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Macharia Munene

Political wrangles have stopped Murang'a from reclaiming its lost glory

Those Murang’a ‘leaders’ who sung “Tugokira Tene, Tugookira Tene”, now engage in ‘hambatano’. It is the curse of Murang’a.

Political wrangles have stopped Murang'a from reclaiming its lost glory

Jostling for supremacy in coalitions is not driven by any ideology

Jostling for supremacy in coalitions is not driven by any ideology

As we mark Easter, a lot is happening that Jesus would not approve of

As we mark Easter, a lot is happening that Jesus would not approve of

Why Russians voted overwhelmingly for Putin in recent elections

Why Russians voted overwhelmingly for Putin in recent elections

Biden fighting for political survival amid decline in America's greatness

Although Biden, when assuming office in January 2021, had talked of the US being ‘back’ and ready to lead the world, he actually had problems convincing those he hoped to lead.

Biden fighting for political survival amid decline in America's greatness

How China and Russia have fought to stamp their authority over the years

China struggles to avoid the mistakes it made roughly 500 years ago when it imagined itself to be at the top of the world and considered everyone else a barbarian.

How China and Russia have fought to stamp their authority over the years

Victimhood, resistance unite Global South as it claims 'polar' position

Global South is a geopolitical term referring to power relations and power play in the context of victimhood and resistance as the common feature across the geographies

Victimhood, resistance unite Global South as it claims 'polar' position

Geopolitics: Eight reasons Carlson's Putin interview ruffled feathers

Carlson, a former FOX TV journalist, is of a ‘conservative’ bend and likes grating the liberal establishment represented in the mainstream media.

Geopolitics: Eight reasons Carlson's Putin interview ruffled feathers

Kingori Mwangi combined tact and training to manage tough security situations

King'ori Mwangi reportedly declined to follow a 2013 order to remove security for Raila Odinga and his wife Ida because it would have violated the law.

By 2 months ago

Kingori Mwangi combined tact and training to manage tough security situations

Ruto and his 'Hustler Grandees' living large as real hustlers suffer

Ruto is hard-working, politically crafty, focused, and has produced a privileged class - The Hustler Grandees - with all the airs of European aristocratic pretensions.

By 2 months ago

Ruto and his 'Hustler Grandees' living large as real hustlers suffer

White people demean Africans to mask their own past inadequacies

Recent utterances by leading Euro-American celebrities on the inferiority of the Africans when compared to people of white colour are not new.

By 2 months ago

White people demean Africans to mask their own past inadequacies

Musalia's knack for diplomacy puts him a cut above Cabinet colleagues

Like Mwai Kibaki in the 1990s, Musalia is the second choice for everyone if the first does not do. He is dynasty with a sense of noblesse that does not threaten.

By 2 months ago

Musalia's knack for diplomacy puts him a cut above Cabinet colleagues

Abiy's unbridled ambitions stoking tensions in neighbouring countries

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy is good at creating internal and regional instability and fanning the embers of war.

By 3 months ago

Abiy's unbridled ambitions stoking tensions in neighbouring countries

Why Kenya is starting 2024 on wrong footing, politically

Kagame and Museveni rescued their countries from devastating wars; Ruto appears willing to ‘save’ Kenya from the ‘generic peace’ that it enjoys.

By 3 months ago

Why Kenya is starting 2024 on wrong footing, politically

Colonialism never really came to an end; it only changed it's shape

Post-modern colonialism replaced the failing neo-colonialism as a doctrine of control.

By 3 months ago

Colonialism never really came to an end; it only changed it's shape

Why Jesus is most likely unhappy with Christians this Christmas

There is a crisis in Christianity. The churches have discredited themselves with spiritual and moral inadequacies.

By 4 months ago

Why Jesus is most likely unhappy with Christians this Christmas

Congo's instability is deliberate to drain wealth, impoverish, enslave

Dream of a more stable Congo is dissipating because it is not in the interests of extra-continental powers. Country yet to enjoy independence with locals ending up as victims of external strategies.

By 4 months ago

Congo's instability is deliberate to drain wealth, impoverish, enslave

The place of Gikonyo in Kenya's journey towards independence

Kiano became a major anti-colonial player on the eve of independence. He helped to make education an inspirational tool of anti-colonialism.

By 4 months ago

The place of Gikonyo in Kenya's journey towards independence

Ruto's blunders that make Raila to look good

Ruto, obsessed with experimenting on Kenyans as a ‘scientist’ and in controlling everything, has lost credibility. As cronies surround him, there is doubt whether he knows he is losing.

By 4 months ago

Ruto's blunders that make Raila to look good

West undermines efforts of some countries to develop for selfish reasons

Some countries are developing while others are under-developing as part of geo-political realignment which questions the tendencies of some powers to dominate others.

By 4 months ago

West undermines efforts of some countries to develop for selfish reasons

Henry Kissinger enjoyed long life and good luck but left a blood-stained legacy

Kissinger lost favour when he said poor countries don't need democracy as he considered voters there to be too stupid to make good decisions, while supporting apartheid in S. Africa.

By 4 months ago

Henry Kissinger enjoyed long life and good luck but left a blood-stained legacy

Current crises in education now affecting all economic sectors

The education system suffers the paradox of having schools with no teachers and teachers with no schools and manages national examinations shambolically.

By 4 months ago

Current crises in education now affecting all economic sectors

Trouble normally begins when ideals clash with national interests

Ideals are considered part of ‘national interests’ as long as they do not collide with other interests which leaders consider vital. The other interests could be racialised, ethnised, religionised.

By 4 months ago

Trouble normally begins when ideals clash with national interests

Global rise in neo-absolutism and the challenges it brings along

Those with tyrannical desires virtually downgrade people from being ‘citizens’ into becoming ‘subjects’ to be ruled and exploited.

By 5 months ago

Global rise in neo-absolutism and the challenges it brings along

God, worsening Israel-Hamas conflict and the growing crisis of faith

With the rapid proliferation of religiosity, with warmongers claiming exclusive access to God, there is a growing crisis of faith.

By 5 months ago

God, worsening Israel-Hamas conflict and the growing crisis of faith

Ten things Kenya must do before sending troops to troubled Haiti

Kenya needs to look at why previous peace missions to Haiti failed. Killings are about deliberately created poverty becoming a culture of the oppressed to serve racialized ends.

By 5 months ago

Ten things Kenya must do before sending troops to troubled Haiti

King's State House banquet and absent aspiring Mount Kenya kingpin

Tess Mudavadi had a big evening sitting next to Queen Camilla and clinking glasses with real British royalty as hubby Musalia looked politically dignified.

By 5 months ago

King's State House banquet and absent aspiring Mount Kenya kingpin

Petroleum refinery clings on to life under new owner KPC

When it stopped refining crude oil a decade ago, many may have it written off, even written well-worded obituaries for the KPRL. The grand facility however refuses to die.

By 5 months ago

Petroleum refinery clings on to life under new owner KPC

Deceptions and 'self-righteousness' didn't start with Israel, Palestine war

It is not the first time that leaders deceive to provoke war. All wars, China man Sun Tzu reportedly asserted, are based on deception.

By 5 months ago

Deceptions and 'self-righteousness' didn't start with Israel, Palestine war

Ruto more likely to gain from King's visit than freedom fighters

The visit is not about apologies and compensation or reparations. It is about King Charles and Kenya’s President William Ruto.

By 5 months ago

Ruto more likely to gain from King's visit than freedom fighters

Unmasking the biblical history of Palestine and Israel conflict

The Hamas-Israeli fighting is, complex, involves those claiming Abraham as an ancestor, and entails deep geopolitical mischief.

By 6 months ago

Unmasking the biblical history of Palestine and Israel conflict

Mashujaa Day fete an insult to Kenya's forgotten independence heroes

As Kenyans commemorate 60 years of ‘return to’ independence, questions arise as to how Africans lost their independence.

By 6 months ago

Mashujaa Day fete an insult to Kenya's forgotten independence heroes

DP seems to be in same unpleasant position as Ruto after handshake

The difference between Gachagua and Ruto, however, is that Ruto knew kujipanga for the long haul.

By 6 months ago

DP seems to be in same unpleasant position as Ruto after handshake

Leadership in times of crisis: Why Muthoni outshined men in power

Mountain people peculiarly attract hostility that has colonial conditioning. She spoke in Parliament about two levels of inaction in the midst of atrocities.

By 6 months ago

Leadership in times of crisis: Why Muthoni outshined men in power

Kenya has fallen into the trap of playing 'diplomatic nyapara' in Haiti

The killings in Haiti are primarily about poverty becoming a culture of the oppressed to serve racialised ends that call for a ‘nyapara’ system.

By 6 months ago

Kenya has fallen into the trap of playing 'diplomatic nyapara' in Haiti

China: From a despised poor country to powerful state in only 74 years

Xi Jinping dominates China’s third phase march to greatness. He combines Mao’s and Deng’s attributes of political and economic focus while going out to engage others.

By 6 months ago

China: From a despised poor country to powerful state in only 74 years

Ruto plunging Kenya into Haiti disaster with his eyes wide open

Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga accuses Ruto of unilateral decision-making, ignoring ‘public participation’, and acting as an agent of ‘neocolonialism and imperialism.’

By 6 months ago

Ruto plunging Kenya into Haiti disaster with his eyes wide open

Saviours who emerged during three phases of oppression in Africa

In recent times, Africa has experienced three phases of oppression from which they needed liberation. The first was slave trade and the extraction of human capital

By 7 months ago

Saviours who emerged during three phases of oppression in Africa

Foreign interests behind dearth of critical thinking in universities

There is growing malady silently destroying creativity, productivity, and intellectual effectiveness. Although it is global rather than country specific, it affects some countries more than others.

By 7 months ago

Foreign interests behind dearth of critical thinking in universities

National Archives is misplaced, please relocate it to Uhuru Gardens

The need for the National Archives' relocation is physical and mental as well. Its beginnings were mental and Maina Kagombe, its main driver, fought hard in the early 1970s for its establishment.

By 7 months ago

National Archives is misplaced, please relocate it to Uhuru Gardens

Ruto is good at political plotting, but he seems to flounder on governance

Raila lost by being politically cocky, and Ruto played victim of ungrateful former allies. He outsmarted Uhuru and Raila in 2022.

By 7 months ago

Ruto is good at political plotting, but he seems to flounder on governance

Kenya and 'rogue' US ambassadors, from Hempstone to Whitman

Raila overestimated his influence accorded Whitman that special honour of being, like Hempstone, a ‘rogue ambassador’. She appears happy to wear the rogue ambassador badge of honour

By 7 months ago

Kenya and 'rogue' US ambassadors, from Hempstone to Whitman

Ruto, Raila supporters and third parties complicating 'ceasefire' talks

Raila's ability to make governance difficult and force changes in electoral bodies to suit his political intentions only to force fresh changes if he fails to attain his desires, makes him unique

By 7 months ago

Ruto, Raila supporters and third parties complicating 'ceasefire' talks

Thumping neo-colonialists: New type of revolution in Sahel region

As the general uprising against France and foreign intervention spread across the Sahel, pro-interventionists appeared to lose face in the midst of continental unhappiness.

By 7 months ago

Thumping neo-colonialists: New type of revolution in Sahel region

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