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Barrack Muluka

Did Uhuru's advisers get it wrong on Mt Kenya?

The big numbers have already added up. Now it is small numbers that count. Every plus matters. The smallest single-unit minus is painful. Herein resides the philosophy of everyone coming out to vote.

By Barrack Muluka 2 days ago

Did Uhuru's advisers get it wrong on Mt Kenya?

The making of Azimio: Political milestone for handshake duo

The making of Azimio: Political milestone for handshake duo

By Barrack Muluka 8 days ago

Let's disappoint doomsday scribes and purveyors of untruths on polls

Let's disappoint doomsday scribes and purveyors of untruths on polls

By Barrack Muluka 10 days ago

Raila, Wajackoyah scored own goal by snubbing the big debate

Raila, Wajackoyah scored own goal by snubbing the big debate

By Barrack Muluka 17 days ago

Missing Embakasi East Returning Officer Daniel Musyoka found dead

Daniel Mbolu Musyoka, the missing IEBC officer in charge of Embakasi East, has been found dead.

By Brian Okoth and Kamore Maina 31 mins ago

Missing Embakasi East Returning Officer Daniel Musyoka found dead

New president must make tough choices to kickstart economy

The close nature of this election is why many had suggested that the incumbent president should have been neutral.

By XN Iraki 43 mins ago

New president must make tough choices to kickstart economy

John Ngumi: The blue-eyed boy of State corporations

For a man who claims he never lobbies for appointments, John Ngumi has been on a roll, bagging top positions on the boards of major State-owned enterprises.

By Macharia Kamau 1 hr ago

John Ngumi: The blue-eyed boy of State corporations

Conceding after losing is graceful and classy

Who knew there would be a time when election losers would openly, publicly and proactively concede, even before the final result is pronounced?

By Cosmas Butunyi 1 hr ago

Conceding after losing is graceful and classy

Profile: The four IEBC commissioners who disowned presidential results

Four IEBC commissioners have walked out of Bomas of Kenya saying they do not take ownership of the results announced by Chairman Wafula Chebukati.

By Amos Mabinda and Patrick Vidija 1 hr ago

Cool under fire: Chebukati the soft-spoken man of steel

A lawyer, Wafula Chebukati was tasked with shepherding a new commission in 2017. His team came into office in January 2017.

By Amos Kareithi and Brian Otieno 1 hr ago

Cool under fire: Chebukati the soft-spoken man of steel

Irungu Kang'ata extends fairy-tale journey with governor win

Irungu Kang’ata emerged the winner on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket to succeed second-term governor Mwangi wa Iria.

By Wainaina Ndung’u and Boniface Gikandi 1 hr ago

Irungu Kang'ata extends fairy-tale journey with governor win

Tracing the roots: Where Karua, Gachagua grew up

Martha Karua hails from Kathande in Kimunye, Kabare ward. Gachagua resides two constituencies away in Hiriga, Mathira, Nyeri.

By Wainaina Ndung'u 1 hr ago

Tracing the roots: Where Karua, Gachagua grew up

Too close yet too far: Raila's fifth loss, a dream deferred again

Raila Odinga's fifth attempt at the presidency perhaps brings an end to his ambition in leading the country after a relentless campaign for the top job

By Oscar Obonyo 1 hr ago

Too close yet too far: Raila's fifth loss, a dream deferred again

President-elect: How Ruto made it to the top

For Kenya’s new president, the journey to State House has been a long and winding one that on many occasions threatened to derail.

By Daniel Wesangula 1 hr ago

President-elect: How Ruto made it to the top

Is the government using food as a weapon in this year's election?

According to the Kenya Government, “the cost living” is the price of maize flour. Hence the government is providing a subsidy to cushion Kenyans against the cost of living for a few weeks.

By Barrack Muluka 24 days ago

Is the government using food as a weapon in this year's election?

Echoes from 2017 and IEBC's unenviable task before and after polls

Claims of planned rigging, unfinished business between Chebukati and Chiloba could determine how elections go as commission walks the tightrope over the next three weeks

By Barrack Muluka 29 days ago

Echoes from 2017 and IEBC's unenviable task before and after polls

Martha Karua can't lecture anyone on anger, her tantrums are legend

Muluka doubts Karua could stand on any moral high ground to question anyone’s emotional comportment. In her own way, she has anger issues, which she is unable to manage in public.

By Barrack Muluka 30 days ago

Martha Karua can't lecture anyone on anger, her tantrums are legend

Why it's dishonest to blow Ruto slap remarks out of proportion

To blow out of proportion Ruto’s hyperbole is fine. Not so fine is to cast aspersions on the integrity of IEBC. Experience has it that with such rail at IEBC, they will reject results.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Why it's dishonest to blow Ruto slap remarks out of proportion

Good, bad and the ugly of Raila Odinga, William Ruto and George Wajackoyah party manifestos

Roots party believe legalizing marijuana and selling it on global markets, will bring trillions of dollars. Both Kenya Kwanza and Azimio coalitions have similar proposals on many issues.

By Barack Muluka 1 month ago

Good, bad and the ugly of Raila Odinga, William Ruto and George Wajackoyah party manifestos

In whose hands? The State must disclose deals with other entities

Kenya’s narrative on corruption revolves around denial, scapegoating and hypocrisy. Last week’s column wondered who ‘we’ refers to in the question, “In whose hands are we safe?”

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

In whose hands? The State must disclose deals with other entities

No Mr President, we are not yet brave enough to undo land theft

Kenya has witnessed systematic derogation of land rights over the past 59 years. Public land, especially, has been stolen with impunity.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

No Mr President, we are not yet brave enough to undo land theft

If this election is about cost of living, which coalition wins it?

Besides belonging to certain tribes, there is nothing special about these three people. It surprises me that we should follow any one of them, just because they are from our tribe.

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

If this election is about cost of living, which coalition wins it?

Whittle down fear of defeat and let big four compete for top seat

Informing the campaigns is fear of losing this all important single poll. When people ask whether the IEBC is ready for the elections, they mean the presidential election. The stakes are that high.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Whittle down fear of defeat and let big four compete for top seat

Madaraka Day snob of William Ruto is all what Kenyans could remember

There would be no President Uhuru Kenyatta without William Ruto. We say here in Emanyulia, no matter how badly a friend wrongs you, think even of the littlest good he did for you.

By Barack Muluka 2 months ago

Madaraka Day snob of William Ruto is all what Kenyans could remember

With all these, Kenya requires little to push it over the cliff

The country staggers from state fragility towards state failure. Make no mistake, the fuel crises across the country are only one of the indicators.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

With all these, Kenya requires little to push it over the cliff

With fall of BBI, Uhuru and Raila must ask hard questions

Future generations will read about this season as the age in which the Kenyan Judiciary found its feet, courtesy of the 2010 Constitution.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

With fall of BBI, Uhuru and Raila must ask hard questions

Why Queen Mother must not take sides in certain contests

The Mother of the Nation must safeguard her diplomatic immunity by being measured in her public pronouncements on Kenya’s civics.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Why Queen Mother must not take sides in certain contests

Kalonzo’s horror of parties that signed what they didn’t know

It cannot be true that the 15 or so political parties that signed the Azimio la Umoja Coalition agreement did not understand the covenant?

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Kalonzo’s horror of parties that signed what they didn’t know

Boda boda chaos: Let political class deliver promises or else...

A motorist in a traffic mishap was sexually abused in broad daylight. And Nairobi looked on; cold, unmoved.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Boda boda chaos: Let political class deliver promises or else...

Ask Raila, Ruto hard questions or get 5 years of refined rubbish

So far, the competition between them has been about who takes home the crown of insolence.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Ask Raila, Ruto hard questions or get 5 years of refined rubbish

Uhuru has a right to be angry but with dignity and decorum

Those close to him might find it a little awkward to talk to him about the need for sedate management of the emotional domain in public space.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Uhuru has a right to be angry but with dignity and decorum

I have always dreamt of a Raila presidency, but not like this

I remain persuaded that, regardless of what Justice Johannes Kriegler says about the 2007 election outcome, Raila's 2007 election was stolen.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

I have always dreamt of a Raila presidency, but not like this

Why Uhuru should let State House contest just play out

Now that it is clear there are two main camps in the August 9 presidential race, I am also clear about how I purpose to vote.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Why Uhuru should let State House contest just play out

Don’t worship Raila or Ruto for that could trigger misrule

Between Raila Odinga and William Ruto, one is most certainly set to be Kenya’s president by Christmas. Don’t rule out rest of the aspirants, however.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Don’t worship Raila or Ruto for that could trigger misrule

Journalism owes us the truth on politics and graft cartels

A key role for journalism is the interpretation of experience. This involves the expression of memory. The scribe opens up stores of experience.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Journalism owes us the truth on politics and graft cartels

Kenya is dead, despite having law protecting sanctity of life

If we are not a dead country, what are we? A soulless nation is a dead society.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Kenya is dead, despite having law protecting sanctity of life

How Raila-Ruto power contest could bring back 2007/8 ghosts

We are hurtling into exceptionally dangerous space, in Kenya, complete with selective memory of recent history and explosive rubble rousing politics.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

How Raila-Ruto power contest could bring back 2007/8 ghosts

Mulembe nation’s foolishness is good news to Ruto and Raila

A limping antelope will not survive. The lions will snack on it, way before breakfast. Survival for the fittest is the name of the game.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

Mulembe nation’s foolishness is good news to Ruto and Raila

If not managed well, Raila-Ruto camps could unleash violence

President Kenyatta and Raila have made peace, yes. But they have also jointly engaged the country in fresh hostility between their camp and Ruto’s.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

If not managed well, Raila-Ruto camps could unleash violence