Is that so? with Silantoi

In the Meet the Candidate series, we meet with candidates vying for different positions to ask questions we have always wanted to ask.   

In the Meet the Candidate series, we meet with candidates vying for different positions to ask questions we have always wanted to ask.   

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As we head towards the elections, this channel will sample thoughts, opinions and views of young people from different spaces.  

This episode was graced by: Nerima Wako, Kui Camillus, Zack Babare and Ascon Kamili  

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This episode is about the political amendment bill of 2021. We will talk about 3 key things you need to know about the bill, which is currently law. We will also talk about what are the key points of contention.  

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Relevant link: 

The Political Parties (Amendment) Bill 2021: http://kenyalaw.org/kl/fileadmin/pdfdownloads/bills/2021/ThePoliticalParties_Amendment_Bill_2021.pdf

In this episode we will talk about political parties. What is a political party? What are some ideologies that political parties have? We will look at the history of political parties in Kenya briefly, mention some prominent political parties in Kenya and finally give some reflections at the end.   

Links:

Office of the registrar of political parties website: https://orpp.or.ke/   

Episode on division of revenue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c3pmFwo_p8&t=74s  

Some parties mentioned: 

Green party Zambia: https://www.facebook.com/ZambiaGreens/ 

Economic Freedom Fighter (EFF): https://effonline.org/about-us/  

Republican Party (USA): https://gop.com/  

KANU: https://kanuparty.org/ 

NARC: https://www.narc.co.ke/ 

NARC Kenya: https://twitter.com/narckenya?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor  

ODM: https://odm.co.ke/ 

Jubilee party: https://www.facebook.com/TheJubileeParty/ 

UDA: https://uda.ke/site/   

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In this episode we talk about elections and voter registration. Why do we vote? Some interesting facts about elections in Kenya and how can we register.   

Link to IEBC website for more information: https://www.iebc.or.ke/

Disclaimer: We apologize for the quality of the picture and the sound in this episode.  

What's youth got to do with it? We are discussion youth and governance in Africa.  In this episode we have Hon Patience Masua, who is the youngest Member of Parliament in Namibia at the age of 22, Ms Luanda Mpungose from the South Africa Institute of International Affairs and soon to be Dr Mandipa Ndlovu who is Doctoral Candidate, African Studies Centre,  Leiden University.

In this episode, we will discuss how we come up with the national budget. We will go through the entire budget development process until when parliament approves for government to spend money. We will also talk about important things to note about the process and some challenges that this process has. #politicallyempoweredgeneration #kenyanpolitics #politics

Useful links

Let’s talk about debt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlhaI7POXLo&t=805s

Division of revenue episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c3pmFwo_p8&t=74s

The explainer by Yvonne Okwara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYPTsGMTvJU

Budget making process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzWMU53pWj8

The purpose of the consolidated fund by Githinji (AfroCave): https://www.afrocave.com/the-consolidated-fund-kenya/

In this episode, we look at how church should engage with government. Can a pastor vie for office? How should the church participate in the electoral process? This is part of the 2 part series with Bishop David Oginde.  

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Links 

Part 1 of this series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8GmuMbxtHk 

The Catelead: https://thecatalead.com/ 

Church and Politics Summit: https://churchandpolitics.co.ke/ 

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In this 2 part series, we will be looking at matters church and politics.  

In this episode, we look at regulating the church and other religious institutions and what that space looks like in Kenya. Should government have more strict regulations on religious instituions? We also look at the church in shaping policy such as the LBGTQI+ rights. Should the church be involved in this?  

Hope you enjoy the episode! Be sure to like and subcribe for more.   #politicallyempoweredgeneration #kenyanpolitics #politics #churchandpolitics