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IEBC, MPs lock horns over campaign financing rules

IEBC, MPs lock horns over campaign financing rules

The power struggle threatens to throw the financial regulatory framework for 2027 polls into...

The National Assembly Committee on Delegated Legislation, chaired by Ainabkoi MP Samuel Chepkonga, convenes at Bunge Tower in Nairobi on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

A high-stakes power struggle has erupted between the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and Parliament over who holds the ultimate authority to approve the Election Campaign Financing Regulations, 2026.

The jurisdictional clash, as the country readies for the August 2027 General Election, came to the fore at a meeting of the National Assembly Committee on Delegated Legislation and the IEBC.

A draft law introduces stringent vetting mechanisms for the coveted jobs.

The LGBTQ community members have challenged in court laws that prohibit homosexuality and other acts deemed unnatural.

He seeks to narrow the glaring disparities in bonus payments between farmers in the West and East regions.

While Kuppet maintains that junior school teachers should belong to the union, Knut argues that they should be free to choose their union.

Knut says future school should encourage collaboration among teachers.

From January next year, learners in Grade One, Two and Three will receive the books to replace the ones that are worn out.

The Embassy in Bern, the Swiss political capital, was opened in April 2020.

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