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Lessons in tyranny and liberty for African states in ‘Game of Thrones’
These Night Kings of Africa’s past provoked liberators to build alliances that fought them to liberate people from their killer clutches.
By Gilbert Muyumbu 6 years ago
Lessons in tyranny and liberty for African states in ‘Game of Thrones’
Adopt new ways of interpreting official corruption in Kenya
Anti-corruption entities should adopt new ways of interpreting official corruption in Kenya
By Gilbert Muyumbu 7 years ago
Adopt new ways of interpreting official corruption in Kenya
Why war on corruption inspires very little hope
Kenyan scholar Isaac Tarus traces the loss of public funds to the colonial period.
By Gilbert Muyumbu 7 years ago
Why war on corruption inspires very little hope
Africa doesn't need democracy, it requires something else, urgent
Democracy became the dominant system of governance across the globe in the early 1990s at the height of the 'Third Wave' of democracy.
By Gilbert Muyumbu 8 years ago
Africa doesn't need democracy, it requires something else, urgent
Delivery portal; politics of transparency and accountability
Nambale–Ganjala–Nakhasiko–Nangina, the earth road I divert onto from the Kisumu-Busia highway whenever I drive home, is ‘under procurement’, declares the President’s Delivery Unit, using a well-publicised online portal. But what does ‘under procurement’ mean?
By Gilbert Muyumbu 9 years ago
Delivery portal; politics of transparency and accountability
Of Ababu and 'development' politics
Mr Namwamba has for long projected himself as a suave and urbane, post-2010 politician who debates issues as opposed to spewing demagoguery, typical of the unpolished politician.
By Gilbert Muyumbu 10 years ago
Of Ababu and 'development' politics
David Maraga arrested
National
By Mate Tongola
38 mins ago
Wetang'ula tightens grip on Western as Mudavadi stays away from local politics
Politics
By Benard Lusigi and Mary Imenza
1 hr ago