Sun, 01 Jan 2017 08:41:08 +0000 2016 was a year of mixed blessings and set a good base on which to project what 2017 holds in stock. Be that as it may, the year 2016 had its own share of challenges both economically and politically. Apart from the so many successes that were registered in 2016, probably the amendment of the republican Constitution, in our view, stands out. The amended Constitution introduced quite a number of new provisions that have brought change to the way things are supposed to be done going forward. For instance, a number of progressive provisions on governance were put to test in 2016. There was the introduction of clauses such as the running mate to the presidential candidate, the 50 plus one threshold criteria to determine the successful candidate and limiting the period within which a presidential election petition would be heard to only 14 days. In this vein, […]
