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Breaking the Odinga spell on the Luo
The Odinga family’s long political influence over the Luo community is waning, with emerging leaders and shifting alliances signalling the end of “Odingaism.”
By Macharia Munene
2026-05-04 08:00:00
By Macharia Munene
2026-04-27 16:19:50
President William Ruto is seeking to win over Luo Nyanza, a region long dominated by Raila Odinga, amid a historical legacy of political rivalry and succession struggles.
By Macharia Munene
2026-04-13 10:00:00
In Kenya, widespread religious practice often overshadows genuine personal faith, highlighting the difference between organised religion and individual spirituality.
By Macharia Munene
2026-04-06 06:00:00
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama made news calling for the United Nations General Assembly to recognise the slave trade as a gross crime against humanity.
By Macharia Munene
2026-03-30 16:48:56
Trump is seemingly determined to reset American and world history by attacking universities and other institutions that he thinks portray the United States wrongly.
By Macharia Munene
2026-03-29 08:30:00
Kenya’s growing desperation stems from a volatile mix of internal instability and external pressures such as digital disruption, insecurity, and climate shocks.
By Macharia Munene
2026-03-23 00:00:00
In his anti-Obama/Biden drive, Trump forcefully asserted himself, claimed Canada and Greenland, insulted allies, and beat up on Iran.
By Macharia Munene
2026-03-16 00:00:00
These are times of manufactured world chaos that disrupt accepted international order and place African countries in geopolitical binds arising from colonial conditioning.
By Macharia Munene
2026-03-09 00:00:00
John Mbadi lacks Jaramogi Oginga Odinga’s ability to command public trust or Raila Amolo Odinga’s spell binding magnetism.
By Macharia Munene
2026-03-02 08:45:00
Trump appears to engage in extreme pettiness which drives others first into despair and then into a reluctant sense of rebelliousness.
By Macharia Munene
2026-02-16 00:00:00
The mainstream media are in a geopolitical and ideological wilderness, having lost dominance to new players, digital/internet, who ignore set rules of operational decorum.
By Macharia Munene
2026-02-09 00:00:00
During the 2026 meeting, there was a ‘rupture’ of the leadership type in which Mark Carney of the middle power, Canada, displaced Donald Trump as leader of the Conceptual West.
By Macharia Munene
2026-02-02 00:00:00
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