Kalasha Awards Nominees Out, Vote Now

Nominees of the 2014 Kalasha TV & Film Awards are out. The Kenya Film Commission on Wednesday announced the nominees.

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Full List of 2014 Kalasha TV & Film Awards Nominees

Kipchoge Keino Retains NOCK Chair

Dr. Kipchoge Keino has been re-elected to the position of Chair of the National Olympic Committee Kenya (NOCK) in elections held on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi.

Keino who has been at the reign since 1989 defeated his former Vice Chair Alfred Khang’ati, managing 21 votes against 10 votes of Khang’ati.

Earlier Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Chairman, Sam Nyamweya opted out of the NOCK elections citing many irregularities in the process. He was contesting for Second Vice Chairperson.

Ekumbo beats Athletics Kenya Chair 

Kenyan Shortlisted for IBM Global Entrepreneur Award

Julian Kyula, the group CEO and co-founder of Mobile Decisioning (MO DE) Holding Ltd is among the finalists for the prestigious IBM Global Entrepreneur Award.

Winners will be announced during the global finals tomorrow 7th February 2013 in New York.

IEBC Releases Election Nomination Dates for Candidates and Parties

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has published the nomination dates for candidates and political parties on their website. In a notice dated December 28^th, 2012 the electoral body has confirmed that the next General Election will be held on March 4, 2013.

According to the notice, political parties wishing to participate in the polls must finalize the nominations of its candidate on or before the January 18^th, 2013 while the days for the nomination of political parties candidates and Independent candidates for the Presidential Election will be on January 29^th, 2013 and January 30^th, 2013.

IEBC Releases Report on Registered Voters

IEBC

Your Vote, Your Future 

According to the recently released report by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), 14.3 million eligible Kenyans were registered as voters in the exercise that took place from Monday, November 19 to Tuesday, December 18, 2012.

IEBC managed to register 14,337,399 Kenyans, representing 79.7 percent of the initial projected target of 18 million voters. 

IEBC Voter Registration to Start on Monday

‘Your Vote Your Future’

President Mwai Kibaki will on Monday, November 19^th 2012 launch the Biometric Voter Registration at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre.

The Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission (IEBC) expects to register nearly 18 million voters, after receiving the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits three weeks ago.

IEBC has identified 30,000 registration centres and they will be gazetted by next week. The registration process will take 30 days (November 19 – December 18) followed by 15 days of voter register verification.  

About 29,000 clerks have been trained on the operations of the kits, which capture both facial, and fingerprints of the voter.

Registration will take place each day (including weekends) from 8am to 5pm and all Kenyans are urged to register afresh at the nearest registration centres.