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John Wahome

Ukraine's destruction should temper Africa's gallop to the East

There is right now an odious fallout of many Francophone countries with Paris, a reality enacted to great relief by the recent string of military coups in the Sahel and elsewhere.

Ukraine's destruction should temper Africa's gallop to the East

Uphold high academic standards as interest in PhD degrees rises

Uphold high academic standards as interest in PhD degrees rises

Time has come for patriots to shine for their dispirited country

Time has come for patriots to shine for their dispirited country

The West's new 'gospel' echos colonial religious conversions

The West's new 'gospel' echos colonial religious conversions

Time for universities to have representatives in Parliament

University representation in Parliament assumes urgency when we are informed that university jobs are now “to go in drastic reforms”.

By 2 months ago

Time for universities to have representatives in Parliament

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

I share my mother tongue with Prof Ngugi, which places me on the ground zero where his pan-Africanist vision should have had the most impact.

By 2 months ago

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

Every effort must be made to steer the era dawning in Kenya, in which the state becomes an active patron of its citizen’s faith, from the monumental scandals.

By 3 months ago

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Some women are waging psychological warfare by weaponizing the shortest of micro skirts as paperless aids to writing illegal notes on anatomical regions.

By 4 months ago

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Africa’s tech cities reeks of incredible artificiality, and, as one writer has graphically said, increasingly resemble “magnificent stadiums with no players”.

By 5 months ago

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Time for universities to have representatives in Parliament

University representation in Parliament assumes urgency when we are informed that university jobs are now “to go in drastic reforms”.

By 2 months ago

Time for universities to have representatives in Parliament

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

I share my mother tongue with Prof Ngugi, which places me on the ground zero where his pan-Africanist vision should have had the most impact.

By 2 months ago

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

Every effort must be made to steer the era dawning in Kenya, in which the state becomes an active patron of its citizen’s faith, from the monumental scandals.

By 3 months ago

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Some women are waging psychological warfare by weaponizing the shortest of micro skirts as paperless aids to writing illegal notes on anatomical regions.

By 4 months ago

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Africa’s tech cities reeks of incredible artificiality, and, as one writer has graphically said, increasingly resemble “magnificent stadiums with no players”.

By 5 months ago

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Time for universities to have representatives in Parliament

University representation in Parliament assumes urgency when we are informed that university jobs are now “to go in drastic reforms”.

By 2 months ago

Time for universities to have representatives in Parliament

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

I share my mother tongue with Prof Ngugi, which places me on the ground zero where his pan-Africanist vision should have had the most impact.

By 2 months ago

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

Every effort must be made to steer the era dawning in Kenya, in which the state becomes an active patron of its citizen’s faith, from the monumental scandals.

By 3 months ago

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Some women are waging psychological warfare by weaponizing the shortest of micro skirts as paperless aids to writing illegal notes on anatomical regions.

By 4 months ago

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Africa’s tech cities reeks of incredible artificiality, and, as one writer has graphically said, increasingly resemble “magnificent stadiums with no players”.

By 5 months ago

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

I share my mother tongue with Prof Ngugi, which places me on the ground zero where his pan-Africanist vision should have had the most impact.

By John Wahome 2 months ago

Why has Ngugi wa Thiong'o's suggestion on African languages been ignored?

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

Every effort must be made to steer the era dawning in Kenya, in which the state becomes an active patron of its citizen's faith, from the monumental scandals.

By John Wahome 3 months ago

Church regulation should be fair to allay fears of victimisation

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Some women are waging psychological warfare by weaponizing the shortest of micro skirts as paperless aids to writing illegal notes on anatomical regions.

By John Wahome 4 months ago

How miniskirts, smartphones and jackets aid exam cheating

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Africa's tech cities reeks of incredible artificiality, and, as one writer has graphically said, increasingly resemble "magnificent stadiums with no players".

By John Wahome 5 months ago

Mushrooming African tech cities will only progress at snail's space

Africa can reap dividends by learning keenly from China

Affiliation with the Chinese has provided developing countries with an alternative development financing strategy - maybe the closest thing yet to the ideal of surviving without aid.

By John Wahome 6 months ago

Africa can reap dividends by learning keenly from China

Why academic performance in Mt Kenya region is on the decline

In Central Kenya, fond memories linger of the good old days when the kind of jubilation witnessed in Gusii and Nyanza following stellar performance of schools there, was a way of life.

By John Wahome 7 months ago

Why academic performance in Mt Kenya region is on the decline

Bridging vast knowledge gap will make raging GMO debate healthier

Every scientific intervention inevitably comes with a package of solutions and problems in equal measure.

By John Wahome 8 months ago

Bridging vast knowledge gap will make raging GMO debate healthier

Why universities must adopt assessment models to the threat posed by artificial intelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) - the revolutionary technology so aptly embodied by Lensa, DALL-E and ChatGPT - is currently the buzzword in tech.

By John Wahome 8 months ago

Why universities must adopt assessment models to the threat posed by artificial intelligence

Why Sweden, Finland should reconsider plans to join Nato

It is not hard to understand the motivation of Sweden and Finland's recent about-turn in seeking to ditch neutrality to join Nato.

By John Wahome 8 months ago

Why Sweden, Finland should reconsider plans to join Nato

Time has come for us ditch 'Kenya' and give our country a new name

Kenya's citizens reserve the deeply symbolic right of rejecting this strange moniker originally imposed on them as a tool for plunder.

By John Wahome 9 months ago

Time has come for us ditch 'Kenya' and give our country a new name

Do not ignore the cry of suffering university and college students

The government must shelf the much-faulted threat to withdraw public universities funding. Its ripple effect would make the students' situation much more untenable.

By John Wahome 9 months ago

Do not ignore the cry of suffering university and college students

Kenya still has a lot to learn from Israel to win war against hunger

In 2014, Israel was identified as the leading country globally for research intensity, reflecting the importance of research and innovation for its economic growth.

By John Wahome 10 months ago

Kenya still has a lot to learn from Israel to win war against hunger

Uhuru now has time on his hands; he should write an autobiography

Uhuru Kenyatta's personal story will be a perfect opportunity to dispel the avalanche of rumours, conspiracy theories, and misconceptions about him which many Kenyans lately came to embrace

By John Wahome 11 months ago

Uhuru now has time on his hands; he should write an autobiography

Obsessive politics slowly taking Kenyans' reasoning ability away

It is extremely worrying how local politics has come to eclipse all other worthy vocations in both prestige and remuneration

By John Wahome 11 months ago

Obsessive politics slowly taking Kenyans' reasoning ability away

What Kenya is not doing to make a fortune out of sports

President William Ruto's government should make more effort to actively nurture, reward, and cherish the untiring sportspersons who bring Kenya so much glory and honour.

By John Wahome 1 year ago

What Kenya is not doing to make a fortune out of sports

The death of Queen Elizabeth and half-full glass of colonialism

Spanning disparate generations with undiminishing constancy as she did is no mean feat. Let's say that for Diana the People's Princess, there was, in Elizabeth, a matching Peoples' Queen.

By John Wahome 1 year ago

The death of Queen Elizabeth and half-full glass of colonialism

President Ruto has a chance to take Kenyans to Raila's Canaan

William Ruto takes over amidst great goodwill in the form of the current triumphant mood in most of the country.

By John Wahome 1 year ago

President Ruto has a chance to take Kenyans to Raila's Canaan

Ukraine, Russia war has brought threat of nuclear war even closer

It is now public knowledge that the Satan 2 bomb needs only about 10 seconds to reach Finland and 200 seconds to annihilate Britain!

By John Wahome 1 year ago

Ukraine, Russia war has brought threat of nuclear war even closer

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