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Macharia Munene

Why DP Gachagua is his own worst enemy

Gachagua is disoriented partly because he reportedly advises himself. Claiming he is the best for the Mountain because he is DP, he lacks ability to gauge political reality.

Why DP Gachagua is his own worst enemy

What awaits Raila should he clinch top AU job

What awaits Raila should he clinch top AU job

Ruto-Raila pact leaves Gachagua, Azimio partners in political wilderness

Ruto-Raila pact leaves Gachagua, Azimio partners in political wilderness

Why ruling class must solve Gen-Z grievances after 'containing' riots

Why ruling class must solve Gen-Z grievances after 'containing' riots

Undercurrents of public displeasure with the government are evident

With the Gen Z uprising defused, Ruto’s behaviour raises questions as to what he learned. While he and Gachagua are ‘happy’, the undercurrents of unhappiness abound.

Undercurrents of public displeasure with the government are evident

Raila Odinga's political power lies in his ability to turn weaknesses into strength

Raila contributed ODM men to Ruto’s ‘broad-based’ government and still insisted that the Gen Z agenda was his agenda because, he claimed, he had previously raised the same issues.

Raila Odinga's political power lies in his ability to turn weaknesses into strength

Policy and decision makers must understand our immediate needs

There is a need to redefine threats to Kenyan security to include, besides the various known domains, the threat of dependency and lack of critical thinking.

Policy and decision makers must understand our immediate needs

Kamala Harris has high chance of clinching the presidency, to change US politics

Harris, like Obama, is symbolic of an evolving America that is torn between a past of sordid discrimination and atrocities on people who are not white.

Kamala Harris has high chance of clinching the presidency, to change US politics

Tribute to three departed heroes who helped in shaping Kenya's history

In the midst of the current youth revolution, three notable public-spirited middle-level giants, each unique, departed the earth.

Tribute to three departed heroes who helped in shaping Kenya's history

Young people's search for solutions an eye-opener to all Kenyans

Gen Z has captured local and global attention through its novelty in organising demonstrations. Its winning strategy was to go cyber, to remain ‘leaderless’, to out-think government officials.

By 2 months ago

Young people's search for solutions an eye-opener to all Kenyans

Demonstrations have shaped the direction of our great nation for years

By their very nature, people in government tend to be insensitive to the cries of the ruled in whatever entity they happen to govern.

By 2 months ago

Demonstrations have shaped the direction of our great nation for years

Over taxation has led to revolts and revolutions throughout history

When taxes become excessive, people revolt and this leads to new socio-political dispensations. Slaves in Haiti, suffering extreme type of blood taxation, overthrew their masters.

By 2 months ago

Over taxation has led to revolts and revolutions throughout history

Of colonial 'bwana' masters and modern-day pretenders to aristocracy

Pretensions to high class or aristocratic feelings are common to people who acquire some wealth irrespective of how they did so.

By 2 months ago

Of colonial 'bwana' masters and modern-day pretenders to aristocracy

Ruto policies may conflict with nation's strategic interests

Questions on whether officialdom promotes or sacrifices our core interests in exchange for peripheral ones have arisen. Ruto appears inconsistent, shifting policy positions in ways that ridicule him.

By 2 months ago

Ruto policies may conflict with nation's strategic interests

China takes advantage of US blunders to penetrate deeper into Africa

While the United States deals with Africa disdainfully partly because of inherent racism, China takes advantage of American blunders to identify with the plight of the Global South.

By 3 months ago

China takes advantage of US blunders to penetrate deeper into Africa

Unlike in 1964, Kenyans today have little hope for a brighter future

60 years later, with born-frees Ruto as President and Gachagua as deputy leading the Hustler Grandees, Kenya is suffering from serious anxiety and is floundering internationally.

By 3 months ago

Unlike in 1964, Kenyans today have little hope for a brighter future

President's tough balancing act as Kenya is courted by East and West

The US, good at making promises and having propaganda advantages, suffers credibility deficits due to failure to deliver; China is the reverse of that.

By 3 months ago

President's tough balancing act as Kenya is courted by East and West

DP Gachagua, Karua and the growing unhappiness in Mount Kenya

DP’s struggle to convince people to accept his leadership has repeatedly hit political bricks.

By 3 months ago

DP Gachagua, Karua and the growing unhappiness in Mount Kenya

Ruto is America's blue-eyed boy, but that might change if Trump returns

The US has had more influence on Kenyan elections. When occasionally Kenya appears to have small input in the American election, the loser is not amused.

By 4 months ago

Ruto is America's blue-eyed boy, but that might change if Trump returns

How Ruto like Uhuru before him, is fast losing trust and power

Like Reluctant President Uhuru before him, Ruto is unable to balance the attributes of ‘lion’ and the ‘fox’ and has lost trust.

By 4 months ago

How Ruto like Uhuru before him, is fast losing trust and power

Afwerki right on why Africa needs to rediscover itself to fulfill its dreams

The purported failure of Pan-Africanism, however, was in application but not in the concept. Whether in success or failure, the issue in Pan-Africanism is mostly attitudinal, one of the mind.

By 4 months ago

Afwerki right on why Africa needs to rediscover itself to fulfill its dreams

For US, Gaza is modern Vietnam and might lead to Biden's downfall

There is the possibility of Gaza, as the new Vietnam, similarly driving President Joe Biden out and at least shifting American attitude towards events in the Middle East.

By 4 months ago

For US, Gaza is modern Vietnam and might lead to Biden's downfall

General Francis Ogolla's death: Unanswered questions

Generals know wars and rise through the ranks by surviving battles and hardships

By 4 months ago

General Francis Ogolla's death: Unanswered questions

Political wrangles have stopped Murang'a from reclaiming its lost glory

Those Murang’a ‘leaders’ who sung “Tugokira Tene, Tugookira Tene”, now engage in ‘hambatano’. It is the curse of Murang’a.

By 4 months ago

Political wrangles have stopped Murang'a from reclaiming its lost glory

Jostling for supremacy in coalitions is not driven by any ideology

The two political coalitions that competed in August 2022, Azimio and Kenya Kwanza, are in tatters.

By 4 months ago

Jostling for supremacy in coalitions is not driven by any ideology

As we mark Easter, a lot is happening that Jesus would not approve of

Things are going wrong almost everywhere as oversize egos overrun common sense. Leaders abuse state and religious offices, terrorise citizens, and still talk of law and order.

By 5 months ago

As we mark Easter, a lot is happening that Jesus would not approve of

Why Russians voted overwhelmingly for Putin in recent elections

Attention on the election in Russia was not because roughly 86 million people, or 98 per cent of the registered voters, cast their ballots.

By 5 months ago

Why Russians voted overwhelmingly for Putin in recent elections

Biden fighting for political survival amid decline in America's greatness

Although Biden, when assuming office in January 2021, had talked of the US being ‘back’ and ready to lead the world, he actually had problems convincing those he hoped to lead.

By 5 months ago

Biden fighting for political survival amid decline in America's greatness

How China and Russia have fought to stamp their authority over the years

China struggles to avoid the mistakes it made roughly 500 years ago when it imagined itself to be at the top of the world and considered everyone else a barbarian.

By 6 months ago

How China and Russia have fought to stamp their authority over the years

Victimhood, resistance unite Global South as it claims 'polar' position

Global South is a geopolitical term referring to power relations and power play in the context of victimhood and resistance as the common feature across the geographies

By 6 months ago

Victimhood, resistance unite Global South as it claims 'polar' position

Geopolitics: Eight reasons Carlson's Putin interview ruffled feathers

Carlson, a former FOX TV journalist, is of a ‘conservative’ bend and likes grating the liberal establishment represented in the mainstream media.

By 6 months ago

Geopolitics: Eight reasons Carlson's Putin interview ruffled feathers

Kingori Mwangi combined tact and training to manage tough security situations

King'ori Mwangi reportedly declined to follow a 2013 order to remove security for Raila Odinga and his wife Ida because it would have violated the law.

By 6 months ago

Kingori Mwangi combined tact and training to manage tough security situations

Ruto and his 'Hustler Grandees' living large as real hustlers suffer

Ruto is hard-working, politically crafty, focused, and has produced a privileged class - The Hustler Grandees - with all the airs of European aristocratic pretensions.

By 7 months ago

Ruto and his 'Hustler Grandees' living large as real hustlers suffer

White people demean Africans to mask their own past inadequacies

Recent utterances by leading Euro-American celebrities on the inferiority of the Africans when compared to people of white colour are not new.

By 7 months ago

White people demean Africans to mask their own past inadequacies

Musalia's knack for diplomacy puts him a cut above Cabinet colleagues

Like Mwai Kibaki in the 1990s, Musalia is the second choice for everyone if the first does not do. He is dynasty with a sense of noblesse that does not threaten.

By 7 months ago

Musalia's knack for diplomacy puts him a cut above Cabinet colleagues

Abiy's unbridled ambitions stoking tensions in neighbouring countries

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy is good at creating internal and regional instability and fanning the embers of war.

By 7 months ago

Abiy's unbridled ambitions stoking tensions in neighbouring countries

Why Kenya is starting 2024 on wrong footing, politically

Kagame and Museveni rescued their countries from devastating wars; Ruto appears willing to ‘save’ Kenya from the ‘generic peace’ that it enjoys.

By 8 months ago

Why Kenya is starting 2024 on wrong footing, politically

Colonialism never really came to an end; it only changed it's shape

Post-modern colonialism replaced the failing neo-colonialism as a doctrine of control.

By 8 months ago

Colonialism never really came to an end; it only changed it's shape

Why Jesus is most likely unhappy with Christians this Christmas

There is a crisis in Christianity. The churches have discredited themselves with spiritual and moral inadequacies.

By 8 months ago

Why Jesus is most likely unhappy with Christians this Christmas

Congo's instability is deliberate to drain wealth, impoverish, enslave

Dream of a more stable Congo is dissipating because it is not in the interests of extra-continental powers. Country yet to enjoy independence with locals ending up as victims of external strategies.

By 8 months ago

Congo's instability is deliberate to drain wealth, impoverish, enslave

The place of Gikonyo in Kenya's journey towards independence

Kiano became a major anti-colonial player on the eve of independence. He helped to make education an inspirational tool of anti-colonialism.

By 8 months ago

The place of Gikonyo in Kenya's journey towards independence

Ruto's blunders that make Raila to look good

Ruto, obsessed with experimenting on Kenyans as a ‘scientist’ and in controlling everything, has lost credibility. As cronies surround him, there is doubt whether he knows he is losing.

By 8 months ago

Ruto's blunders that make Raila to look good

West undermines efforts of some countries to develop for selfish reasons

Some countries are developing while others are under-developing as part of geo-political realignment which questions the tendencies of some powers to dominate others.

By 9 months ago

West undermines efforts of some countries to develop for selfish reasons

Henry Kissinger enjoyed long life and good luck but left a blood-stained legacy

Kissinger lost favour when he said poor countries don't need democracy as he considered voters there to be too stupid to make good decisions, while supporting apartheid in S. Africa.

By 9 months ago

Henry Kissinger enjoyed long life and good luck but left a blood-stained legacy

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