Mudavadi's options in world of hyenas
This analogy from the 8th Parliament does not in anyway suggest Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi is today again sitting between ravenous political hyenas.
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Njeru means white, but the new man at Treasury isn't off colour by any means
Njeru Githae is a much undervalued addition to Prezzo's inner circle, no doubt because some politicians view ministerial pennants as adornments of privilege, of which Githae has no pretensions about.
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The memory of a fly and the people who took Kenya to The Hague
There is an old man in our village, who can go on and on about what he calls the memory of the fly. He says that the fly has no memory. No sooner do you attempt to smash it than it returns to its regu
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Quest for suspects' justice reveals our peculiar habits
When former Safaricom boss Michael Joseph famously remarked that Kenya is a nation of individuals with peculiar habits, he stirred a hornet's nest.
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One country, two nations system not good for our economy
The word equality is used 24 times in the new constitution. The word equity five times. The fact that equality is used more often than equity perhaps indicates that the framers felt inequality is a na
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Is Equity’s dominance sign of the future?
When we last wrote a comparative piece in this column about Kenya’s largest bank groups, we noted that, surprisingly, on a much smaller asset base, the Equity Bank Group (EBG) had made a substantial
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What a day for Kenya with ICC’s moment of truth as Ocampo Six ruling is finally read out!
The hour of suspense is no more and the jury is out for four Kenyans who shall face proceedings at The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC), not as suspects but now as accused persons.
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'Rent seekers' always avoid eye contact
It cannot be true, actually it should not, that good humoured men like Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto do not have honest friends who can look them in the eye, and tell them certain home truths.
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New dawn for women leaders
Last week at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi, more than a thousand women leaders and aspirants congregated to launch the Kenya Women’s National Charter. They intend to use the charter as a tool to dem
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Admission systems unfair to law students
Becoming a member of the legal profession leading to enrolment as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya under the Advocates Act has been made gruelling with unnecessary delays and the process develop
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Human security agenda to end tribal conflicts in Moyale
It was the American writer, Negely Farson, who said of North Eastern Kenya, "There is one half of Kenya about which the other half knows nothing about, and seems to care even less."
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Drug mafia members must face justice, here and now
There is palpable sense of urgency in the air. Kenyans want to know who imports narcotics and other psychotropic substances to Kenya, how they are re-exported, who deals with the local distribution an
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I built the nation, ate fruits of Uhuru
This week, I did my share in building the nation. I sat in a traffic jam. Twice.
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Political parties should embrace democratic, developmental ideology
Watching a Sunday night talk show on political parties in Kenya hosted by Julie Gichuru recently on a local TV station, I was surprised how dogmatic we are regarding the idea that political parties do
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Kenyans should beware of the fallacies in ICC ruling
In the science of logic, ‘fallacy’ refers to something specific and technical.
The word ‘fallacy’ is not synonymous with falsehood, although all fallacies do imply a falsehood. ‘Fallacyâ
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New Form One admission policy good for national integration
If you hear Kenyans condemn politicians of how tribalistic they can be, you may think you are dealing with great nationalists. But wait until they are affected directly by a policy decision such as th
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ICC ruling sets foundation for the trial of Kibaki presidency
Poor Emilio Mwai Kibaki. His ‘recommendation letter’ to the International Criminal Court (ICC) counted for nothing! How dare this Ekaterina Trendafilova and her ilk!
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New law will ensure parties uphold good governance
Article 28 of the Political Parties Act (PPA) prohibits parties from receiving funding from a non-citizen, stating that such an action constitutes an offence
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