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Gabriel Dolan

How SGR contract still haunts and weighs down our economy

Final details of the contract and loans have never been made public on grounds that it was a government-to-government contract.

By Gabriel Dolan 1 day ago

How SGR contract still haunts and weighs down our economy

The rot in our police service has deep roots in the Executive arm

The rot in our police service has deep roots in the Executive arm

By Gabriel Dolan 8 days ago

After city meeting, the earth's cry is the same from the world's poor

After city meeting, the earth's cry is the same from the world's poor

By Gabriel Dolan 2 months ago

Why we must always speak out against extra-judicial killings

Why we must always speak out against extra-judicial killings

By Gabriel Dolan 3 months ago

Can women save the beautiful game from greed and decline?

The women of the world gave us a World Cup, down under, full of passion, energy, community and honest endeavour, values fast disappearing from the men's game.

By Gabriel Dolan 3 months ago

Can women save the beautiful game from greed and decline?

Slaughter of the elderly accused of witchcraft calls for swift response

This horrific crime continues on an almost daily basis and yet both the political and administrative wings of government never treat this evil practice with the seriousness it deserves.

By Gabriel Dolan 3 months ago

Slaughter of the elderly accused of witchcraft calls for swift response

Make dialogue inclusive to attain real progress, not just a new BBI

Stakeholders are also shareholders in the country and are just as committed, if not more so, to the prosperity and stability of the country than the political elites.

By Gabriel Dolan 4 months ago

Make dialogue inclusive to attain real progress, not just a new BBI

Where do you turn for help when the state is involved in illegalities?

There are nascent signs the government may be interested in dialoguing with opposition leaders. However, the dialogue forum must include other stakeholders beyond the political elites.

By Gabriel Dolan 4 months ago

Where do you turn for help when the state is involved in illegalities?

Let Kenya Kwanza stop yelling and listen to voices of suffering citizens

Stop the madness, the insults, the threats, the violence and the intransigence. That message goes to both parties but the burden of responsibility fundamentally lies with those in power

By Gabriel Dolan 4 months ago

Let Kenya Kwanza stop yelling and listen to voices of suffering citizens

Our police culture is beyond costly reforms, disband and start afresh

Keeping hope alive in the darkest of times is no easy task, but the presence of battle-hardened soldiers at significant moments, brings heart to the weary and inspiration to the young.

By Gabriel Dolan 4 months ago

Our police culture is beyond costly reforms, disband and start afresh

Azimio lacking imagination and vision amid raging financial crisis

Protest is a fundamental right and boycotting is a legitimate form of protest, but it needs coordination, sacrifice, example and direction all of which is lacking at the moment.

By Gabriel Dolan 5 months ago

Azimio lacking imagination and vision amid raging financial crisis

Media should stop moaning about outbursts and unearth more theft

Kuria's outrageous outburst was perhaps over the top, also, and much too defensive. Media houses should not depict themselves in such a self-righteous or holier-than-thou manner.

By Gabriel Dolan 5 months ago

Media should stop moaning about outbursts and unearth more theft

How can our democracy thrive if all citizens embrace blatant lies?

For the past one year, the Kenya Kwanza promises list has increased by the day to the extent that we forget what was promised last week when the latest pledges are announced.

By Gabriel Dolan 5 months ago

How can our democracy thrive if all citizens embrace blatant lies?

Why Ruto regime should protect survivors of poll sexual violence

Rape and sexual violence on men and women remains a constant weapon of humiliation and conquest used by post colonial administration here in Kenya too.

By Gabriel Dolan 5 months ago

Why Ruto regime should protect survivors of poll sexual violence

Western envoys care more about business than your human rights

This week there will be diplomats issuing condemnations and threats to Uganda over the signing into law by President Yoweri Museveni of the draconian and dangerous Anti-Homosexuality Law.

By Gabriel Dolan 6 months ago

Western envoys care more about business than your human rights

Shakahola is a wake-up call for clerics to be mindful of the poor

The masses who can't afford to contribute to those projects and lifestyles stray away to the mabati structures or rented classrooms for worship.

By Gabriel Dolan 6 months ago

Shakahola is a wake-up call for clerics to be mindful of the poor

MPs, trade unions must stand up to be counted on the Finance Bill

If Kenya Kwanza thought they could bulldoze the Bill through Parliament without a single comma change or a whimper, they have another thing coming and better be prepared for the juggernaut.

By Gabriel Dolan 6 months ago

MPs, trade unions must stand up to be counted on the Finance Bill

Why affordable housing scheme is huge scandal waiting to unfold

Now, even Kenyans who own their homes or rent a single room are being asked to pay 3 per cent housing taxes for houses that they neither want nor can afford.

By Gabriel Dolan 6 months ago

Why affordable housing scheme is huge scandal waiting to unfold

Kenyatta family still have a lot they can do to advance legacy

Time is on the side of the Kenyatta family. There is still much that they can do to advance their legacy.

By Gabriel Dolan 6 months ago

Kenyatta family still have a lot they can do to advance legacy

Shakahola deaths expose State failure to avert mass slaughter

I refuse to subscribe to the notion that we are all somehow to blame for this terrible tragedy. We have a state and institutions established, trained and paid to provide security.

By Gabriel Dolan 7 months ago

Shakahola deaths expose State failure to avert mass slaughter

Civil society have chance to define people's agenda amid the standoff

Ufungamano House has been hallowed ground for reformers for over three decades. It is a safe space but a revered and symbolic one, full of history and memories for two generations of change agents

By Gabriel Dolan 7 months ago

Civil society have chance to define people's agenda amid the standoff

Hungry Kenyans won't hold for long as Kenya Kwanza take wine

Kenyans are no longer regarded as among the happiest people on earth. Everywhere you go, there is a growing sense of restlessness, discontent and anger.

By Gabriel Dolan 7 months ago

Hungry Kenyans won't hold for long as Kenya Kwanza take wine

Politicians had their say, now let them listen to Kenyans' demands

Azimio demonstrated its inability to marshal or discipline the majority of its followers while displaying naivety or indifference to opportunities for crime.

By Gabriel Dolan 7 months ago

Politicians had their say, now let them listen to Kenyans' demands

Northlands invasion exposes the ever-emotive land question, again

The struggle for independence was a fight to repossess land. In sixty years of home rule, however, the best of that land has been possessed by successive ruling elites.

By Gabriel Dolan 8 months ago

Northlands invasion exposes the ever-emotive land question, again

We need inclusive dialogue and not another 'selfish' handshake

Elections may have taken place peacefully but the winner did not acquire the right to rule as he pleased nor the loser hold the country hostage for his own gain.

By Gabriel Dolan 8 months ago

We need inclusive dialogue and not another 'selfish' handshake

Pope Francis wants brave clergy ready to fight for a strong church

Choosing the name Francis already suggested a leadership of humility, service, simplicity, care for the earth and the poor.

By Gabriel Dolan 8 months ago

Pope Francis wants brave clergy ready to fight for a strong church

Why we should give counties 35 per cent of the national revenue

The Controller of Budget this week issued a scathing indictment of the newly elected governors, claiming many of them spend up to 100 times more on recurring expenditure.

By Gabriel Dolan 9 months ago

Why we should give counties 35 per cent of the national revenue

State capture of the church is on, let 'real voice' of clergy be heard

Christian witness is primarily about service, humility, justice and speaking the truth to power as Jesus did. A church comfortable hobnobbing with the ruling class is wide open to manipulation.

By Gabriel Dolan 9 months ago

State capture of the church is on, let 'real voice' of clergy be heard

Why there will be no quick fixes for bandit-prone North Rift area

The curfew and the threat of enforced disarmament will send thousands into the interior lacking food, water and shelter. This should not happen in 2023.

By Gabriel Dolan 9 months ago

Why there will be no quick fixes for bandit-prone North Rift area

Take care of our police welfare but tackle bad policing culture

Already, President Ruto has permitted the police service to manage its own budget for the first time as well as disbanding the elite squad responsible for extra-judicial killings.

By Gabriel Dolan 9 months ago

Take care of our police welfare but tackle bad policing culture

Let clergy advance Pope Francis agenda and take it up with Ruto

Pope Francis kept his promise and came back to Africa this week. His movements may be restricted by wheelchair dependency but his smile is as broad and honest

By Gabriel Dolan 10 months ago

Let clergy advance Pope Francis agenda and take it up with Ruto

Make Inua Jamii initiative more organised and not half-hearted

We have had a decade of social protection for those deemed to have fallen through the cracks but the 'Inua Jamii' initiatives are still half-hearted, disorganised and underfunded.

By Gabriel Dolan 10 months ago

Make Inua Jamii initiative more organised and not half-hearted

Half-truths serve politicians as crimes of the past hold us back

It is easier to live with lies and half-truths than face the demands that truth will make of you. We humans have a problem with truth; we don't know what to do with it.

By Gabriel Dolan 10 months ago

Half-truths serve politicians as crimes of the past hold us back

There is enough wealth for all of us, so share and avert suffering

It is outrageous that the eight richest men in the world own as much wealth as the poorest half of humanity.

By Gabriel Dolan 10 months ago

There is enough wealth for all of us, so share and avert suffering

Why should Kenyans queue for what's right?

This government needs prayers and a little more time. But there is a limit to the public's patience and Kenya Kwanza must be sensitive to people's suffering and frustration.

By Gabriel Dolan 11 months ago

Why should Kenyans queue for what's right?

Jesus' real message and why State House is not a 'House of Worship'

How easily we forget that Jesus spent most of his time preaching not in synagogues but in public, visiting tax collectors, healing the lepers and outcasts.

By Gabriel Dolan 11 months ago

Jesus' real message and why State House is not a 'House of Worship'

Who are real heroes deserving recognition from the President?

President William Ruto has maintained the tradition of giving top awards to the political and military class even if most of the former just entered office the other day with no track record

By Gabriel Dolan 11 months ago

Who are real heroes deserving recognition from the President?

Ignore current human rights violations at your own peril

President William Ruto has constantly preached his respect for the rule of law, but his actions betray his words.

By Gabriel Dolan 11 months ago

Ignore current human rights violations at your own peril

Reality check for Mombasa's much-hyped housing project

Some 90 per cent of the units will go to the developer while the balance - 185 - will remain with the county government, presumably as rental social housing.

By Gabriel Dolan 1 year ago

Reality check for Mombasa's much-hyped housing project

Ruto must do more to stop extra-judicial killings

The surprising arrest of a dozen cops for murder of Baby Pendo in Kisumu five years ago could be interpreted as an exercise intended to placate the public who had taken the case to their hearts.

By Gabriel Dolan 1 year ago

Ruto must do more to stop extra-judicial killings

Make your voice heard in the crusade against extra-judicial killings

Extra judicial killings and enforced disappearances are such everyday experiences that they no longer provoke outrage

By Gabriel Dolan 3 years ago

Make your voice heard in the crusade against extra-judicial killings

Let Coast leaders be sincere on land reform in push to change law

The media expected a showdown between the Jubilee factions but they were disappointed.

By Gabriel Dolan 3 years ago

Let Coast leaders be sincere on land reform in push to change law

Gusto and speed to champion BBI agenda arousing suspicion

Drive down Valley Road in Nairobi and you cannot fail to notice the church sign, ‘Christ is the Answer.’

By Gabriel Dolan 3 years ago

Gusto and speed to champion BBI agenda arousing suspicion

It’s time to negotiate peaceful transition to spur real growth

We have just started a new year but all the talk is of 2022.

By Gabriel Dolan 3 years ago

It’s time to negotiate peaceful transition to spur real growth

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