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Caleb Atemi

The silent message in recent visit to Kenya by America's First Lady Jill Biden

America is gently elbowing its way back to Kenya and Africa. For years now, China has occupied the place that the US and other Western powers had fought hard to retain since the Cold War era.

By Caleb Atemi 2 months ago

The silent message in recent visit to Kenya by America's First Lady Jill Biden

Why US doesn't leave anything to chance whenever top officials go abroad

Why US doesn't leave anything to chance whenever top officials go abroad

By Caleb Atemi 3 months ago

Winning the war on cattle rustling needs more than police and army

Winning the war on cattle rustling needs more than police and army

By Caleb Atemi 3 months ago

They killed Robert Ouko and let the GSU loose on the people

They killed Robert Ouko and let the GSU loose on the people

By Caleb Atemi 3 months ago

Covering Ouko murder mystery: Reflections of a journalist

There lay remains of a human being with black and dry skull. The neck, shoulders and torso had been eaten by the flames and all that remained were thick lumps of black ash.

By Caleb Atemi 3 months ago

Covering Ouko murder mystery: Reflections of a journalist

Transitions come with fair share of problems

Kenya's first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta took over leadership from a brutal, racist British regime. The white colonialists grudgingly handed over power.

By Caleb Atemi 3 months ago

Transitions come with fair share of problems

Kenya has some cleaning up to do, avoid falsehoods that create poll tension

The Kenyan electoral system has undergone a major evolution. In 1974, candidates couldn't be elected to Parliament without an election symbol.

By Caleb Atemi 3 months ago

Kenya has some cleaning up to do, avoid falsehoods that create poll tension

Pele's football was art and dance; this is how

The absolute King of Football, has gone to join his two friends. Pele, just like Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali, was in his discipline, The Chosen One.

By Caleb Atemi 4 months ago

Pele's football was art and dance; this is how

How founding president and Moi set the precedent for closing and opening the new year

President William Ruto follows in the footsteps of his political teacher Daniel arap Moi. He’s a teetotaler and marks his events with prayers.

By Caleb Atemi 4 months ago

How founding president and Moi set the precedent for closing and opening the new year

The politics of betrayal and how Ruto broke jinx that has plagued vice presidency

Ruto's detractors forgot one thing, he was a student of multiple political chess masters. He had worked with and studied them all, writes biographer and editor Caleb Atemi

By Caleb Atemi 5 months ago

The politics of betrayal and how Ruto broke jinx that has plagued vice presidency

How the vice presidency is Kenya's most challenging job

When the colonialists wanted to offer Kenyans early independence with Odinga taking charge, Jaramogi said there can be no Uhuru without Kenyatta.

By Caleb Atemi 5 months ago

How the vice presidency is Kenya's most challenging job

Lessons for Ruto: What it took past presidents to make their disloyal ministers toe the line

If President William Ruto intends to run his government in an orderly fashion, he needs to learn some critical lessons from his predecessors.

By Caleb Atemi 5 months ago

Lessons for Ruto: What it took past presidents to make their disloyal ministers toe the line

Moses Kuria's hard punching and lessons for Ruto about loyalists

President William Ruto is looking to be a good student of Moi. He must be aware that some of the men and women he has appointed to the Cabinet will act like skunks and give his government a bad name.

By Caleb Atemi 6 months ago

Moses Kuria's hard punching and lessons for Ruto about loyalists

How past presidents treated their ministers

During the recent vetting of Cabinet Secretary nominees, I saw men and women receive punches and kicks they could not deflect. Some hit the ground as the committee tore through them.

By Caleb Atemi 6 months ago

How past presidents treated their ministers

Rogue police: Looking back at era when forced disappearances, killings were rife

Victims would be placed in a container within a police station before transportation to their death place. They would then be strangled using electric wires and their fingers chopped off.

By Caleb Atemi 7 months ago

Rogue police: Looking back at era when forced disappearances, killings were rife

Of presidents and false promises: Will Ruto stay the course in quest to grow economy?

These interventions coming in under 30 days of taking power have received a major applause from his supporters who have said he is taking care of the hustler's interests.

By Caleb Atemi 7 months ago

Of presidents and false promises: Will Ruto stay the course in quest to grow economy?

William Ruto using democratic ways to amass power, but will he wield it wisely?

Almost all arms of government from the Council of Governors, to Speakers of both the National Assembly and the Senate, to the Leader of Majority, are aligned to him.

By Caleb Atemi 7 months ago

William Ruto using democratic ways to amass power, but will he wield it wisely?

Kabuga's tragic history intertwined with Kenya's political, ethnic cleansing

He is alleged to have supplied the militia with machetes said to have originated from Kenya. Fortunately, Kenya didn't have a Felicien Kabuga with a powerful and popular radio station.

By Caleb Atemi 7 months ago

Kabuga's tragic history intertwined with Kenya's political, ethnic cleansing

Same script in intrigues that thrust Ruto and Moi into power

The ascendance to the presidency by Ruto stirred in me a historical and spiritual fire that was already burning quietly

By Caleb Atemi 8 months ago

Same script in intrigues that thrust Ruto and Moi into power

Covering violent 92, 97 multiparty elections was no walk in the park

Kanu controlled the security apparatus. However, resilience was growing rapidly among the youth in opposition strongholds. By the time the 1992 elections came, the opposition had grown in strength.

By Caleb Atemi 8 months ago

Covering violent 92, 97 multiparty elections was no walk in the park

When Bwana DC counted imaginary voters

In the 1980s and early 90s, journalism was an adventure. You would be arrested for covering anyone opposing Kanu. Voting was by mlolongo and District Commissioners were the returning officers.

By Caleb Atemi 8 months ago

When Bwana DC counted imaginary voters

How Uhuru's leadership style differs from three presidents before him

Jomo looks at his son from his grave and smiles, sometimes shudders and wants to cry. To tame their deputies, Moi and Kibaki would not have employed Uhuru's abrasive tactics.

By Caleb Atemi 10 months ago

How Uhuru's leadership style differs from three presidents before him

Kenyan journalism is poorer without Joe Kadhi

Joe was among the first crop of indigenous journalists to be on the driver's seat. He was also a great writer with compelling points on whatever subject.

By Caleb Atemi 10 months ago

Kenyan journalism is poorer without Joe Kadhi

If corruption thrives, Martha Karua will walk away from the government

Inflammatory utterances from 2005 referendum campaigns set the stage for 2007 contest. In 1997, Karua walked out on President Moi at a national meeting in Kirinyaga.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

If corruption thrives, Martha Karua will walk away from the government

How VP Mwai Kibaki once poured his heart out to press

Mwai Kibaki, then Minister for Health, knew that every political function would be invaded by security personnel from the dreaded Special Branch squad.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

How VP Mwai Kibaki once poured his heart out to press

Ken Lusaka: Uhuru call that changed my life after losing governor's seat

One of his most difficult assignments as Speaker was the removal of Kipchumba Murkomen as Leader of Majority and Majority Chief Whip, Susan Kihika.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

Ken Lusaka: Uhuru call that changed my life after losing governor's seat

Ken Lusaka: How I worked with Michuki to kill Mungiki and my big reward

Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka narrates how he brokered peace between Saitoti and Nkaissery and how Michuki-Kamotho enmity put him in a tight spot.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

Ken Lusaka: How I worked with Michuki to kill Mungiki and my big reward

Ken Lusaka: How I navigated daunting task of trying to keep Jaramogi and Nyachae from public eye

Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka reveals that serving as DO in the backyards of two political giants forced one to be careful not to attract public outrage.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

Ken Lusaka: How I navigated daunting task of trying to keep Jaramogi and Nyachae from public eye

Ken Lusaka: High school troublemaker who owes his success to his mother

Ken Lusaka was born with a booming voice. As a child, he made numerous car toys out of various materials.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

Ken Lusaka: High school troublemaker who owes his success to his mother

Prof Davy Koech reveals how KEMRI was started and why KEMRON was rejected

Prof Koech tells of the pain, blood and tears that went into setting up KEMRI and why he refused to renew the patent for KEMRON.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

Prof Davy Koech reveals how KEMRI was started and why KEMRON was rejected

Prof Davy Koech: Sleeping hungry, studying in a rural school and ending up in Harvard

Prof survived on three meals a week, and almost lost his leg after an accident saw him spend three months in hospital under the care of cruel doctors.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

Prof Davy Koech: Sleeping hungry, studying in a rural school and ending up in Harvard

Convicted in old age, Prof Davy Koech never says die

His lawyers are seeking legal means of addressing the Sh19.6 million fine imposed on him otherwise he will go to jail at 70.

By Caleb Atemi 1 year ago

Convicted in old age, Prof Davy Koech never says die

Let’s join hands and help ailing journalist get back on his feet

The veteran journalist twice suffered stroke, in December 2013 and in April 2019.

By Caleb Atemi 2 years ago

Let’s join hands and help ailing journalist get back on his feet

It’s a shame that after years of neglect, NEP is still corner of doom and gloom

The massacre of 28 Kenyans in Mandera County last Saturday, brought tears of shame and bitterness to me. Shame of being a Kenyan. In the 1980s, I had the privilege of working in Garissa County as a correspondent for the Nation Media Group and a reporter with the Kenya News Agency (KNA).

By CALEB ATEMI 8 years ago

It’s a shame that after years of neglect, NEP is still corner of doom and gloom

Punish these male misfits out to humiliate women

My heart almost stopped. I chanced upon two video clips on social media early in the week. One was a heartrending scenario of a mentally deranged Ugandan house help molesting a toddler. The other was graphic image of male villains sexually assaulting a girl on a Githurai route matatu in Nairobi.

By Caleb Atemi 8 years ago

Punish these male misfits out to humiliate women

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