Kenya

Presidential Debate Secretariat on Friday assured aspirants of fairness and accountability in this year's event.

The 2022 presidential debates organising secretariat says the State House succession debate scheduled for July 12 will continue.

The deputy president has, consequently, warned that he'll boycott the presidential debate scheduled for July 12, 2022.

Debates are culminating events, held as an election season comes to an end. They cannot replace the electorate’s need for the granular, mundane, day-to-day information about candidates and what they stand for.

Election campaigns in Kenya have taken an interestingly new turn in the last couple of years, especially with the introduction of televised debates.

The first Meru governors debate turned into a contest between two political allies now turned rivals.

Este domingo los tamaulipecos tendrán la oportunidad de escuchar las propuestas y las discusiones de dos de los tres aspirantes a la gubernatura de Tamaulipas, conviene recordar la importancia de este ejercicio que, como ha ocurrido en otros casos, puede cambiar el rumbo de la historia.

Meru governor Kiraitu Murungi and his competitor Senator Mithika Linturi will face each other in a live interview to be covered by 15 local Meru Radio and TV stations.

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has clarified that they drew up a 15-member task force that is expected to oversee the localised political debates ahead of the August 9 General Election.

Editors have protested the appointment of a team by ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru to coordinate media debates involving political aspirants, terming it an attempt to control coverage of the General Election.

The state has distanced itself from allegations of interference in editorial work during a general election by some journalist’s governing bodies.

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has appointed a 15-member technical working group to coordinate and oversee political debates in vernacular radio stations ahead of the August polls.