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Waweru Mugo

The Omieri Mystery

Akin to a deity, the python’s sighting meant good fortune. And when she died, people mourned deeply, condolence books were opened for messages of sympathy to her husband Nyakach and funds raised towards her burial.

By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

The Omieri Mystery

Parliament’s Futile bid to oust Vice President

Parliament’s Futile bid to oust Vice President

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

How vote of no confidence against VP Saitoti flopped

How vote of no confidence against VP Saitoti flopped

By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Grave disorder in Parliament as MPs throw blows

Grave disorder in Parliament as MPs throw blows

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

When will justice come knocking for Wagalla victims?

Slightly more than three years ago, then Wajir West MP Adan Keynan emotionally broke down on the floor of Parliament, when memories of how he lost his brother, uncle and sister to senseless killings in his backyard came flooding back.

By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

When will justice come knocking for Wagalla victims?

Nyayo pioneer: At last Kenya gets a car to call its own

The story is told of how former President Moi in the 1980s asked the University of Nairobi to come up with a car “however ugly or slow it may be”.

By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Nyayo pioneer: At last Kenya gets a car to call its own

Trail of tears as troops rape Kenyan Women

Hundreds of Maasai and Samburu women who were abused by the British Army have been denied justice to date

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

Trail of tears as troops rape Kenyan Women

Tragedy of fake cruise ship jobs and millions lost

The allure of big money was so compelling that none of the jobless thousands stopped to think through the deal or read between the lines.

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

Tragedy of fake cruise ship jobs and millions lost

When MPs laid bare taboo subject of homosexuality

Slightly over 16 years ago, then Local Government Assistant Minister Dr Elon Wameyo narrated to an attentive Parliament the story of a young civil servant working with the Customs Department in Mombasa.

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

When MPs laid bare taboo subject of homosexuality

Celebrating four decades of free primary education policy

Old and balding, Kimani Maruge, wearing his trademark smile and aided by a stick, slowly walked into the Eldoret Kapkenduiywo Primary School in January 2004 and wrote his name into the Guinness Book of World Records.

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

Celebrating four decades of free primary education policy

Day Kenyatta hinted at partial ban on miniskirts

Last December, Kenyans woke up to news that in neighbouring Uganda, the Parliament had passed an anti-pornography Bill that would effectively ban women from wearing miniskirts.

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

Day Kenyatta hinted at partial ban on miniskirts

Day MPs spread lies about family planning

Kenya is a country of many firsts. In the 1970s, it had an enviable world record — the second fastest population growth globally! It is claimed it upped this to probably having the highest population growth rate in the world over the next decade.

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

Day MPs spread lies about family planning

What’s in a name?

If you call a rose by any other name, would it still smell as sweet? Well, it would not, according to founding President Jomo Kenyatta.

By By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

What’s in a name?

Akasha death opened A PEEK into Kenyan drug dealings

One day in May 2000, Kenyan drug lord Ibrahim Akasha was walking hand-in-hand with his wife when a gunman on a motorbike sped by.

By By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Akasha death opened A PEEK into Kenyan drug dealings

How students led protest for the second liberation

The story is told of how, on February 10, 1985, University of Nairobi student Mwandawiro Mghanga inspected a guard of honour mounted by students.

By By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

How students led protest for the second liberation

Africa’s biggest drugs haul shamed Kenya

It was the largest ever drugs haul in Africa. Seized in December 2004, the cocaine weighed more than 1,000 kilogrammes and was worth Sh6 billion.

By By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Africa’s biggest drugs haul shamed Kenya

How Kenya’s constitution was mutilated for selfish gains

One would expect compelling reasons for amending a country’s constitution. However, changing it to help a friend sounds like quite an unlikely one.

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

How Kenya’s constitution was mutilated for selfish gains

Cholmondeley murder cases stoked memories of colonial oppression

Among the issues that have shone the spotlight on Kenya’s ties with her former colonial master, the murder trials of Thomas Cholmondeley, a great-grandson of British aristocrat Lord Delamere, stands out.

By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

Cholmondeley murder cases stoked memories of colonial oppression

Mysterious Deaths of MPs that raised suspicion of foul play

In a country where deaths of a number of prominent personalities are believed to have been masterminded by their political opponents, the passing away of MPs has often been associated with foul play

By BY WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Mysterious Deaths of MPs that raised suspicion of foul play

How the ‘mlolongo’ system doomed polls

On August 20, 1986, Kanu delegates made a resolution that would scandalise elections for decades to come

By BY WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

How the ‘mlolongo’ system doomed polls

Mystery of weapons near State House in Njonjo inquiry

When a Judicial Commission was set up to investigate former Constitutional Affairs Minister Charles Njonjo in 1983, one of its immediate tasks was to investigate a cache of weapons found in a house on Lenana Road.

By By Waweru Mugo 10 years ago

Mystery of weapons near State House in Njonjo inquiry

When city council was dissolved over corruption

If there is one local authority that has over the past decades failed to serve its people, it is the former Nairobi City Council

By BY WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

When city council was dissolved over corruption

Errant MPs approve of wife beating, polygamy and child sex

How ridiculous can MPs get? One would expect lawmakers to be on the forefront of defending children, respect for women as well as strengthening the family for a happier society.

By BY WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Errant MPs approve of wife beating, polygamy and child sex

Kenya’s first terror attack caught police unawares

On the afternoon of December 23, 1980, a smartly dressed gentleman strolled into the spacious lobby of Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi.

By By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Kenya’s first terror attack caught police unawares

Was he assassinated? Bishop Muge’s death remains a mystery

Anglican man of the cloth spent a good deal of his time criticising government for abuse of rights.

By By WAWERU MUGO 10 years ago

Was he assassinated? Bishop Muge’s death remains a mystery

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