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Annie Awuor

From matatu driver to corporate dealmaker

Frank Molla is the Head of Sub-Sahara Africa at Switzerland-based Banking Payments Commerce (BPC), an electronics payment company with a footprint in 100 countries.

By Annie Awuor 1 year ago

From matatu driver to corporate dealmaker

Together apart: Mastering the art of co-parenting

Together apart: Mastering the art of co-parenting

By Annie Awuor 1 year ago

Behind the veneer of perfect celebrity relationships

Behind the veneer of perfect celebrity relationships

By Annie Awuor 2 years ago

To be truly remorseful, Germany should pay for Namibia genocide

To be truly remorseful, Germany should pay for Namibia genocide

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

On the assassination allegation, Ruto has committed cardinal sin

Finally, Ruto is known for his political acumen and brilliant strategic mind. But on this one, he has committed the cardinal sin

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

On the assassination allegation, Ruto has committed cardinal sin

Kenya’s elite must think, dream big to pull us out of this cesspit

How can we dream big when hiding under the tribe’s skirt at every turn

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Kenya’s elite must think, dream big to pull us out of this cesspit

Our women's obsession with wigs a classic case of self-hate

You can’t be your own liberator if you don’t love yourself.

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Our women's obsession with wigs a classic case of self-hate

Suicide now a huge challenge crying out for national debate

Human psychology is complex, we don’t understand many dark corners of the human mind

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Suicide now a huge challenge crying out for national debate

New US envoy ‘thievery’ tweet timely but he has intolerant past

Kyle McCarter does not come to the table with clean hands, yet he purports to chasten others

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

New US envoy ‘thievery’ tweet timely but he has intolerant past

Court ruling on gayism is out of step with law, facts, the science

he law provides that every person has inherent dignity and the right to be respected and protected

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Court ruling on gayism is out of step with law, facts, the science

Mueller report is indictment of Trump on contempt for the law

You are a misogynist if you would gladly give your daughter’s hand in marriage to US President Donald J Trump.

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Mueller report is indictment of Trump on contempt for the law

Expel Bashir from Sudan before he turns against the revolution

If you’ve read and comprehended history, you know political revolutions usually consume their young in a fit of rage and calumny.

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Expel Bashir from Sudan before he turns against the revolution

Police should provide security to Kenyans and not pamper leaders

A banana republic doesn’t have a set core of principles, or protocols. It’s a government of men, not laws.

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Police should provide security to Kenyans and not pamper leaders

Let Raila rethink handshake to ensure it does not destroy him

Oburu Odinga recently advised Agwambo to re-examine the handshake with a view to ending it unless the war on graft is real.

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Let Raila rethink handshake to ensure it does not destroy him

Why Kenyatta can’t contain an emboldened DP in government

You must never be too close to people you may have to fight one day. Confess nothing to one-time rivals because they are potential enemies.

By Makau Mutua 4 years ago

Why Kenyatta can’t contain an emboldened DP in government

Invocation of the term God does not sanctify religious hypocrisy

Every Christmas, Christians in Kenya indulge in an orgy of piety and celebration.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Invocation of the term God does not sanctify religious hypocrisy

‘States of fear’ are run by rulers who flout the law, basic morals

That’s what available evidence suggests in spite of all the accolades about its zealously guarded reputation as an “African tiger.”

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

‘States of fear’ are run by rulers who flout the law, basic morals

After 2017 polls, Jubilee Party is dying a slow but sure death

It gives me no pleasure – zilch – to say so, but lately Senator Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen has been bleating like an orphaned goat.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

After 2017 polls, Jubilee Party is dying a slow but sure death

Bravado and attacks on Raila will politically wreck DP Ruto

What makes Deputy President William Ruto dream that he can “throw” Agwambo? Many a titan have taken on Raila only to be flummoxed.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Bravado and attacks on Raila will politically wreck DP Ruto

To secure his legacy, Uhuru must clean out the top ranks of State

Every time Mr barks, the lords of impunity snicker and shrug – and laugh all the way to the bank.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

To secure his legacy, Uhuru must clean out the top ranks of State

Why China remains greatest threat to Kenya’s sovereignty

I will say it again – China is about to overtake the United States as the world’s major neo-colonial power.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Why China remains greatest threat to Kenya’s sovereignty

Love him or hate him, Kagame could be Africa’s Lee Kuan Yew

But like Lee, Mr Kagame has been credited with stamping out corruption, creating much needed infrastructure.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Love him or hate him, Kagame could be Africa’s Lee Kuan Yew

Let’s cut umbilical cords that connect us to banana republic

Can he destroy the oligarchs and plutocrats? I say possibly – but he can’t blink.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Let’s cut umbilical cords that connect us to banana republic

Arrest and charge officials who sneer at asset declaration laws

Corruption thrives in Kenya because public servants don’t disclose – at the pain of perjury – all their assets.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Arrest and charge officials who sneer at asset declaration laws

Why court got hijab case wrong, risks sowing religious divisions

The decision is discretionary for non-Muslim schools. Unacceptably, individual schools will decide whether, or not, to effect the ban

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Why court got hijab case wrong, risks sowing religious divisions

The New York Times reporting on Africa, Global South is racist

The New Times' coverage of Dusit Hotel attack depicted signs of biasness and racism.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

The New York Times reporting on Africa, Global South is racist

Legal formalism is the pagan’s sword against war on corruption

In Kenya, the biggest threat to the rule of law – the equal, effective, and fair administration of justice – has often been the Executive.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Legal formalism is the pagan’s sword against war on corruption

Jubilee is on its deathbed and no one can do anything about it

Jubilee, the ruling party, will soon be in the cruel barrel of history. In fact, the cancer eating at it has already metastasized.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Jubilee is on its deathbed and no one can do anything about it

Why America will soon impeach Trump, the accidental president

People close to Trump have been convicted while Justice Department concluded that he’s committed a felony

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Why America will soon impeach Trump, the accidental president

Full military uniform on elected leader sends the wrong message

Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is by virtue of being the Head of State, the Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Full military uniform on elected leader sends the wrong message

State shouldn’t tax the people unless funds are for public good

Kenya isn’t the first state to tax its citizens. Nay – Nairobi didn’t invent the practice. But there are do’s and don’ts of taxation

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

State shouldn’t tax the people unless funds are for public good

To end corruption, Uhuru should ban harambees by State officials

It may be illegal for public officers, civil servants, and MPs to corrupt the public through harambees. If so, no one ever got the memo.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

To end corruption, Uhuru should ban harambees by State officials

Why do blacks invest so much money, emotion in whiteness?

My point is that we can’t think of racism without exploring the impact of other phenomena like religion and culture.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Why do blacks invest so much money, emotion in whiteness?

Real power lies with the people in Makueni, not MCAs or speaker

Devolution – the decongestion and decentering of power – is a beautiful thing when it works.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Real power lies with the people in Makueni, not MCAs or speaker

Stop stalking us and give Kenyans a break from your 2022 obsession

White noise is usually an abomination unless it lures you to sleep. Used in political lexicon, white noise is bad. It can be infuriating.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Stop stalking us and give Kenyans a break from your 2022 obsession

No one knowledge is important than the other, history proves it

All sectors of the country are riddled with corruption while professionals suffer from state capture.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

No one knowledge is important than the other, history proves it

Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to a Banana Republic

All sectors of the country are riddled with corruption while professionals suffer from state capture

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to a Banana Republic

Churches are turning a blind eye to impunity for the love of money

Much of Ruto’s church donations are directed at Central and Western Kenya, two regions that are pivotal in 2022

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Churches are turning a blind eye to impunity for the love of money

Ruto’s key headache is in Jubilee, not the Uhuru-Raila handshake

Ruto has long being valourised for his political genius. He’s been called a master strategist – a ruthless, cut throat schemer without peer in Kenya

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Ruto’s key headache is in Jubilee, not the Uhuru-Raila handshake

Judges are not 'sovereigns' of the Judiciary, nor are they above law

In a democracy, no one – not even the head of state – is above the law. That’s a cardinal rule in free societies.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Judges are not 'sovereigns' of the Judiciary, nor are they above law

We can honour Annan’s legacy by using truce to curb electoral fraud

Kofi Annan, the indomitable African who became the first black UN Secretary General, will never be forgotten in Kenya.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

We can honour Annan’s legacy by using truce to curb electoral fraud

China wants to tether us like goats in debt and turn us into beggars

For more than a millennium, external aggressors and exploiters have enriched themselves on the backs of Africans.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

China wants to tether us like goats in debt and turn us into beggars

Rogue commissioners who put IEBC in turmoil want to finish it

But rogue IEBC commissioners Connie Maina and Margaret Mwachanya – who resigned and then “unresigned” – conflate the electoral body.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Rogue commissioners who put IEBC in turmoil want to finish it

DP Ruto’s lack of leverage over Uhuru will deepen Jubilee rifts

The only leverage Ruto had on Kenyatta was his support for a second term run.

By Makau Mutua 5 years ago

DP Ruto’s lack of leverage over Uhuru will deepen Jubilee rifts

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