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Ruto's bold G7 appeal rings hollow without concrete action at home

If African leaders want their speeches to have any meaningful impact at such high-level forums, they have no choice but to fix their economies at home.

By Patrick Muinde 2026-06-20 07:20:00

Ruto's bold G7 appeal rings hollow without concrete action at home

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Public debt is the black hole in Mbadi's budget that no one wants to confront

By Patrick Muinde 2026-06-06 09:00:00

The Luhya vote is powerful on paper, yet remains paralysed in practice

A community split three ways between Ruto supporters, Natembeya's Tawe Movement and Sifuna's opposition alliance is a community whose vote is already dispersed.

By Alexander Chagema 2026-05-26 06:00:00

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Mr President, the State is helpless if matatu owners ground their vehicles

The roughly 36-hour-long fuel protests by Matatu operators at the start of this week has exposed the long-term costs of corruption and ineptitude in government.

By Patrick Muinde 2026-05-23 09:15:00

Mr President, the State is helpless if matatu owners ground their vehicles

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Mr President, retire means pack your bags and leave

The noble thing is for His Excellency the President to collect his retirement package and go, when the time comes.

By Barrack Muluka
Apr. 22, 2022

Mr President, retire means pack your bags and leave

Fuel crisis: Time for power of the people over politicians, cartels

Was this the job of greedy, profiteering petroleum dealers? Will anyone pay for the colossal loss of business and the inconvenience to millions of Kenyans? Highly unlikely.

By Andrew Kipkemboi
Apr. 10, 2022

Fuel crisis: Time for power of the people over politicians, cartels

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Time will tell whether Azimio holds together following recent changes

Azimio portrayed itself as the movement of the establishment and was attractive to those middle-class people who appeared stuck in the middle.

By Macharia Munene
Apr. 10, 2022

Time will tell whether Azimio holds together following recent changes

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Helping-the-poor campaign talk akin to laughing at the needy

The election campaign narrative of “helping the poor, the small person, mama mboga” is very patronising, to say the least.

By Elias Mokua
Mar. 24, 2022

Helping-the-poor campaign talk akin to laughing at the needy

Leaders insulting each other at rallies expose their weaknesses

It is base, it is primitive, and portray the exact opposite of the image one might want to project in their quest for leadership.

By David Oginde
Feb. 13, 2022

Leaders insulting each other at rallies expose their weaknesses

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Party mergers create a soft landing for underperformers

For 30 years at every election cycle, there have emerged groups fronting a new shade of merger after another.

By Andrew Kipkemboi
Feb. 7, 2022

Party mergers create a soft landing for underperformers

Yes, no law can fix politicians mistrust in alliance building

Critics say the Bill is a gimmick to benefit the politicos aligned to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

By Ken Opalo
Jan. 7, 2022

Yes, no law can fix politicians mistrust in alliance building

How and when to use punctuation marks

Cases have been observed where writers either omit a question mark at the end of a direct question or include a question mark at the end of a reported

By Alexander Chagema
Nov. 26, 2018

Elections: Why we need to worry

Fast forward: the date is August 9, 2017; the election results should be announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. The IEBC chairman decides otherwise and declares he will not announce the results for the presidential votes.

By Mohamed Guleid
Jan. 30, 2017