Harambee Stars are shining brightly, even as others sing: one goal, one million, wantam

The national footie side, the Harambee Stars, are on a roll, even as their success clarifies our incompetence in managing simple matters like ticket sales and stadium safety.

By 7 days ago

Devolution is working just fine, and the years ahead look promising

The real success of devolution has been to stimulate economic activities in areas that the colonial infrastructure like the rail never touched.

By 7 days ago

'Bra' cop on Jogoo Road demands his pound of flesh with menace and daring

Passengers on a matatu destined for Nairobi’s Eastlands were treated to an interesting drama as a cop flagged down the vehicle around the Maziwa area.

By 14 days ago

Gifts from strangers at the Hub in Karen that left my cup running over with gratitude

I was at the Hub, Karen, in midweek, doing this and that, testing those who came my way in a variety of ways.

By 14 days ago

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Prezzo Ruto toots own horn to reveal fresh delusions of grandeur

President William Ruto is not sitting pretty after the US declared that it was going to review Kenya's status as Major Non-Nato Ally.”

By 14 days ago

It's great idea to let cops raise kids, now that we've become police state

President William Ruto has blamed parents for shepherding their children to the streets, where they engage police in running battles.

By 28 days ago

Candid conversations on state of the nation make striking conclusions on Ruto presidency

President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza administration has come under sharp criticism from the opposition and Gen Z over service delivery.

By 28 days ago

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Bonnie Mwangi's probe centred on DCI theory bows can shoot bullets

Even by its world-renown for inventiveness, the DCI hit a new threshold last weekend with the arrest and arraignment of my friend, Bonnie Mwangi, on arson and terror charges.

By 28 days ago

Former Senator Orwoba is out and about, and she's kicking hard as ever

Mheshimiwa Gloria Orwoba was hustled out of office faster than the UDA wheelbarrow in Kericho was tossed to the ground.

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Police claim Koimburi is an underground operative who must be brought back on surface

Koimburi says the reason siasa is being played on him is because of his association with former DP Rigathi Gachagua aka Riggy G.

By 1 month ago

It's highway robbery alright, with silencer muting the gun blast

For every litre of kerosene or petrol purchased, the kafment has added an extra Sh7 levy that’s going to a special kitty that’s not recognised in law.

By 1 month ago

Don't tell me Farouk Kibet's is dreaming of bedding Sabina, just chilling on Lamu daybed

Sabina Chege, Nominated MP and the disputed leader of Jubilee Party, was introduced as “Mama Jubilee.”

By 1 month ago

Looks like Baba's been left 'talking to himself' as Kenyans moves on

He needed sufficient numbers to back him up to get his message across

By 1 month ago

Looks like Baba's been left 'talking to himself' as Kenyans move on

Baba’s silence is observance of “table manners,” meaning he’s been quiet because he’s busy eating.

By 1 month ago

Ruto orders 'shoot but don't kill' to deescalate Murkomen's fatal edict

When he rose to address a gathering, a hired audience, as I understand, his anger was palpable.

By 1 month ago

Passaris's 'big, beautiful' Bill that gives goons a free pass in the city

The Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris has tabled a path-breaking Bill that seeks to entrench political freedoms in our country by opening special spaces for picketing and protests.

By 1 month ago

Tales of men drunk with power, seeking reinvention of youth

Gen-Z protesters have vowed to reclaim get rid of power barons and ensure proper governance is restored in the country.

By 1 month ago

Of tax default, and not-too-intelligent AI tools at KRA issuing 'matusi' messages night and day

Kenya Revenue Authority has been sending messages to individuals reminding them to fulfill their income tax obligation.

By 1 month ago

Using morbid humour to stay alive, but also to remind that youth have nothing to lose

Kenyans know who the criminals are: they call them by name and when sighted among crowds.

By 1 month ago

Penpoints, gunpoints, and dreams, as literary scholars experience Ngugi's Kenya first-hand

Put simply, art is a living tissue, produced in such risky circumstances one is perpetually at risk of detention or torture

By 1 month ago

Buffaloes trot on city roads, as razor wires garland State House

In Parliament, things were equally elephant; there was a stampede as other big-bodied fellows scrambled out through a tight underground tunnel.

By 1 month ago

Murkomen has reason to smile, giving 'promise of timeline' to equip CCTV cameras

After all, the Central Police Station, where Ojwang was held for a few hours, perhaps alive, perhaps dead, had a fully functional CCTV system.

By 2 months ago

UoN, Taifa Hall: Site of departure, site of return for Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Taifa Hall holds deeper meaning for the departed author.

By 2 months ago

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How Prezzo Ruto is crafting the State of Kenya in own image

This economic stagnation is from government own data, so trust Prezzo Ruto when he says he’s transforming the nation, backwards.

By 2 months ago

Samidoh wanted 'alive or dead' to play music for goats in the wilds, as beautiful people wait

This is what we call fitina, pure and simple; how do you deprive Kenyans of Samidoh and hurl him in the wilderness to sing for goats?

By 2 months ago

Go slow, Kenyans tell Matiang'i, remind memory is still fresh of his stint in power

As human rights agenda takes front and centre of our national discourse, this could be Matiang’i’s Achilles’s heel.

By 2 months ago

Ojwang's murder, police cover-up severe assault on intelligence

This time, the police were adequately resourced: the vehicles that routinely lack fuel to assist needy Kenyans had enough petrol to run for hundreds of kilometres.

By 2 months ago

Saluting govt workers who are diligently serving Kenyans in Nairobi and Laikipia

My last port of call was the Westlands DC’s office, where I took the eldest man of the house to secure a national ID, now that he’s come of age.

By 2 months ago

Embu Governor Mbarire fights shadows in broad daylight, wailing, 'Come, baby come'

She issued and retracted threats, cajoled her enthused crowd for support, then restated her firm standpoint as a regional power baroness.

By 2 months ago

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Ngugi: The prophetic voice whose warning has now come to pass

Despite his long absence from Kenya, accounting for over 40 years, Ngugi still held a Kenyan passport. He died Kenyan, and he died for Kenya.

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Unmasking the literary genius: Ngugi's musings, myths, criticisms

Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kenya and Africa’s towering man of letters who has died at the age of 87, evolved from a mythical figure of my youth to become a close mentor whose friendship.

By 2 months ago

Kenya Kwanza is redistributing wealth to hustlers, let's use the model to mobilise crowds

Some ten million hustlers took small loans of Sh500 once or twice, but never repaid and the government now considers them bad loans and will write them off.

By 2 months ago

After taking all your cash in taxes, now Govt says it requires your ideas on spending it

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has reached out to Kenyans seeking suggestions on how to improve the National Budget for the next financial year.

By 2 months ago

Mama Samia provides dash of Dar hospitality to top Kenyan activists

Instead of protesting the shabby treatment of Kenyans who were illegally detained in Dar, before being deported, Mudavadi suggested that they called it upon themselves.

By 2 months ago

City residents to Sakaja: Slow down, we'll pay up when we can, even Kenya has debts

City dwellers who have defaulted on rent for years are facing eviction despite City Hall failing to maintain those units for a decade, collect garbage or fix city thoroughfares.

By 3 months ago

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Former top cop Charles Owino provides compelling analogy of how to commit murder

Charles Owino, the former spokesperson for the National Police Service, returned to TV screens this week to provide useful insights about law and disorder in Homa Bay county.

By 3 months ago

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Kenyans grieve their lost kin, even as Murkomen circles in useless legalese

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen appeared on TV to “explain” what President Ruto meant when he declared that youth who were abducted had safely been returned to their families.

By 3 months ago

It's a shoe in: Ruto's reign will be defined by the flying missile

I am sure the people of Migori have gentler ways of expressing their affection, even though flying a shoe may well be one of the gestures.

By 3 months ago

The Kenyattas want a generational change they could not initiate, after 25 years in charge

Muhoho’s other major claim is that he’s the younger brother of Prezzo Uhuru Kenyatta, so I was surprised to see the younger Kenyatta looking elderly, complete with a grey beard.

By 3 months ago

Get ready, 'Soundtrack To a Coup D'etat' will simply blow your mind

Soundtrack to a Coup-D’Etat intersects jazz, Cold War politics and colonisation to explain the murder of DRC’s founding premier, Patrice Lumumba.

By 3 months ago