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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: Ruto's taxes mirror colonial times

Ngugi's satirical voice joins others raised by Kenyans who are unhappy with a raft of new taxes which they fear will make their life extremely difficult.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Governors protest exclusion from UHC implementation

CoG has now invited 18 governors for a meeting in Nairobi to take a common stand over decision to sidestep county officials in execution of health, housing and trade functions.

By Amos Kareithi, Edwin Nyarangi 1 year ago

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Eliud Mathu property fights: Curse of Kenya's founding fathers

Eliud Mathu's daughter, Victoria Ngina, cannot understand why her father's vast business empire has vapourised like dewdrops in a desert.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

State, IFAW partner to establish wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

The government, through the Ministry of Tourism, has partnered with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to create wildlife-friendly sanctuaries in Laikipia

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

End of 8-4-4 in primary school as 1.2 million join junior secondary

More than 26 million people have gone through 8-4-4 system of education since its inception in the early 80s. Over one million learners are set to join Junior Secondary in January.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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State financed Sh17b oil import, claims Omtatah as saga rages on

Senator claims some Sh42b instead of Sh732m was unconstitutionally withdrawn. President says the deal was above board, transparent and innovative, and that it made a great difference.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Tundu Lissu: Why Tanzania's opposition fell out with Raila

Things started changing in 2015 when Raila endorsed Magufuli's candidacy as president. Despite ideological differences, Lissu still refers to Raila as a great inspiration.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Rich firm officials and shareholders battle for billions

Some of the 1,400 members of Gatatha Farmers Company Limited, now want Ruto to intervene and save their property worth billions of shillings from being disposed off secretly.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Karumba's kin plead for Sh14 million to build a mausoleum

Long after he was presumed dead and forgotten, the motherland he suffered for expects close to Sh14 million from the family to build a mausoleum befitting his stature.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Ruto reshuffles Cabinet, Kuria and Mutua moved

Cabinet Secretaries who have been prone to gaffes and outrageous public utterances were taken to less visible dockets.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Why Field Marshal Muthoni Kirima did not attend Mukami's burial

Mukami Kimathi was interred, not very far away from where her iconic husband Dedan KImathi bravely fought the colonial forces.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Ruto boots law he swore to defend in corruption fight

The President, who coincidentally, left graft out of his campaign manifesto has come out boldly to declare that he has the will, energy and means to rein in the vice.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Day VP's briefcase disappeared from a London hospital

The owner, Michael Wamalwa Kijana had been taken to the hospital after he fell ill after addressing an International Labour Organisation conference in Geneva.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Birth of scandal that will remake home of champions

Details and the motives of the two friends are hazy but the echoes of their actions are about to change the face of Eldoret, the home of champions and create the newest club of billionaires.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Daunting task of housing, taxing impoverished Kenyans

The government has unwittingly borrowed from the hut tax which was introduced by the colonial government to force Africans to seek jobs from the settlers.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Widow's woes as she battles schemes to disinherit her

Wanjiru's life was turned upside down after her husband, Eliud Ndirangu Macharia, died in 2014 in mysterious circumstances. Macharia was later buried in a controversial manner.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Ray of hope for peasants' 50-year battle to claim ranch

Gucokaniriria Kihato Farmers and Traders Company held its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) since 2006 on Thursday last week, after years of protracted legal battles between rival camps.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

'Patriot' who formed militia but was accused of treason

Besides recruiting 50 highly trained military officers to neutralise the political threat he perceived to be facing the country, Muthemba also used his own money to buy specialised guns

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Hangman who hanged criminals for PS5, gave discounts

Robert Marshal outsmarted other hangmen after he presented a tender of PS5 (Sh911) for every white person he hanged and ShPS1 (Sh140) for an African. He offered to hang Asians for free.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Big bang that scarred Kenya and changed city's skyline

When explosions went off at around 10.30 am on August 7, 1998, the ensuing chaos united the country in grief and the world in fear.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Choruses and amen chants once reigned at Parliament

Kenya's most heavily secured square, where more than 400 honourable members earn a living by shouting ayes and nays to make laws was once holy grounds.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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How Bob Marley's reggae music sustained 1982 coup

The reggae music from Voice of Kenya, studios was, however, unceremoniously halted when the plotters who lacked firepower and proper planning were overwhelmed.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Why State banned chiefs from joining political parties

Such was the predicament the government found itself in when a cabal of influential chiefs with the backing of rich families from Kiambu formed an association.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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How chief licensing officer helped Njonjo smuggle guns

Charles Mugane Njonjo, while serving as the constitutional minister, was exposed to public ridicule after he was accused of using his office to help his friends import guns.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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How Mwea was immortalised as Kenya's headquarters of torture

Mwea, conjures up images of tortured freedom fighters being stripped naked by overbearing white colonial officers hell-bent to make them disown their freedom struggle.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Sending errant children to South Africa to be reformed

Juveniles found guilty in Kenya could be transported to South Africa where they could serve their time and later brought back home once they were reformed.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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When the government organised its demonstration

It was quite a cinema as the president witnessed a flypast by the Kenya Air Force.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

How some chiefs morphed into powerful politicians

There was a time chief could dare dream of becoming senior government officers away from the drinking dens where they spent most of their time battling with chan'gaa brewers

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Bulgaria trip: Genesis of Kenya's first scholarship scam

A senior minister, who Matiba does not name, conspired with the Bulgarian government to carry out the scheme, leaving the Kenya government with an egg on its face.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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How family acquired land in Thika for pineapple empire

After waiting for 119 years, the locals feel that it is time to reclaim part of the ancestral land they lost to colonial settlers.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Return to original police brutality scene a century later

Teargassing an 87-year-old lawyer, Dr John Khaminwa and former Chief Justice Dr Willy Mutunga (77) inside a police station was quite a spectacle!

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Love, Waiyaki and ensuing massacre over dowry dispute

When an angry Waiyaki went to Fort Smith to confront Purkis over the massacre of his people in Githiiga, he was overpowered and chained to a pole. He later died on his way to Mombasa.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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How violent campaigns were nurtured 60 years ago

When a self-taught teacher, Shompole Leroka, signed up with Kanu and declared his interest for the Kajiado North seat, little did he know that he had unwittingly signed his death warrant.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Students caught in the middle as professors battle for Sh9b hospital

A fight between the head of Kenyatta University and his former boss chairing the board of the KUTRRH is jeopardising the fate of about 2,000 students pursuing medicine courses.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Let down till death: No place for Miceere at Uhuru Park

Like Kimathi and other heroes and heroines, Miceere was tried by the State and found undeserving of any state honour.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Boyhood fantasy that grew into a business empire

Mandatally's quest for financial independence started when he realised he could increase his 50 cents pocket money instead of squandering it by buying candies and cookies.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

Kenya paying huge price for neglecting Northern region

For 60 years, the north, like a sore toe, has been aching from neglect and marginalisation. Kenya continues to bleed whenever civilians and police officers die in the crossfire of bandits.

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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How pioneer road almost led the country to bankruptcy

MacKinnon Road was the longest road from Mombasa extending for about 100 kilometres past Taru to a station that would later be used as a depot for the rail line

By Amos Kareithi 1 year ago

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Why formation of East Africa Federation rattled London

The idea that Kenya was thinking of surrendering its sovereignty and its leaders surrendering the trappings of power to a new entity, the East Africa Federation was unfathomable

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

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Murder mystery that defied science, detectives for decades

Not even three books, fictionalised films and a hundred trips in three decades has offered any answers to the mystery of what happened to Julie Ward.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago