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Nicholas Asego

Why our youth must be helped to fully utilise their potential

God has given each of us brains, but some choke them with smoke, some drench them with alcohol, and others sterilize them with drugs.

By Nicholas Asego, David Oginde 1 year ago

Why our youth must be helped to fully utilise their potential

Our resilience will guide us through this year

Our resilience will guide us through this year

By Nicholas Asego 2 years ago

Move quickly to address pressing challenges in the education sector

Move quickly to address pressing challenges in the education sector

By Nicholas Asego 2 years ago

Let's help people of Marsabit put food on their table

Let's help people of Marsabit put food on their table

By Nicholas Asego 2 years ago

Kemsa probe unmasking sham of MPs’ inquiries

There are high chances that those who have appeared before the committees will not suffer much personal loss.

By Nicholas Asego 2 years ago

Kemsa probe unmasking sham of MPs’ inquiries

Desperate for affection? Go and cuddle a cow

People are signing up to hug cows at sanctuaries across the country.

By Nicholas Asego 3 years ago

Desperate for affection? Go and cuddle a cow

City women shifting gears in growing motorbike culture

A few female riders share how they have learnt how to avoid reckless city driving, especially by matatu drivers.

By Nicholas Asego 6 years ago

City women shifting gears in growing motorbike culture

Need to rethink toll stations

Under the new system, motorists will be required to pay a specific fee every time they use the road. For example, if the private contractor will charge Sh200 per trip, a motorist travelling from Thika to Mombasa Road will be required to pay at least Sh800 for the return trip.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Need to rethink toll stations

US move to downgrade security threat in Kenya welcome

The move by the United States to downgrade security threat in Kenya is welcome. It means that investors, especially Americans, can now set up base in the country.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

US move to downgrade security threat in Kenya welcome

Kenya government must act fast to stop illegal logging

It poses great danger to our five water towers - Mau Forest Complex, Mount Kenya, the Aberdares, Mount Elgon and Cherangani.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Kenya government must act fast to stop illegal logging

President Magufuli has proved fighting graft starts from the top

Out of Africa’s current leaders, none has earned great acclaim like visiting Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

President Magufuli has proved fighting graft starts from the top

Tanzania President John Magufuli visit to Kenya golden

Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli is expected in Kenya for a two-day visit starting today. And it could not have come at a better time given the many instances that have strained ties between the two countries.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Tanzania President John Magufuli visit to Kenya golden

State must act tough to end unrest in Kerio

It is shameful that citizens of a country that purports to have a robust security apparatus have been forced to seek refuge in caves due to attacks from marauding cattle rustlers. Over 20 people have been killed so far.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

State must act tough to end unrest in Kerio

Punish culprits in the Sh5b Health scam

According to an audit commissioned by Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu, the money may have been stolen in the past financial year or paid to fake companies.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Punish culprits in the Sh5b Health scam

Borrow wisely and account for public cash

The International Monetary Fund in its latest Economic Outlook report has projected an impressive growth for Kenya in 2016, but it has also issued a red alert about the country’s fiscal deficit.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Borrow wisely and account for public cash

Amina Mohammed the only 'man' in Uhuru's Cabinet

While eulogising the late Economics Planning Minister Zachary Onyonka, his contemporary and fellow intellectual Mwai Kibaki simply said, “This man understood how the Government works”.

By Nicholas Asego and Ted Malanda 7 years ago

Amina Mohammed the only 'man' in Uhuru's Cabinet

Wamalwa speaks more politics than water issues

When Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa was appointed, people from Western Kenya mumbled that he was given a morsel.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Wamalwa speaks more politics than water issues

Chase Bank is back, now let’s keep it open

Central Bank of Kenya needs to increase its supervisory role. And it is not enough to induce fear by wielding its big stick, it needs to start using it.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Chase Bank is back, now let’s keep it open

Tackle acts of hooliganism in Kenyan football

The recent acts of violence involving two of the country’s most famous clubs, AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia, show that more needs to be done to tackle this vice.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Tackle acts of hooliganism in Kenyan football

Former Kenya's first lady Mama Lucy Kibaki's legacy

Mama Lucy was fiercely loyal to her husband, deeply protective of her family and a proud nationalist. She espoused the virtues many envy: she was candid, honest to a fault and driven in what she believed in.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Former Kenya's first lady Mama Lucy Kibaki's legacy

Why all must tread carefully on IEBC

The furore over the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has heightened. The Opposition has not been at ease with the IEBC after it disputed the outcome of the 2013 General Election at the Supreme Court.

By Nicholas Asego 7 years ago

Why all must tread carefully on IEBC

Governors must tackle poor health services

It is therefore expected that as the devolution conference gets underway in Meru, the health issue will be front and centre.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

Governors must tackle poor health services

Probe police killings in Kenya

For even in a situation where an arrest could have been effected, trigger-happy officers have opted to kill rather than apprehend suspects.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

Probe police killings in Kenya

Irate Kenyans take on President Uhuru over foreign tours

When President Uhuru Kenyatta travelled to South Africa from Paris, France, for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), not everyone was pleased.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

Irate Kenyans take on President Uhuru over foreign tours

This man Keynan... what a brilliant and forward-looking legislator

You might be forgiven to think Eldas MP Adan Keynan is always angry at something. He speaks very fast and in a frightening, shrill voice.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

This man Keynan... what a brilliant and forward-looking legislator

Kenyan legislators have now become spiritual leaders

Their aggressive and war-like behaviour is legendary. They have been described as a selfish lot, clowns who have no vision.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

Kenyan legislators have now become spiritual leaders

Self-centred Adan Keynan and his odd bills

In an interview with a local media house, Adan Keynan once described himself as a protector of life. But this was before he was accused of murdering Somali MP Ibrahim Ali Abdulle in a trial that took two years and was terminated in 2005.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

Self-centred Adan Keynan and his odd bills

How energetic American leader left Kenyans in awe

From the moment he landed on Kenyan soil on Friday night, President Barack Obama exhibited rare stamina through a rigorous itinerary packed with back to back meetings.

By Nicholas Asego and David Ohito 8 years ago

How energetic American leader left Kenyans in awe

Obama’s big dream that made him rule world

So many things can happen in 28 years. One can rise from a nondescript person to become the most powerful man in the world. This is the story of US President Barack Obama.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

Obama’s big dream that made him rule world

Bill Clinton starts his 3-day tour of Kenya

A chartered airplane carrying the former US President Bill Clinton made an unscheduled stop in Tanzania due to one of the engine's malfunction.

By Nicholas Asego 8 years ago

Bill Clinton starts his 3-day tour of Kenya

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