Raila's call for dialogue misses the point on what Kenya needs

Kenya’s Gen-Z and Millennials have been in the streets since June last year, speaking to a deaf State House.

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35 years later, Saba Saba continues: Meeting of different generations, same script

The Saba Saba commemorations are not celebrations of a moment. They instead call up public consciousness to decades of strife for good governance, since independence.

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Mr President you risk bringing idolatry in church, State House

Prophet Nathan told King David he could not build God’s temple, because he had killed people. The hands of Kenya Kwanza are similarly tainted with human blood.

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Reforms or brutal crackdown? How Gen Z revolt puts Kenya at turning point

The vigorous return of Gen-Z activities in Kenya’s streets is loaded with ominous messages on unfinished business. It arrives with questions galore.

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History shows Gen Z demos will continue to push for real change

Gen Z demos will continue, unless you address the issues. Heavy handedness will fail like, just as in the past. 

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By working with goons, this administration has just admitted failure

Kenya could sink into irreversible anarchy under the Kenya Kwanza government. Menacing goons are becoming the order of the day.

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Leaders must adjust their sails to survive current civic winds

Kenya’s current affairs make us feel trapped in chaos, as if we’re held captive by forces of destruction.

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Ojwang's murder exposes Ruto's nervous regime backed by Raila

The blood of patriots is the seed of more patriots and eventual victory over autocracy. History teaches us that patriots are never killed in vain. Ojwang lives on.

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Family of police officer missing in Haiti sues State

The family of the missing police officer in the Haitian peacekeeping mission has moved to court to force the government to explain his whereabouts and condition.

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African leaders still living in the past must brace for rising youth

Africa’s rising youth challenge leaders to embrace change and modern governance.

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Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o never won Nobel Prize for Literature

 Ngugi wa Thiong’o was nominated for the Nobel Prize about a dozen times. Yet, nothing came of it.

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Stop these political prayers that only mock God, the people

Kenya’s annual political prayer rituals are absurd, bordering on blasphemy and profanity, as they do. They are an unnecessary expense to the taxpayer and a mockery of prayer.

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Seal: Sudi's rare show of wisdom in 'they could be jailed forever'

The Public Seal is a formal symbol affixed to important documents to signify their authenticity and official status.

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How Suluhu failed motherhood test, regional integration dream

Mama Samia has styled herself for the past four years as an amiable matriarchal figure in East Africa.

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Why the work is cut for the Opposition ahead of 2027

Kenya’s Opposition plot has thickened, with the unveiling of Rigathi Gachagua’s Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) on Thursday.

By 2 months ago

When custodians of law betray people's trust in justice system

The senior counsel has been retained to blackmail the Supreme Court judge. “Return the bribe cash, or I share the details with the Chief Justice and the Judicial Service Commission.”

By 2 months ago

The scorn in a tired overused shoe thrown at the President

Hurling of footgear has signified scorn, anger and conquest. Either the person is expressing utter contempt at the object of attack, or he is declaring victory over it. Sometimes it is both.

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Pope XIV takes on a changing world facing complex matters

Leo XIV has a very complex world to lead as the Pontifex Maximus. It is the world of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4iR).

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Prof Makau has joined school of scandal as a revolution unfolds

Prof Makau Mutua has now joined the ever expanding landscape of President William Ruto’s senior advisors.

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How praise and worship make dictatorship and fuel impunity

The deafening choirs around President William Ruto are ominous. When Orengo cautions Kenya about the horrendous praise and worship culture, it is not that he worries about himself.

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Judas' betrayal: Kenya's quest for Paradise and the lessons to be learnt this Easter season

The Christian Easter season reminds us of the elusive search for the ideal universe. Ultimately, it is a universe that holds society in sacred esteem.

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Nairobi is today's Gethsemane where we seek hope amid agony

Season’s greetings from Emanyulia, this place of gold and hope. We are happy to remember you in this season of passion.

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Ruto's leadership questionable after Gachagua, Muturi claims

More profound than an insatiable appetite for wealth is the question of whether President William Ruto is, in fact,  fit for office.

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You can't stop quest for genuine reforms by outlawing creativity

State House will fail in its present effort to clamp down on Kenyans. For their own good, and their families, those in power today will do well to embrace genuine reform.

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Human resource Bill is a power grab and State House mischief

The Human Resource Management Bill (2024) transfers responsibilities of Public Service Commission to Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service.

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Security chiefs must protect the Constitution at all times

Salasya was beaten up. He was almost thrown into the dustbin, at Nyayo Stadium. As he could not fit in the bin, they threw the thing at him.

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A courtship mission: President returns to an angry but vote rich mountain

Ruto returns to the Mt Kenya region on a pacification and political courtship mission following a bitter fallout with the populace in recent months. 

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Kisiang'ani's woes in the city amid sweet village chronicles

Outgoing ICT PS Edward Kisiang’ani has come under fire for taking the government critics head-on especially the media.

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Ruto's tours and Raila's gamble to save the nation

Following the impeachment of Ruto’s first deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, the Ruto regime now hangs on a shoestring. Its strongest pillar is Raila Odinga’s ODM.

By 4 months ago

Village cow thief invites chief to his home before fleas' invasion

Suddenly we are hearing that Odera and the man he called a thief are now bosom friends. Asked,

By 4 months ago

As Raila and Ruto bond, Kenyans should prepare for a rough ride ahead

Together with William Ruto, the pair has an insurmountable capacity to put together a political system that can bulldoze its way to whatever destination it desires.

By 4 months ago

Ruto and Raila already walking the bumpy road to 2027 contest

Howsoever it is looked at, the congress between ODM and UDA has the look of a sinister giant mongrel, President Ruto sits at the mandible end of the beast.

By 4 months ago

Don't take Kenyans back to 2007 zero-sum politics ahead of 2027

Raila Odinga Ruto and Gachagua need to guard against driving the country back to the 2007/2008 drama from hell.  

By 4 months ago

Iconic Mbotela was indeed the voice of Kenya, we revered him

Mambo Mbotela was an affable and infectiously cheerful team leader. He was a gentle individual, who actuated and epitomised the mannerly habits that he taught about.

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2027 conspiracy: Will national security be sacrificed as Ruto faces North in vote hunt?

That Kenya’s 2027 race has begun is no longer in doubt. Rattled by the fact that this August his government will be three years, Dr Ruto has flown into early campaigns.

By 5 months ago

Riggy G can't speak for Mulembe nation when Ruto dangles carrot

The one person who distinguished himself throughout 2023, and much of 2024, for vociferous angst against the Mulembe nation now seeks to speak for it.

By 5 months ago

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William Ruto: Will he be one-term President?

The President and his allies are talking not just of a second term, but of the possibility of scraping term limits. Ruto’s unyielding detractors are determined to send him packing in 2027.

By 5 months ago

President Ruto on a lonely island shielded from unpalatable truth

President Ruto enjoys the extravagant praise that urges the happy spirit towards self-immolation. The flattery comes from curious sources. His loudest admirers are ODM politicians.

By 5 months ago

What you need to know of Kenya first and America first rallying calls

The construct of America First is a perfect philosophical antinomy. It is at once a constructive policy and dangerous dogma.

By 6 months ago

Kenya will miss Rasna Warah's clarity of expression and spine

Rasna Warah’s writings were capsules of a spirited search for a democratic, free and fair society, hinged on the principles of justice.

By 6 months ago