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Poisoned chalice: ODM rushes to drink from Ruto's 'golden cup'

Armed with the carrot and stick, President Ruto is ever present during high profile ODM forums, where he acts as the virtual captain.

By Barrack Muluka 19 days ago

Kenyans should firmly reject Mudavadi's referendum push

Proposing a referendum without first repairing Kenya's democratic foundation is treating the people not as authors of the republic, but as instruments for stabilising elite arrangements.

By Barrack Muluka 20 days ago

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We can turn a corner in 2026 by calling out greedy leaders

The passage of seasons invites us to reflect on the often futile passions that rule us.

By Barrack Muluka 26 days ago

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Kalonzo respects public office not as a means to private gain

When leaders forget this distinction, the consequences are not merely moral; they are developmental.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

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How Opposition miscalculation has reinforced Ruto's prowess

It's about missed chances and opportunities, just the metaphor for Kenya as the clock ticks steadily towards January 2026.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Flawed polls put EAC leaders' legitimacy into huge question

Except for 2002, every presidential election in Kenya since 1992 has lacked credibility, and there has been no faith in the electoral commission.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

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Why scientists Magufuli and Ruto are joined at the hip politically

The disconnect between the disciplined mind of the scholar, and the discretionary power of the politician has been at work again.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

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How Gachagua's ethnic chauvinism will hand Ruto an easy victory

Gachagua arrived on the Opposition landscape full of bile, grief and vindictiveness

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

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Where goon is defined by state, Ruto's warning rings hollow

The notion of a goon in Kenya is largely a vague matter of political convenience. There is no definition of a goon in Kenyan law, even as President William Ruto vows, as he did this week.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

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By-elections lay bare troubling signals ahead of 2027 polls

With few exceptions, the 24 electoral areas in the by-elections were veritable theatres of crime.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

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Why I won't applaud Ndakwa, Mudavadi for winning Malava

"Congratulations," David Athman Ndakwa of Malava, as well as to Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi, for clinching the Malava parliamentary seat.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Suluhu, Africa's strongmen have met their match in youth protest

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has blamed the electoral disorder in Tanzania on foreigners and has vowed to crush them.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

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How Tanzania elections revealed that AU is an irrelevant white elephant

Last week's election fiasco in Tanzania knocks you breathless. It leaves you asking hard questions, as a citizen of EAC and as a member of the African family.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

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Why would Mama Suluhu be so cosy as regional peace haven burns?

The messy elections have just thrown Tanzania into serious waters of instability and President Suluhu into the doldrums of illegitimacy.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

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How Raila Odinga's death has exposed political warriors, parasites

Raila Odinga's exit has exposed the nakedness of a parasitic political class, now staring at an uncertain future.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

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Is it grief or guilt that in death, we find grace we denied in life

President Ruto's decoration of Raila should stir some level of uncomfortable questioning in our collective conscience, as the Kenyan nation.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

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ODM after Raila: Threat is real that the party will end up in factions

ODM faces both internal challenges and external pressures as vultures circle it. The Ruto State is the foremost predator slavering for ODM's flesh.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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Baba's towering political legacy and the void his exit leaves behind

For the past three decades, Raila Odinga was the axis around which both the Opposition and the government defined themselves

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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Mercurial Agwambo's moves that left friend and foe baffled

Raila Odinga's restlessness defined his often brief and fleeting political partnerships that have been characterised with elements of dominance and political duplicity.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

Why Ruto, Museveni and Suluhu must listen to dissenting voices

In Uganda and Tanzania there is not the slightest pretext at political common decency. It is raw and naked political bestiality in Kenya's sister states.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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Why Kenyans are trapped in agony that only the voter's card can treat

Histories of the suffering show that sorrow and grief is unproductive. Only appropriate action can change unhappy fortunes.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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If US tour was to rejuvenate Gachagua politics it did the opposite

Gachagua seems unable to carry his rhetoric beyond Mt. Kenya, to rattle and inspire the Kenyan nation. He has no notable names among his troops.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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Are Raila and Ruto conjoined in the battle for 2027 re-election?

Raila Odinga will not support President William Ruto's second term bid in 2027, or maybe he will.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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Why now is Raila's perfect window to abandon Ruto

Kenyans are sick and tired of the Kenya Kwanza regime and its ODM partners. The time for Raila Odinga to escape is now.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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Kenya Kwanza's tragi-comedy of stuttering communications

After six months of State frolicking on the disappearance of police constable Benedict Kabiru, the Kenya government eventually dropped the bombshell in faraway New York.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

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We've 'killed' God by allowing politicians to abuse the pulpit

Make no mistake, they will chop you up from operation theatres. They will sell you, for use in strange rituals.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Ethiopia's great dam paves way for talks between Africa, Europe

The activation in Ethiopia this week of Africa's largest hydro-electric dam, reminds us of the continent's unfinished business with the outside world.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Yes, Ruto is Kenya's silver bullet in political chess, buying loyalty

President William Ruto has opened up the gates of State House to ever-growing delegations, not to listen to what he says, but in eagerness for the envelopes at the end.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

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Ruto: President who eats, sleeps and dreams of changing how everything is done

Three years into the Kenya Kwanza administration, President seems desperate for change.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

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Is President Ruto biting more than he can chew or is a strategic deceptor?

Three years down the line, President William Ruto's promissory agenda reads like a litany of quixotic imaginings and fulfilments.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

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Why Ruto, Raila won't protect Sakaja from 2027 city verdict

The governor will be happy for now. But the people cannot be.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

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CoB backs new e-procurement, faults Treasury's poor rollout

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o has called for electronic procurement in government but faulted the National Treasury for poorly managing its rollout.

By Barrack Muluka, Macharia Kamau 4 months ago

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How SHA heist exposes the systemic failure of Kenyan state

The shocking financial happenings around Taifa Care are only the latest pointers to the urgent need for Kenya to be rescued.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

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Why Ruto and Raila want to amend the supreme law

President Ruto's push to amend the 2010 Constitution gained momentum during the celebration of Katiba Day on Wednesday, with reflections on the good and deficient aspects of the law.

By Barrack Muluka, Ndungu Gachane 4 months ago

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Old habits die hard: How colonial blues have impeded constitutionalism in Kenya

The power elite has been heroes of reversals and negations in the laws of the land. The new African leadership after independence, overthrew the rule of law.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

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Smoke, daggers, and secrets: What Ruto's graft war on MPs reveals

A thorough shakeup in Parliament's leadership appears to be Ruto's most promising, but equally precarious route to putting together his new team for 2027.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Our leaders' crass humour and example expose their low class

Fred and I conclude that we must address the adults before we could correct the young. We joyously conclude that this correctional charity must begin at home.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

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Comedy of errors: Why Ruto has egg on face over jobs

Presidential appointments in Kenya have been orders to be obeyed. They have not been opinions to be reflected about, nor proposals to be considered.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Cheer Harambee Stars with an eye on the fly in our soup

Harambee Stars have played one man down twice because of foul play. I learn that foul play doesn't help. The fans, too, can be messy.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

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Ruto and allies flirting with danger by chest thumping about 2027 poll

Consent of the governed is not an opinion. It is the life blood of liberal democracy, and the foremost inalienable right of the ruled.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago