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Macharia Munene

Ruto is good at political plotting, but he seems to flounder on governance

Raila lost by being politically cocky, and Ruto played victim of ungrateful former allies. He outsmarted Uhuru and Raila in 2022.

By Macharia Munene 22 days ago

Ruto is good at political plotting, but he seems to flounder on governance

Kenya and 'rogue' US ambassadors, from Hempstone to Whitman

Kenya and 'rogue' US ambassadors, from Hempstone to Whitman

By Macharia Munene 27 days ago

Ruto, Raila supporters and third parties complicating 'ceasefire' talks

Ruto, Raila supporters and third parties complicating 'ceasefire' talks

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

Thumping neo-colonialists: New type of revolution in Sahel region

Thumping neo-colonialists: New type of revolution in Sahel region

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

China has relied heavily on history lessons to advance its global interests

China is consistent about its governing philosophy or ideology. It does not tolerate outside advice on how to govern or protect interests.

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

China has relied heavily on history lessons to advance its global interests

Ruto's tour of Mt Kenya and why he is unlikely to become 'Kikuyu king'

Although President Ruto is a hardworking man with enough brilliance to out-think political opponents, he has repeatedly faltered so much that he gave opportunity to critics.

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

Ruto's tour of Mt Kenya and why he is unlikely to become 'Kikuyu king'

Indagasi's sly dig at Micere more about his failure than her intellect

Upon Micere's death, Indagasi's quick attempt to disgrace her person and intellect roused questions about his own honour and sense of 'utu'.

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

Indagasi's sly dig at Micere more about his failure than her intellect

Gachagua among likely losers as Raila looks set to win after election loss

Few politicians, among them Raila Amolo Odinga, have the drive to win despite losing. He is endowed with an acute sense of political timing that somehow runs short of capturing the prize.

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

Gachagua among likely losers as Raila looks set to win after election loss

Russia craves acceptability beyond its neighbourhood

Russian presence in Africa has become increasingly visible and is worrying to those who ignored Africa and still thought it is their playing field.

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

Russia craves acceptability beyond its neighbourhood

Kenya should be more aggressive in seeking positions in world bodies

There were times, for instance, when top officials in Kenyan high commissions and embassies contradicted each other on particular issues and watched opportunities disappear.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

Kenya should be more aggressive in seeking positions in world bodies

How Kenya handled the Raisi visit damaged its image, needs rethink

Having started his presidency wrongly over the Sahrawi presence in Kenya', the logistical mess over Raisi's visit implies that Ruto has no direction even as he seeks world recognition.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

How Kenya handled the Raisi visit damaged its image, needs rethink

Ruto's popularity rising abroad, but his credibility is ebbing at home

With eroded credibility, Ruto's incapacity to heal political and socio-economic wounds interferes with his ambition for recognition as Africa's leader.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

Ruto's popularity rising abroad, but his credibility is ebbing at home

America is yet to acknowledge that it has lost control of world affairs

The United States in 2023 with Biden and Trump dominating, lacks domestic and global credibility that was there when Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, the Roosevelts, Kennedy, or Reagan lived.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

America is yet to acknowledge that it has lost control of world affairs

Saudi: A power to reckon with

Several countries are emerging as second-tier global powers because they have assertive leadership that deliberately seeks recognition as major geopolitical players.

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

Saudi: A power to reckon with

Agnes Chepkwony Abuom: Goodbye village girl who rubbed shoulders with religious superstars

Agnes Chepkwony Abuom was in many groups, making her contribution in thoughts and deeds where other people of good brains and deeds engaged each other.

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

Agnes Chepkwony Abuom: Goodbye village girl who rubbed shoulders with religious superstars

Government let us down by failing to act on Shakahola intelligence

The information on the cults in Kilifi, for instance, was available but there was no will to deal with the cults. The shock of Shakahola had peculiar attractions.

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

Government let us down by failing to act on Shakahola intelligence

Raila's political star is shining while the president's is slowly dimming

Ruto seems lost amidst out of control structural challenges of political economy varieties. Not knowing how to 'hustle' himself out of the fix, he appears not to be in control.

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

Raila's political star is shining while the president's is slowly dimming

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is spearheading Japan's global reassertion efforts

Kishida is pushing to change Japan's image of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as symbolising fear of bombing which subdues Japan into perpetual subservience to every American geopolitical wish.

By Macharia Munene 4 months ago

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is spearheading Japan's global reassertion efforts

A rivalry more intense than the America-Soviet Cold War is emerging

As a target of Western pressures, Russia is part of the Beijing-led BRICS alliance.

By Macharia Munene 4 months ago

A rivalry more intense than the America-Soviet Cold War is emerging

Lack of think tanks makes African states weak, open to manipulation

Big countries fund think tanks as geopolitical weapons to attack the minds of proposed victims. They try trouble forecasting at the global level.

By Macharia Munene 4 months ago

Lack of think tanks makes African states weak, open to manipulation

Unless he learns quickly from history, president could end up in trouble

Given that most of those forced to contribute his 3 percent housing tax will not benefit from the houses, Ruto looks bad. It is as if he is sleep-walking into tax-induced revolutionary disaster.

By Macharia Munene 4 months ago

Unless he learns quickly from history, president could end up in trouble

Mount Kenya people hankering for elusive quality political leadership

The people of Mount Kenya region seem to be lost in the wilderness of political identity, looking for a 'Matiba', but finding none.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

Mount Kenya people hankering for elusive quality political leadership

China interest in Sudan could shift power alliances in resolving crisis

Countries are playing geopolitical balancing acts as each tries to safeguard its interests. Currently, China is standing tall in the world of diplomacy and might try its hand in Sudan.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

China interest in Sudan could shift power alliances in resolving crisis

Sudan conflict: Why Kenya will need a smart 'grand strategy'

Leaders, such as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expect Kenya, a key IGAD member, to act.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

Sudan conflict: Why Kenya will need a smart 'grand strategy'

Ruto has lost political authority in the challenge mounted by Azimio

Ruto, desperately looking for ways to placate Raila, struggles to be legitimate only to display dissonance and administrative failures that erode confidence in him.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

Ruto has lost political authority in the challenge mounted by Azimio

Reassess religious dogmas that have developed in over 2000 years

Organisations that develop around those 'beginnings', as 'articles of faith', become religions that people defend and advance.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

Reassess religious dogmas that have developed in over 2000 years

Chinese president increasingly becoming a force in global diplomacy

Xi's recent activities, reconciling countries and aiming at a ceasefire in Ukraine, place him above others as a global diplomat and determinant of trends in the search for peace.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

Chinese president increasingly becoming a force in global diplomacy

Tribute to 'Muthuuri Mwega', one of disappearing breed of historians

They, like Walter Rodney in his How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, were radical in decolonising history. To those that he trusted, he could talk about his youthful days in the Mau Mau War.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

Tribute to 'Muthuuri Mwega', one of disappearing breed of historians

ICC was purposefully created to protect interests of all great powers

Global institutions adapt to new realities. With signs that the United Nations, one such institution suffers creeping decay, calls for reforms in the composition of the Security Council get loud.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

ICC was purposefully created to protect interests of all great powers

Tunisian president clearly has low regard for dark-skinned Africans

Arab states tend to look down on those in tropical Africa. At the bottom of that hierarchy of geopolitical snobbery, therefore, are African countries.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

Tunisian president clearly has low regard for dark-skinned Africans

Senator Orwoba not the first person to try and turn ridicule into honour

European contemporaries receive attention as purveyors of 'enlightenment', mainly because Europe was in global geopolitical ascendancy.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

Senator Orwoba not the first person to try and turn ridicule into honour

Erdogan's leadership style has failed to redeem Turkey's global image

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is trying to assert his global presence and to revive the Ottoman Empire that would stretch to Eastern Africa.

By Macharia Munene 7 months ago

Erdogan's leadership style has failed to redeem Turkey's global image

Pope Francis' message in Africa echoes papal concerns since 1960s

Francis' recent visit to war-torn Congo and South Sudan to call for predator accountability was in line with the integral spirit of the three papal encyclicals.

By Macharia Munene 7 months ago

Pope Francis' message in Africa echoes papal concerns since 1960s

For posterity's sake, retired military generals should write memoirs

Uhuru Kenyatta who, while president and during Munyua Waiyaki's funeral, urged people to record their experiences but there were no takers.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

For posterity's sake, retired military generals should write memoirs

How Kioni is taking advantage of DP Gachagua's political blunders

Having abandoned his denial attitude and initial tendency to find excuses Azimio/Jubilee losses, Kioni increasingly seems to focus on tearing the DP's political garment.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

How Kioni is taking advantage of DP Gachagua's political blunders

Trump and Bolsonaro poll results rejection might inspire many copycats

Coups through election results denial are likely to assume normalcy as demagogues in other countries try to emulate the negative aspects of American or Brazilian influence.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

Trump and Bolsonaro poll results rejection might inspire many copycats

The power struggle between Raila and Kalonzo can only intensify

Both men, desperate for recognition as opposition leaders, use Ruto as their political bouncing board as they compete to be seen faulting Ruto's government.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

The power struggle between Raila and Kalonzo can only intensify

Africa lacks strategic thinkers in the global geopolitical realignment

The image of African leaders being summoned like children for school-mummy-like advice or dressing down worries thoughtful Africans.

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago

Africa lacks strategic thinkers in the global geopolitical realignment

Ruto had a mixed bag in first 100 days, he needs to reflect on future

President Ruto seems to be hurrying to be seen to do things to keep the country busy, in the process giving an impression that he was gullible to international sweet-talking.

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago

Ruto had a mixed bag in first 100 days, he needs to reflect on future

Hasty decisions and blunders that have made president to look bad

Ruto has made interesting appointments to critical offices which should, in theory, help him discard the image of gullibility.

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago

Hasty decisions and blunders that have made president to look bad

Why Kenya has tighter relationship with Israel than other great powers

The reason for the exemption is that Kenya and Israel have very close relationship in which their people exhibit deep sentimental attachment to each other.

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago

Why Kenya has tighter relationship with Israel than other great powers

Why it is hard for Mount Kenya people to get a substantive leader

DP Rigathi Gachagua has an opportunity but he loses due to having little sense of civic occasion. Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga talks of possible political divorce.

By Macharia Munene 10 months ago

Why it is hard for Mount Kenya people to get a substantive leader

Signs of looming fallout in Azimio and Kenya Kwanza

Political coalitions have cyclical patterns of breaking-up that start with interest groups coming together to oppose common foes and they then end with the falling out of the coalescing parties.

By Macharia Munene 10 months ago

Signs of looming fallout in Azimio and Kenya Kwanza

Uhuru's efforts helping to boost President Ruto's international standing

A symbiotic relationship is developing between Ruto and Uhuru. As president, Uhuru's foreign policy was quite successful, and Ruto knows it.

By Macharia Munene 10 months ago

Uhuru's efforts helping to boost President Ruto's international standing

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