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Kidi Mwaga

General Ogola has left indelible mark in our military's history

To honour him, let his unfortunate demise give us the courage to truly “leave no stone unturned” in pursuit of truth and national healing.

General Ogola has left indelible mark in our military's history

We should give Ruto benefit of doubt to steady the Kenyan ship

We should give Ruto benefit of doubt to steady the Kenyan ship

Ruto will suffer politically if fake fertiliser cartels go unpunished

Ruto will suffer politically if fake fertiliser cartels go unpunished

Ruto should continue ignoring criticism over his housing plan

Ruto should continue ignoring criticism over his housing plan

Why the days of Kenyan ethnic political kingpins are numbered

The young leaders in the National Assembly must reject this temptation to declare themselves kingpins for this is the generation that must end ethnic chieftaincy in politics.

Why the days of Kenyan ethnic political kingpins are numbered

Kenya should stand firm and help end Haiti gangs menace

Kenya, as part of the international community, must step up to the challenge and help restore law and order in Haiti, which has had a very tragic history.

Kenya should stand firm and help end Haiti gangs menace

It is time for Kenyans to make difficult but necessary sacrifices

As Parliament fast-tracks the legislative changes to anchor the Nadco report, let us not turn a blind eye to individuals who were maimed or killed last year.

It is time for Kenyans to make difficult but necessary sacrifices

Enforce laws enacted to disrupt money laundering networks

In 2010, Kenya was listed as a high-risk country for delays in enacting laws to tackle criminal financial activities as well as failure to track money laundering.

Enforce laws enacted to disrupt money laundering networks

Raila has wisdom and creative optimism that Africa needs

The Africa of wars, disease, famine and conflict is a phase that we must now confine to the unmarked graveyard of history’s discarded lies for we can birth forth a dawn of hope for Africa.

By 2 months ago

Raila has wisdom and creative optimism that Africa needs

People accused of state capture cannot solve our problems

Let us come together to reject prejudice and contempt clothed in the garb of ethnic solidarity that most politicians have resorted to.

By 2 months ago

People accused of state capture cannot solve our problems

Kenyans should reject politics of clientelism and ethnic elitism

That Kenya must be a city upon a hill is non-negotiable. This must be an ideal that we, the people of Kenya, must fight for and defend with everything we have got.

By 2 months ago

Kenyans should reject politics of clientelism and ethnic elitism

Ruto is on right course, young people should keep the faith

As we have seen, the good intentions of the President have suffered a few setbacks which demonstrates that they can be perfected to ultimately carry the aspirations of the people.

By 2 months ago

Ruto is on right course, young people should keep the faith

Kenya's silver lining lies in the full integration of East Africa

Are we in a crisis? The intricate web of the socio-economic challenges that we are facing today leaves us no room to answer the question any other way but in the affirmative.

By 2 months ago

Kenya's silver lining lies in the full integration of East Africa

Use movies to change Kenya and Africa's global perceptions

Economic potential through massive job creation and billions in revenue can only be imagined.

By 3 months ago

Use movies to change Kenya and Africa's global perceptions

We must bring back character in politics for Kenya to prosper

A time has to come elect leaders in spirit and in truth of our most fundamental values. Leadership based on character.

By 3 months ago

We must bring back character in politics for Kenya to prosper

Ruto's steady hands steering Kenya toward progress, stability

Every single initiative by the government has received nothing but bullish outrage with absolutely no alternatives.

By 3 months ago

Ruto's steady hands steering Kenya toward progress, stability

Nyanza has suffered enough; it's time to chart a new path

Popularly known as the grandchildren of Ramogi (nyikwa Ramogi Ajwan’g), may have to engage in political open-heart surgery or else the region will lose its lustre and identity forever.

By 4 months ago

Nyanza has suffered enough; it's time to chart a new path

Ruto will ultimately bring down cost of living; let's give him time

When President Theodore Roosevelt talked about the man in the arena, he possibly had President William Ruto in mind.

By 4 months ago

Ruto will ultimately bring down cost of living; let's give him time

Kenya's political missteps and pathway to a better future

A country is as good as the institutions it erects and the leadership it bequeaths itself.

By 4 months ago

Kenya's political missteps and pathway to a better future

Bomas team did their job, it's our role to perfect the nation

Ours is an imperfect and unfinished society. May we always come together to finish that task of perfecting it.

By 4 months ago

Bomas team did their job, it's our role to perfect the nation

EAC integration a silver lining for Kenya, will boost economy

When public policy does not encourage the productive capacity of citizens then you know you are staring at a polity that is headed into an abyss.

By 4 months ago

EAC integration a silver lining for Kenya, will boost economy

Let's stop our dependence on imports, reinvest in production

With diminished production, we became largely dependent on exports, including fish from China. This then increasingly saw the dollar nosedive against the shilling.

By 5 months ago

Let's stop our dependence on imports, reinvest in production

Our economy is in turbulence, but the future looks bright

I know we didn’t elect an angel to the office of president. As such we must extend to him some grace as both sides of the political divide gives the president the headroom to deliver.

By 5 months ago

Our economy is in turbulence, but the future looks bright

Africa should free itself from the yoke of neo-colonialism

Those personality fights took us to 2022 elections with its ugly post-election fallout that we are still trying to apply a salve on through the National dialogue.

By 5 months ago

Africa should free itself from the yoke of neo-colonialism

Do not turn our political parties into special purpose vehicles

When the history of Jubilee is written, at least a footnote will be reserved for Sabina Chege, either for being too ambitious or too innocent to be the person who helped snuff life out of the party.

By 5 months ago

Do not turn our political parties into special purpose vehicles

'It's our turn to eat' mentality an existential threat to Kenya

We must rededicate ourselves to an anti-graft crusade that has no regard to political affiliation. We must come together as Kenyans and forge an ecumenism to rekindle the soul of the nation.

By 6 months ago

'It's our turn to eat' mentality an existential threat to Kenya

Only change of mindset can free citizens from political bondage

Media reports that the committee is yet to find a middle ground on the reconstitution of the IEBC is a pointer that Bomas as presently constituted is the big boys club for the big boys’ interests.

By 6 months ago

Only change of mindset can free citizens from political bondage

It will be hard for Raila to rally Luo Nyanza behind him in 2027

If Baba does not run, it will be an interesting election because the Luo Nyanza constituency will ask itself, "Where do we go from here?’’

By 6 months ago

It will be hard for Raila to rally Luo Nyanza behind him in 2027

Hustlers yet to reap from their investment in Kenya Kwanza

How else do you explain the reinstatement of Uhuru-era policies that we all knew lacked imagination and will to extend a hand up to those left out and left behind?

By 6 months ago

Hustlers yet to reap from their investment in Kenya Kwanza

Kenyans watching closely how State will deal with fuel prices

Taxes, prices of basic commodities and petroleum products have all been on steroids while incomes have remained stagnant, thereby occasioning loss of purchasing power.

By 7 months ago

Kenyans watching closely how State will deal with fuel prices

Fragmenting counties will bolster ethnic nationalism

A disproportionate chunk of revenue remains at the centre. Devolving resources and power must never be misconstrued as a tool to heighten ethnic and tribal differences.

By 7 months ago

Fragmenting counties will bolster ethnic nationalism

Just energy transition key to accelerating green growth

African countries, in particular, must find innovative ways of fostering economic growth and development while jealously guarding against natural resource depletion.

By 7 months ago

Just energy transition key to accelerating green growth

Give the youth reason to believe they are part of change process

The Kenyan youth has received enough flak on account that they did not participate in the last general elections.

By 7 months ago

Give the youth reason to believe they are part of change process

Electric vehicles key in Africa's fight against climate change

Africa must prioritise mass introduction of electric transportation infrastructure and energy storage, coupled with greater usage of technologies to improve energy efficiency.

By 8 months ago

Electric vehicles key in Africa's fight against climate change

Raila lost, Ruto won; let them talk and end their differences

There was complacency among many Azimio fanatics and the deep state illusion became a poisoned chalice rather than a boon to the coalition.

By 8 months ago

Raila lost, Ruto won; let them talk and end their differences

Let your choices help to build, not to destroy our motherland

The future of our country is in our hands. We must jealously guard that future with all we have got. I reject as false, the narrative that government has all the solutions.

By 8 months ago

Let your choices help to build, not to destroy our motherland

Three sins we must purge from our national psyche to prosper

But a time of reckoning has come. We must confront all the sins we have either committed or tolerated in the course of our nation building.

By 8 months ago

Three sins we must purge from our national psyche to prosper

Two decades of bad choices to blame for current predicament

The choices we have made in the past 20 years have brought us to this grinding gridlock of insensitive politics. We killed the constitution-making process that helped end Kanu’s 40-year stranglehold.

By 9 months ago

Two decades of bad choices to blame for current predicament

Mr President, this is what we expect from your government

Ruto, your hustler narrative won so many hearts on the campaign trail. It appeared that finally, there is a government that is going to reward honest work. But that hope was quickly dashed.

By 9 months ago

Mr President, this is what we expect from your government

Let's not tear our country apart due to politics, economic woes

We cannot fight poverty and meaningfully enact programmes of social uplift if we remain a country where everyone is at war with everyone.

By 9 months ago

Let's not tear our country apart due to politics, economic woes

Ruto is right; time has come for Africa to chart its own course

Foreign leaders have come to the continent with their prescriptions to African problems while turning a blind eye to the mistreatment that Africa has suffered in the hands of the West.

By 9 months ago

Ruto is right; time has come for Africa to chart its own course

Why the days of Kenyan ethnic political kingpins are numbered

The young leaders in the National Assembly must reject this temptation to declare themselves kingpins for this is the generation that must end ethnic chieftaincy in politics.

Why the days of Kenyan ethnic political kingpins are numbered

Kenya should stand firm and help end Haiti gangs menace

Kenya, as part of the international community, must step up to the challenge and help restore law and order in Haiti, which has had a very tragic history.

Kenya should stand firm and help end Haiti gangs menace

It is time for Kenyans to make difficult but necessary sacrifices

As Parliament fast-tracks the legislative changes to anchor the Nadco report, let us not turn a blind eye to individuals who were maimed or killed last year.

It is time for Kenyans to make difficult but necessary sacrifices

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