By Patrick Gathara via Gathara’s world. It is easy to poke holes into the report of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. And I’m certain many will seek do so. Journalists are, after all, a pretty cynical lot. We delight in nothing more than tearing down the edifices of officialdom and being the small axe …
By: Jacktone S. Ambuka The white house released president Obama’s itinerary for his visit to African countries. Surprisingly, Kenya, the land of president Obama’s father was “black-listed.” Most Kenyans anticipated throwing a home-coming party of a life-time for “their son” following his second term win. Unfortunately, that will not happen. Obama will snub Kenya. The …
President Uhuru with Senior Security Officers after holding a consultative meeting at State House, Nairobi last week By: Jacktone S. Ambuka Uhuru and Ruto are suffering from moral integrity deficiency syndrome to end politically instigated violence As president Uhuru Kenyatta presided over crisis meeting last week on Thursday at state house to asses deteriorating security …
By Dikembe Disembe What exactly did Professor Nasibi want to pass across? What exactly did Professor Nasibi want to pass across? An opinion piece by Professor Indiatsi Nasibi of United states International University published on Sunday Nation (May 19, 2013) under the title ‘management of universities a mockery of devolution’ cannot go unchallenged. When a …
By: Tony Oyugi Uhuru Kenyatta’s government has been trying very hard to tell us that it will meet its election pledges, events of his FIVE week administration show a very different scary picture- a government that is slowly embarking on wastage of public funds! In one of the two presidential debates in February 2013 then …
By Miguna Miguna, Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Kenya’s a new Attorney General Githu Muigai declared shortly after being sworn in that his first order of business would be to tackle old corruption cases like Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing. ‘Amen,’ many frustrated Kenyans might have sighed in relief; ‘at long last we shall see some super …
By Nyambega Gisesa for the Standard. The Occupy Parliament May 14th protests made one thing clear, there is a new breed of activists in town. They are among thousands of young Kenyans from all walks of life, who are changing the face of activism. On their Facebook pages they received words of appreciation and encouragement …
By Patrick Gathara via Gathara’s world There is an interesting scene in one of those dreary, black and white independence era TV documentaries that the media trots out every national holiday. A colonial settler expresses his shock and outrage at the brutality of the Mau Mau uprising. He seems genuinely outraged that a man to …
By Jacktone S. Ambuka Known for his skepticism of a powerful government and his love for individual and collective liberty, third president of the United States Mr. Thomas Jefferson said “when the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people; there is liberty.” The words of Thomas Jefferson came into …
By Rashid Wanjala Even though I have ethical, moral and fundamental differences about the direction that Kenya should move, of the two principals, it’s clear to see that Ruto’s ineptitude and ineffectiveness as manifestly evident is pulling Jubilee down. His nominees even though academically qualified, were lacking in color during the vetting that even the …