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Barrack Muluka

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 Barrack Muluka 27 days ago

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

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

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

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

AUC bid: Win or lose, Raila Odinga still a big force

AUC bid: Win or lose, Raila Odinga still a big force

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Mulembe Nation feels offended by Ichungwa's recent outbursts

Mulembe Nation feels offended by Ichungwa's recent outbursts

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

With Kenya at crossroads, will Ruto's song and dance change?

This place Emanyulia is at once addictive and revitalizing. It is spiritually fortifying and morally rearming. You depart from here mentally and physically restored.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

With Kenya at crossroads, will Ruto's song and dance change?

Why limping Opposition and Church will find it hard to keep Kenya Kwanza on toes

A resurgent fraternity of mainstream churches may have to hold the opposition's fort for some time, as those who should occupy that space struggle to get their act together.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Why limping Opposition and Church will find it hard to keep Kenya Kwanza on toes

Sham honorary degrees that bring dishonour to countries

I struggle to understand why people lie about academic credentials and other professional qualifications that they do not have.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Sham honorary degrees that bring dishonour to countries

Christmas, a holiday that transcends religious boundaries

A traditionally Christian festival to celebrate the birth of Christ has morphed into a secular jamboree season.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Christmas, a holiday that transcends religious boundaries

Real 'dynasties' have come back together, can fresh 'hustlers' voice emerge?

Hardly halfway through President Ruto's first term, nearly half of Cabinet Secretaries are now from Azimio, the foiled cocktail of political parties brought together by Uhuru and Raila.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Real 'dynasties' have come back together, can fresh 'hustlers' voice emerge?

Kagwe in the deep end of Kenya Kwanza mistrust, can he help?

The proposed vaccination of 22 million heads of cattle in the country, and some 55 million short livestock is Mutahi Kagwe's first assignment.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Kagwe in the deep end of Kenya Kwanza mistrust, can he help?

Mr President, anger will not help you deliver or win Kenyans' trust

President William Ruto has lately engaged Kenyans with troubling displays of anger and frustration.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Mr President, anger will not help you deliver or win Kenyans' trust

Ruto-ODM dalliance signals power shift

Influence in the management of public affairs is shifting from the elected leadership to the visitors in President William Ruto's broad-based government.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Ruto-ODM dalliance signals power shift

Return of Gema sends Project Kenya to another crowded waiting bench

The return of the Gikuyu, Embu, Meru, and Akamba (Gema) conglomeration into the public space this ended week casts a long shadow on Kenya's lethargic efforts to manage ethnic diversity.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Return of Gema sends Project Kenya to another crowded waiting bench

When Ruto and the Church began reading from different scriptures

Ruto's climbdown on the multibillion-shilling to Adani Group marks the lowest moment for a troubled regime, after the June-July Gen Z uprisings.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

When Ruto and the Church began reading from different scriptures

Newcomers to Ruto government will account for their every action

It is also an open secret that the Cabinet, reshuffled only in July, will soon undergo further change, following the promotion of Kindiki from the Interior Ministry to DP.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Newcomers to Ruto government will account for their every action

State must heed bishops clarion call to stem freefall into calamity

Kenya Kwanza and their ODM allies now read from the same script and the attitude of the State towards everyone is brazenly disdainful and dismissive.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

State must heed bishops clarion call to stem freefall into calamity

American power struggles mean little for Kenya's real challenges

American elections are about Americans. Fine, they may have some impact on the availability and cost of stuff on international markets.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

American power struggles mean little for Kenya's real challenges

Kindiki has finally arrived but he must remember to tread lightly

You people have failed us. You are rich with sugary stories and make-believe, but empty on delivery. That makes your hands wrong.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

Kindiki has finally arrived but he must remember to tread lightly

Church and state: When religion turns into a worldly tool

It is the tale of an entity that has steadily drifted from the traditional Christian Gospel and orthodoxy, to place itself at the service of profane earthly commercial needs.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

Church and state: When religion turns into a worldly tool

It's betrayal of our aspirations for Kenya Kwanza to crush protests

There is no right day to do a wrong thing. Yet, Kenyatta Day, as we previously knew today's Mashujaa Day, is about the worst moment for Kenya Police to violently engage peaceful dissenters.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

It's betrayal of our aspirations for Kenya Kwanza to crush protests

It doesn't matter that your tribe mate leads the nation's plunder

Leadership in Kenya, and Africa at large, is the default definition of a family with wrong members in control

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

It doesn't matter that your tribe mate leads the nation's plunder

Gachagua: Pawn or master of his own downfall in Kenya's power struggle?

Amid impeachment drama and high-stakes alliances, Gachagua faces his toughest political battle yet-with the odds stacked against him.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Gachagua: Pawn or master of his own downfall in Kenya's power struggle?

Gachagua ouster bid hurts Ruto and Kenyans feel cheated by KK

However, it ends, the Rigathi Gachagua impeachment effort is set to boomerang on President William Ruto. Ruto has boxed himself in a political cul-de-sac.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Gachagua ouster bid hurts Ruto and Kenyans feel cheated by KK

Why Gachagua's impeachment will boomerang on Ruto

However it ends, the Rigathi Gachagua impeachment effort is set to boomerang on President William Ruto. Ruto has boxed himself in a political cul-de-sac.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Why Gachagua's impeachment will boomerang on Ruto

Our children's future and hopes in our hands amid drums of war

The political drama by President William Ruto, his deputy Rigathi Gachagua and their allies does not augur well for the country.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Our children's future and hopes in our hands amid drums of war

Kenya Kwanza secret deals expose self-serving regime that won't last

From the edible oils saga, to mysterious fertilisers experience, and now the Adani affair, the emerging picture is a portrait of an eating State that has defined self-service as its primary agenda

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Kenya Kwanza secret deals expose self-serving regime that won't last

Political elite has betrayed trust given to manage our resources

And so the Kenyan state turns everyone into a war officer of sorts, "fighting for survival." The teachers, doctors, airport employees, all the way to the children; everyone is up in arms.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Political elite has betrayed trust given to manage our resources

Town hall meetings good, but does Ruto trust his ministers?

President Ruto's town hall meetings tend to come through as Knee jerk reactions to public outrage

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Town hall meetings good, but does Ruto trust his ministers?

Why Raila must listen to Ruto, Museveni on his fight for AU job

President Yoweri Museveni has said caustic things about Embakasi East MP Babu Owino. He says Babu is a clueless character around ODM leader Raila Odinga.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Why Raila must listen to Ruto, Museveni on his fight for AU job

Ruto, Raila deal smells of conspiracy, mocks public's will

President Ruto and Mr Odinga may float curious balloons of their undefined national unity. But they will want to remember that unity is as good as the purpose for which people unite.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Ruto, Raila deal smells of conspiracy, mocks public's will

New Cabinet will also be 'eaten' if it sinks into old showmanship

Kenyans have eaten Ruto's first Cabinet. They will eat the reconditioned one, if it also sinks into showmanship and nothing.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

New Cabinet will also be 'eaten' if it sinks into old showmanship

Ruto running away from Gen-Z issues, which could spoil 2027

President Ruto is testing his electoral machine through dry runs in the media and loud forays into the countryside. But does he sidestep the real problem?

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Ruto running away from Gen-Z issues, which could spoil 2027

Ruto and Raila ignoring Gen Z demands, but it won't be easy

President William Ruto and ODM leader, Raila Odinga, seem out of touch with the redefining reality the country is experiencing.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Ruto and Raila ignoring Gen Z demands, but it won't be easy

Leaderless Gen Z uprising could be hijacked by selfish politicians

Leaderless movements will be hijacked by other interest groups, to prosecute agendas that were never on the menu. There is no unanimity on the end game, no clear focus.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

Leaderless Gen Z uprising could be hijacked by selfish politicians

Ruto in school of hard knocks where only truth will save him

In stark, and sometimes hard-to-print idiom, Kenyan youth have coarsely dished out to President William Ruto unsympathetic stuff. It is stuff that we serve to the political class in decent idioms.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

Ruto in school of hard knocks where only truth will save him

Why Ruto must sack sycophants, pick sharp team to drive agenda

Ruto must rethink his love for being airborne, and sojourning in foreign spaces. He must sit down to think, listen, read, and govern.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

Why Ruto must sack sycophants, pick sharp team to drive agenda

Mr President, when middle class protests, push is coming to shove

You are in a lonely place, Mister President. It is not common for the Middle Class to burst into the streets, Your Excellency.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

Mr President, when middle class protests, push is coming to shove

How Gen Z protests mirror French Revolution

An educated class of Kenyan youth is today bringing home to roost the chickens of history. You can only ignore their grief at your own risk and doom.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

How Gen Z protests mirror French Revolution

Ruto should halt foreign forays, put house in order and govern

Why does the President seem to have dropped his earlier principled and dignified positions on issues, both at home and away?

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

Ruto should halt foreign forays, put house in order and govern

Little to show for Madaraka Day as Bungoma gets the honours

President Ruto operates in the image of a latter-day Vasco Da Gama, and Ethelred the Unready.

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

Little to show for Madaraka Day as Bungoma gets the honours

World towers above Africa not due to lack, but poor leadership

We are a conscious reversal of civilisation, an edifice of negations, a pool of absurdity. Our leaders want it that way. They love smallness, and even being made to feel small.

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

World towers above Africa not due to lack, but poor leadership

Limuru III is all about ethnic gain and the 'our turn to eat' narrative

Limuru III is a wakeup call to all Kenyans on tribalism. It is a reminder that Project Kenya is a flop.

By Barrack Muluka 9 months ago

Limuru III is all about ethnic gain and the 'our turn to eat' narrative

Kenyans must question more than clap when leaders issue directives

A national disaster team under disciplined uniformed command is the right outfit to clear and rebuild roads and bridges.

By Barrack Muluka 9 months ago

Kenyans must question more than clap when leaders issue directives

Reforms push reeks of mischief, let's end this thirst for power

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria thinks that temporary contractual employment is the answer to the pesky wage bill challenge in Kenya. It is a knee-jerk proposal

By Barrack Muluka 9 months ago

Reforms push reeks of mischief, let's end this thirst for power

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