nightmare for candidates following the enactment of tough laws that prohibit use of dirty tricks, limit use of money, and make hate speech an offence. 2012-02-05T19:30:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Step+down+for+Raila+Mudavadi+told+/-/1064/1321014/-/hicteo/-/index.html ODM leaders from three counties demand cancellation of presidential nominations 2012-02-05T19:30:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Tobiko+was+correct+on+Baraza+trial+Muite+/-/1064/1321006/-/rkmugwz/-/index.html Lawyer Paul Muite welcomes a decision to wait until a tribunal concludes its work 2012-02-05T19:30:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Incite+Kenyans+to+violence+at+your+own+peril/-/1064/1320952/-/p4g8lm/-/index.html Internal Security Minister George Saitoti has said that the government will rein in politicians who incite Kenyans to violence. 2012-02-05T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/SDP+officials+to+remain+in+office+says+registrar++/-/1064/1320998/-/3bamcj/-/index.html The current officials of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will remain in office, the political parties registrar has said. 2012-02-05T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Parties+law+blamed+for+elusive+PNU+unity+bid+/-/1064/1320976/-/xha5pc/-/index.html The revised parties Act is emerging as the main obstacle to unity among President Kibaki’s allies as they prepare for the next General Election. 2012-02-05T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Ford+K+vows+to+crack+the+whip+on+rebels+/-/1064/1320978/-/15jdfp2z/-/index.html Ford Kenya party wants the members who have defected from the party to either quit their positions or face expulsion. 2012-02-05T19:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Bills+on+power+shift+to+47+counties+ready+/-/1064/1321012/-/phfxix/-/index.html The government drafts two Bills to help guide the transition to county governments 2012-02-05T18:16:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Nomination+dispute+rocks+ODM+/-/1064/1320966/-/plq7sez/-/index.html A row has erupted in ODM over the level at which delegates will nominate the party’s presidential candidate. 2012-02-05T17:41:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/ICC+suspects+can+now+turn+to+Wako+/-/1064/1320542/-/m4df7c/-/index.html Suspects facing trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) can now call on the services of former Attorney-General Amos Wako. 2012-02-04T19:32:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/They+voted+for+Hague+but+now+pray+with+suspects/-/1064/1320534/-/21daw6z/-/index.html On the evening of February 12, 2009, MPs burst into celebration. 2012-02-04T19:30:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+and+Mudavadi+rivalry+rattles+ODM+/-/1064/1320398/-/qmrso4/-/index.html Prime Minister’s supporters see a secret hand in the decision by his deputy to mount a determined grassroots campaign ahead of the party’s presidential nominations as the future of the Orange movement and Raila’s leadership ambitions come under close scrutiny. 2012-02-04T19:30:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kibaki+debt+to+presidential+aspirants+/-/1064/1320428/-/goh94r/-/index.html Demands that Kibaki endorse Raila for presidency expose one of the President’s dilemmas 2012-02-04T19:30:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Seroney+family+seeks+compensation+for+torture+and+loss+/-/1064/1320528/-/ajdqsxz/-/index.html The family of a former MP wants the government to compensate them for the losses they incurred 2012-02-04T19:01:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Sh1m+fine+for+taking+bribe+from+Kenyan+politician/-/1064/1320526/-/sa6hn8/-/index.html Did you know that accepting money from politicians as an inducement could land you in prison 2012-02-04T18:57:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenneth+party+starts+massive+listing/-/1064/1320516/-/gx8tjbz/-/index.html The party starts massive membership recruitment in readiness for the next General Election. 2012-02-04T18:50:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Coast+rebels+seize+on+old+grievances+/-/1064/1320502/-/10sxcjw/-/index.html On the afternoon of Sunday, October 23, 2011, a contingent of armed police officers violently disrupted a meeting of the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) in Shika Adabu village, Likoni constituency. 2012-02-04T18:44:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Negative+stereotyping+escalating+a+bad+situation+/-/1064/1320494/-/ph95l3z/-/index.html In as much as underlying historical injustices were blamed for the violence, negative stereotypes against each other also played a major role. 2012-02-04T18:42:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/State+appears+clueless+on+how+to+handle+the+council+/-/1064/1320482/-/11m9t00/-/index.html The government seems at a loss on how best to handle the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC). 2012-02-04T18:41:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyans+will+choose+their+president/-/1064/1320474/-/47wn1o/-/index.html Kenyans should be wary of foreign dignitaries visiting the country with “imperial advice” 2012-02-04T18:38:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+Election+date+will+be+known+soon+/-/1064/1320454/-/rqn5hhz/-/index.html Prime Minister Raila Odinga gives a strong indication that the General Election will be held this year. 2012-02-04T18:34:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Saitoti+presidential+bid+causes+disquiet/-/1064/1320432/-/npy08bz/-/index.html Internal Security minister George Saitoti is causing anxiety in the PNU alliance 2012-02-04T18:18:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1319812/-/8s96ro/-/index.html Aspiring presidential candidates raise billions of shillings ahead of what promises to be the most expensive race in Kenya’s history. 2012-02-03T19:30:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Kenyans+want+the+clergy+to+shun+politics+says+poll+/-/1064/1319830/-/14mym5nz/-/index.html Most Kenyans are of the view that religious leaders should stick to spiritual matters and shun politics 2012-02-03T17:36:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/-/1064/1319828/-/8s96sq/-/index.html The High Court ruling on public debate on the ICC pair elicits mixed reactions. 2012-02-03T17:32:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/When+it+cost+Sh4000++to+run+for+Parliament+/-/1064/1319818/-/c0dxybz/-/index.html A 2007 elections monitoring report revealed just how expensive campaigns and elections have become. 2012-02-03T17:27:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Mudavadi+warms+up+to+take+on+Raila/-/1064/1319750/-/fhxnp1z/-/index.html The Orange Democratic Movement is bracing for a battle for its presidential ticket. 2012-02-03T16:51:10Z