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Argwings Kodhek: First black lawyer in EA was an achiever
Kodhek used his education to push for independence, particularly in relation to colonial injustices. He employed his legal expertise to defend Mau Mau fighters in court.
By Silas Nyamweya
2023-11-16 16:30:00
At the height of his career, Obasie Palinyang entertained Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Nakuru and Malaba and former president Daniel Arap Moi at his Kabarak home.
By Silas Nyamweya
May. 8, 2022
May. 8, 2022
Dr Onyonka was one of Tom Mboya’s student airlifts beneficiaries of the 1960s, alongside the likes of Rtd Justice Zacchaeus Chesoni, former Wildlife Director Perez Olindo and Helen Wamere.
By Silas Nyamweya
Apr. 25, 2022
Apr. 25, 2022
Elijah Masinde founded Dini ya Msambwa when he left the Friends’ Church after they rejected his plans to take a second wife.
By Kenyatta Otieno
Apr. 8, 2022
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Back where I was born and brought up, elders advised a person suffering from constipation to run around a granary while blowing air on it. The wisdom was that it would relieve tension in one’s belly, and, some claimed, also kill vermin.
Rules are made for man and not man for the rules. That’s a paraphrase of a biblical quote when Jesus was asked why his disciples had picked grain on the Sabbath. It is a quote worth remembering for the rest of the year as the church calls for fresh elections.
I have killed a few snakes in my life. Some I did as a teenager herding my father’s cattle in the village (often with an African Writer’s Series novel in one hand and a sturdy stick in the other). Some snakes were small, others were green like the grass, blending their deadly beauty with the grass the cows relished.
When Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai took office on Wednesday under a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe, Kenya’s formula for political expedience was repeated almost to a tee.
A recent opinion poll indicated that Kenyans had lost faith in politicians and put their trust in the media. Some 22 per cent of those sampled said they trusted Parliament, while 88 per cent trusted the media, according to the Steadman poll.
A few years ago, a group of journalists were awarded prizes for various activities in the media. Witnessed and partly sponsored by corporate firms, diplomatic institutions and private individuals, the Journalist of the Year Awards (Joya) turned into a rueful function that marked one of the lowest ebbs of the profession in Kenya.
Kenya has not had a good year. As if post-election violence was not enough, the country now has to contend with crazy food prices.
Yes, crazy prices. How else can one describe a country endowed with arable land and favourable climate selling maize meal, the people’s staple food, at more than double its price this time last year?
Congratulations to US President-elect Barack Obama. As the ‘Obama’ public holiday ends, bar hoppers staggered back to work, singers turned down the volume and workers returned to work.
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