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How to Find Out How Your MP Voted on Anything
Kenya publishes its parliamentary record. Almost nobody reads it, which is why almost nobody is held to it. Here is how to look up any vote yourself.
A Petition to Parliament: What Happens to It Next
Kenyans have a constitutional right to petition Parliament, and a defined process for what happens afterwards. Knowing the process is the difference between a demand and a document.
Kenya's Governors Are Being Summoned. Some of Them Should Be.
County bosses appearing before anti-corruption investigators and Senate committees has become routine. Routine is not the same as meaningless, and the audit trail is public.
Every Public Fund a Kenyan Politician Touches, and Who Audits It
*Updated 2 October 2026.* Kenyan politics is organised around several pots of public money, and most voters could not name which politician sits near which one. That confusion is not accidental and...
What IPOA Can and Cannot Do
Kenya's police oversight body is being asked to solve a problem larger than its powers. Understanding where its authority stops explains most of the frustration with it.
Kenya's Parliament Has an Attendance Problem
A majority of MPs skipped the most consequential vote of the year and there is no mechanism that makes that cost them anything. That is a design problem, not a character one.
122 Yes, 40 No, 187 Absent: How Kenya Passed the Finance Bill 2026
The National Assembly has 349 members. On the most consequential vote of the year, 162 turned up. The absence is the story.