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Ongoing issues at Nairobi City Hall, likening persistent mismanagement to “same forest, different monkeys.”

By Mutahi Mureithi 1 month ago

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Why have we prioritised the wrong projects?

Our motorcyclists are not exactly known for level-headedness. Then you add a sick passenger on a contraption launched with so much fanfare? Wonders will never cease.

By Mutahi Mureithi 1 month ago

State making it hard for businesses to survive

It is an established fact globally that most businesses do not survive beyond their first three years.

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The roads are no better than cattle tracks of the middle ages. School children walk with empty jerrycans hunting for water, mostly from the eponymous river that cascades from Molo.

By Mutahi Mureithi 2 months ago

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Today, a billion shillings has lost meaning. If a corruption deal does not breach the billon shilling mark, its not worth a mention in the news.

By Mutahi Mureithi 2 months ago

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Water determines whether our farms thrive or fail, whether food prices remain affordable or spiral out of reach, and whether communities flourish or struggle.

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There was a time I would engage anyone and everyone on matters religion but I grew out of my obsession with the realisation that matters of faith and religion are individual choices.

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This Singapore thing: I think (and I hope I am wrong) we are over-reaching ourselves.

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I have always argued that if the government was serious about sorting out the traffic mess, they should first ask each and every roadblock unit to account for every day of their work.

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This is more than a transport sector; it is a massive informal economy, providing a livelihood for a vast population of young men.

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The church has become a favoured platform for political figures—not only in Kenya, but across the world. Churches command large weekly congregations that politicians find irresistible.

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Ongoing issues at Nairobi City Hall, likening persistent mismanagement to “same forest, different monkeys.”

By Mutahi Mureithi 1 month ago

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Why have we prioritised the wrong projects?

Our motorcyclists are not exactly known for level-headedness. Then you add a sick passenger on a contraption launched with so much fanfare? Wonders will never cease.

By Mutahi Mureithi 1 month ago

State making it hard for businesses to survive

It is an established fact globally that most businesses do not survive beyond their first three years.

By Mutahi Mureithi 2 months ago

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The roads are no better than cattle tracks of the middle ages. School children walk with empty jerrycans hunting for water, mostly from the eponymous river that cascades from Molo.

By Mutahi Mureithi 2 months ago

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Today, a billion shillings has lost meaning. If a corruption deal does not breach the billon shilling mark, its not worth a mention in the news.

By Mutahi Mureithi 2 months ago

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