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How Presidents have led onslaught against the Constitution

On the very day Kenya was promulgating its new constitutional order after 47 years of living off a colonialist-mediated one.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Unapologetic man who oversaw the infamous Wagalla massacre

The man who sanctioned the infamous Wagalla massacre of Wajir where hundreds of Degodia clan members died earlier this week aged 91.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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NIS boss Haji, CDF Kahariri reveal emerging threats to stability

Security chiefs warned of national challenges that need to be contained. Haji said institution has been misrepresented because of its nature

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Stop 'Ruto must go' chants, NIS and KDF warn

Noordin Haji and Gen Charles Kahariri publicly opened up on state of the country's security, speaking firmly about their resolve to maintain a constitutional order.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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'SANY demolitions': Taxpayers to cough Sh2 billion for Nakumatt Ukay compensation

Kenyans will cough in excess of Sh2 billion to compensate the owners of Nakumatt Ukay mall demolished at the crack of dawn by a multi-agency government team back in 2018.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

We refuse to be victims: Book by Ugandan poet launched in Kenya

Sam Mugumya captures the vanity of power in its ephemeral element. Mugumya is an ex-political prisoner who braved eight years in a DRC prison.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

ICC targets Sudan war enablers amid Kenyan links to militia gold

The eyes of the international community are turning towards the enablers of Sudan civil war, days after the country's militias formed a parallel government in Nairobi.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

Why "Kenya coalition" featured in German election

A coalition dubbed by pundits as the "Kenya coalition" features the CDU/CSU whose colors are black, SPD (red) and the Greens, with the combined semblance to the Kenyan flag.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Riggy-G picked on Media and Raila, failed to see where his waterloo would come from

Like Karanja before him, Rigathi Gachagua neither knew the day nor the hour the political thuggery and vindictiveness he practiced on others, would be deployed on him.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Disgrace of national honours handed out using opaque criteria

Many deserving Kenyans have been snubbed as leaders with questionable credentials are honoured.'Githeri man' was recognised ahead of many distinguished Kenyans.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Defending Kibaki's win and how string of betrayals led to bitter fallout

In her spirited defence of President Mwai Kibaki's votes in 2007, Martha Karua fired on all cylinders.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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How Orange vs Banana referendum, deep divisions led to implosion of Narc dream

In 2002, the Rainbow Coalition was handed a blank cheque to birth a new republic in the manner of the vision they had expounded for years.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Karua: Day angel of death swooped on us

Among the lessons life has thrown her way is the necessity of listening to the inner voice that is always guiding, and firing us up from within.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Why I walked out on Moi, declined Kibaki's appointment as shadow minister

By the time Martha Karua sat for her O-Levels, she had switched schools severally. In all instances, she'd stood up for her rights as a student and questioned unjust conventions condoned by students.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Karua: How I took on a Kanu behemoth, navigated gender wars and won

If Geoffrey Kariithi, former head of civil service in Kenyatta and Moi governments was a big tree, Martha Karua was the small axe that fell him.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Against the tide: How 'Okoa LSK' 1989 edition thrust Karua to national political scene

At the turn of age 30, Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua quit the comfort of the Judiciary as a senior resident magistrate after serving six years to set up a law firm in Nairobi.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

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Millie Odhiambo: 'Bad girl's' lessons in politics, shock of being assigned many boyfriends

There was a time when a super-rich male colleague tried to hit on me by telling me that I needed to have a socio-political financier in order to survive in politics.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

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Millie Odhiambo's pain of hair loss

I had a little wound on my head, courtesy of a bad chemical used on it a while earlier at a salon in Rwanda. Because of the pressure, the wound spread and my head started producing puss.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

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Millie Odhiambo: The night call that made me bag 2007 ODM nomination

Millie Odhiambo says she was invited to one of debates that focused on women's issues in the Constitution. The debates often had political heavyweights on both sides.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

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From witness to advocate: Inside Millie Odhiambo's political awakening

Even though I often engaged in training others on leadership skills, including political leadership skills, I never considered myself as a politician. In fact, I had even grown to hate politics.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Higher energy cost puts Kenya on losing edge in manufacturing

Lobby says increased investments in renewable sources have not cured the problem forcing manufacturers to relocate to other regional economies.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Riggy G and media lesson: He who keepeth his tongue keepeth his soul

The more Deputy President Gachagua ran his mouth, the more he earned new enemies, but one undeserved enemy he worked so hard to earn was the media.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Twin court win revives Jubilee party

Two court wins, ODM rapprochement with the government, and the implosion in the mountain have created perfect circumstances for the return of Uhuru's Jubilee party.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

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David Ndii: From a bold thinker to Ruto's controversial power broker

For close to four decades, David Ndii has flown close to the sun exuding unmistakable intellectual arrogance but also lending the best of his brains to the service of the country.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Leaders shower Millie Odhiambo with praises as she launches leadership book

Calls on the present crop of elected women MPs to rekindle the flames of the trailblazers of yesteryears dominated the launch of a book authored by Suba South MP Millie Odhiambo

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Africa judges seek to spark social change

CJ Martha Koome pitches for building a justice system that delivers to the ordinary citizen. Jurists warn that the Executive arm of government has long undermined the rule of law.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Radical proposals to reclaim judicial independence

A policy paper tabled at the All Africa Judges and Jurists Summit held in Nairobi this week has proposed radical proposals to secure the independence of Kenya's judiciary.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

African judges vouch for independence of courts for democracy

Judiciaries are now raring to actively provide the checks and balance against Executive and Legislature overreach.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

African Judges gather in Nairobi, vouch for independence

African Judges have gathered in Nairobi to take stock of their performance and to discuss how to repurpose the institution of judiciary to facilitate continental transformation and progress.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Ruto seals remote jobs deal with German firms

The deal provides a framework for Hamburg-based companies to engage talent in Kenya becoming the region's silicon savanna with its technology, innovation and creativity talent.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

How some religious groups attempted to overrun the task force

Among the strategies they deployed was to flood the public sittings and drown out the other members of the public by dominating proceedings.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

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Team wants 30-year old 'devil worship report' implemented

The report handed to former President Daniel arap Moi was never made public.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

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How a cult is formed and danger signs to watch for

State, political interference among reasons cited for development of cultism.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Team proposes radical changes to tame rogue religious leaders

Mutava Musyimi team calls for laws to punish offences "committed under the pretext of religion".

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

When President picked insiders to clean up religious sector mess

Ruto opted for the political masterstroke of flooding the taskforce with the who in who in Kenya's religious leadership.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Team wants all religious bodies vetted, file returns

Every religious institution shall develop a constitution and submit it to the commission together with its application for registration.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Draft law imposes penalties for churches that engage in politics

All religious institutions will not engage in any political activity in order to gain political power, or organise debate to support any political party.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

IG Koome's conduct confirms fears he was unfit for the job

IG Koome has made a complete mockery of the collective wishes of Kenyans expressed in Article 37 of the Constitution on the right to assemble and picket.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

Four things journalists want ongoing media reforms to yield

Editors want the State to emphasize media sustainability and journalists' welfare, among others term idea of giving one newspaper a contract to circulate government adverts is legal

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago

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Makenzi's doomsday tapes, his church's evolution to organised criminal group

Except for his broken English and beguiling Swahili which confined him to Kenya, cult leader Paul Makenzi would have gone international.

By Nzau Musau 2 years ago