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What is happening in Kibra? With slightly more than two weeks to the highly anticipated by-elections, the ODM and Jubilee camps have resorted to blame games.
ODM, which hopes Kibra will vote for Imran Okoth, has severally accused Jubilee Candidate MacDonald Mariga’s camp of planning to rig the polls through bribing voters.
They have sensationally claimed that Deputy President William Ruto is working with senior IEBC ICT officials to ensure Mariga wins the coveted seat. According to the orange party, Ruto’s camp has been buying IDs and feeding the details into the KIEMs kits which are allegedly hidden at the DP’s Karen Home.
But Mariga’s camp insists that the Raila Odinga-led party has panicked after realising it might lose the seat. The allegations being made are part of a grand scheme to reject the outcome of the elections.
Which of the two camps should we believe? Who is on the ground to tell us the truth?
Here are the stories making headlines on Opera News:
BBI Creates Powerful Prime Minister
The Building Bridges Initiative has proposed the introduction of a parliamentary system of government with a powerful Prime Minister and two deputies, radically overhauling the current system of governance.
The BBI team is against the winner-takes-all presidential system, largely blamed for political tensions and post-election violence.
Kenyan Teacher Named Best in Africa
Mr Erick Ademba, a mathematics and chemistry teacher at Asumbi Girls High School, was on Wednesday among three African teachers to get Africa Union award for their outstanding performance.
Mr Ademba received a certificate and Ksh 1 million at a ceremony held at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Floods Threaten National Exams
Logistical and infrastructural challenges, aggravated by heavy rains in parts of the country, threaten the smooth administration of the national examinations for Standard Eight and Form Four students.
The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination is due to start next Tuesday, but the Ministry of Education officials are still grappling with how to administer it in areas marooned by floods. In certain areas, the roads to some schools have been washed away.
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