Wanjala backs national team to qualify for quarterfinals

National women's beach volleyball team coach Salome Wanjala is upbeat about her side's chances of qualifying for the quarterfinals

By Daisy Maritim 2 years ago

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The good, bad and ugly in upcoming debates

It is good because there is nothing better than a two-hour interview, broadcast live for Kenyans to judge the political job seekers.

By Daisy Maritim 2 years ago

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Could George Wajackoyah be William Ruto's decoy gone awry?

In two pages and ten points, Wajackoyah presented his manifesto in a reggae bonanza proving to be the most verbally colourful, jaw-dropping presidential candidate after Dida.

By Daisy Maritim 3 years ago

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Why Karua will make best Deputy President

Martha Karua has never walked out on the ones who have given her the mandate to lead - and that is the people.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 3 years ago

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The raw deal for women in Kenya Kwanza and glaring contradictions

The inconsistencies are many, roughly 42 of them, but I only have space to ask about five of them, all which have come up this week, with the Kenya Kwanza Women's Charter.

By Daisy Maritim 3 years ago

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Absurd queries facing Karua and what lies below the neck

It is a universally acknowledged fact, that a good leader must have an attractive chin, a full head of dark hair and must have kept a household pet for at least five years.

By Daisy Maritim 3 years ago

Let Raila Odinga and William Ruto harness their running mates' skills, strengths

How things change! A Deputy President used to be a spare wheel. Today, a Deputy President is a second bicycle tyre. Because the Constitution 2010 said so.

By Daisy Maritim 3 years ago

Martha Karua has drawn a new line in the mountain

Charm, do not offend. Insults have become political currency in Kenya.

By Daisy Maritim 3 years ago

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Dear Raila Odinga, this is why Martha Karua is your best pick

There is no better, worthy or more qualified running mate for you. Against Karua, all other contenders pale in comparison. Where she is an earth-mover, they are spades.

By Daisy Maritim 3 years ago

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Will Ruto’s new ‘marketing manager’ deliver?

Ruto told us Ndung’u is on board to create a new economic model.

By Daisy Maritim 4 years ago

Populists like Sonko always fall because of divisive ideas

I will resist the urge to gloat about his recent impeachment and instead make some serious reflections.

By Daisy Maritim 4 years ago

How 2010 Katiba failed us on the sharing of political power

We have practised the politics of hostility for so long that we do not know how politics without hate looks like.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Hustler narrative is deceptive and many things don’t add up

Any keen and objective interrogation of the Hustler Narrative exposes it as a political heist: it bears all the hallmarks.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Maraga verdict hands Uhuru, Raila grounds for referendum

There were even dare words, like ‘ng’we!’, which you only said when you decide to be brave enough to cross the ‘point of no return’.

By Daisy Maritim 4 years ago

Murkomen speaks for DP, but did we vote for a love story?

On his first point, the Senator is tragically misguided. In fact, his thinking is the reason Africa continues to be a poor continent.

By Daisy Maritim 4 years ago

Mr President, think of those whose lives hang on alcohol

But this directive on alcohol has jeopardised these very livelihoods more than it is protecting lives.

By Daisy Maritim 4 years ago

On revenue vote, we are hungrily feeding on mitumba information

Our Senators have fashioned themselves as political priests who are shrouding the important details of the revenue allocation debate.

By Daisy Maritim 4 years ago

Virtues and not vices should define a politician’s purpose

When it comes to political virtuousness, the majority fall into the ‘moderately indecent’ category.

By Daisy Maritim 4 years ago

Thanks to our herdsmen, Kenya will always be in a fatal nosedive

Regionally we have an unmatched work ethic. But with all our brains and creativity, we still suffer from a severe case of Herd Mentality Syndrome.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

No matter the conflicting views on Waiguru, the law has spoken

This story forms the basis for very conflicted musings regarding the Anne Waiguru impeachment case.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

With Jubilee Asili, Ruto could face the risk of impeachment

Perhaps a more accurate name would have been ‘Jubilee ingine’ (another Jubilee), with the tagline, ‘Tumeenda’ (we are out of here!).

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

Political geniuses Uhuru, Ruto and Raila should be consulting

At the curfew hour, President Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, William Ruto and all their political minions rush home to hunker over their political playbooks.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

For the sake of rural areas, don’t lift cessation of movement order

Your Excellency, I grew up in Ushago. And washamba like us struggle with the concept of social distancing.

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

Ruto, your foes are uniting to impeach you and not for 2022

Dr DP, coalitions are being formed to impeach you. The coalitions are a ‘disposable asset’ with one urgent purpose.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

What kind of political naivety led to Kariobangi slums demolitions?

Poor timing?  Somebody somewhere reasoned that in these times, nobody would care about these Kariobangi people

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

What kind of political naivety led to Kariobangi demolitions?

The level of viciousness that Kariobangi has seen is comparable to that of Leopold the Second, who oversaw sadistic projects upon ‘hapless Africans'

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Forget it, political seclusion will not end if Executive is expanded

The first team was a group of nursery school children, the second was university business students, and the third a team of lawyers.

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

Jubilee is dead, those in denial will hear from horses' mouths

The Jubilee Party, or JP as it was known among its friends, is dead. Some people are in grief, some are in denial, and many are in celebration.

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

DP will forever be in a tight spot having power but no authority

The Deputy President is permanently between a rock and a hard place. And by Deputy President I do not mean William Ruto

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Attack on women’s dignity has all the hallmarks of chauvinism

And because Okwara ‘dared’ to speak this truth, the online chauvinists are now directing their torment at her in the same way.

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

Time for Uhuru to brave hate, order lockdown to curb virus?

This is the time for President Uhuru Kenyatta to hate public love. The desire for presidential popularity at this time will cost him dearly.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

How we can execute proactive operation in the face of coronavirus

We Kenyans are averse to the concept of ‘personal space.’ The government has to warn us to stand a metre apart at the supermarket line for good reason

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

As a rule of thumb, leaders with ambition need formidable allies

The coronavirus has temporarily come to the rescue of the Deputy President.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Our undoing is simply deceit and ineptitude in high offices

Forget the coronavirus, incompetence in governance is a severe ailment and Kenya is suffering an epidemic.

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

We’re often a collateral damage in other people’s power games

My MP is disgusted. Nelson Koech of Belgut told the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary that her answers were sickening and painful to listen to.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

There is so much fodder for threats to impeach Ruto

But since Junet made the vague impeachment accusation, we can only assume he did it as part of a bigger scheme

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

Who will be the punching bag in 2022 elections?

The object of aggression in the 2022 election will either be Uhuru Kenyatta or William Ruto

By Daisy Maritim 5 years ago

Modern day political pawns will stand out as we head to 2022

Kenya’s political history is rife with cat’s paws at the service of presidents and other political honchos

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Sonko is a political gangster who we all love to hate

Sonko may be a Lula, a political gangster who turns a city, or country around.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Colonialists were terrorists

There are two types of shujaas. One advocated for independence gained through constitutional means, and the other waged a liberation war.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago