Archives for November 2013

A man who suffers no fools gladly, he was impatient throughout the interview and had no kind words for Ali Mazrui, Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Taban Lo Liyong, writers that he has consistently fought in the media since the 1970s. Yet his physical demeanour belies his combative nature. The 70-year-old professor now walks slowly, supporting […]

By Njonjo Mue In 1963 a delegation of Kenyan politicians from across the political divide gathered in Lancaster House to negotiate the country’s independence constitution. There was a long stand-off between KANU and KADU with the former favouring a centralized system of governance and the latter favouring a decentralized Majimbo system. Exhausted at the slow […]

Jackson Njuguna Karanja was today arraigned before Resident Magistrate Stella Nekesa Televa in Thika charged with the rape and indecent assault. Karanja who was nominated by Kiambu County Governor William Kabogo now risks loosing his seat because of the offense, which carries punitive penalty, including death, if found guilty.  The 35 year old former Ruiru […]

President Uhuru Kenyatta today suspended 6 Judicial Service Commissioners among them prominent city lawyer Ahmednasir Abdulahi. Others shown the door includes Rev Kobia, Justice Mohamed Warsame, Prof Christine Mango, Emily  Ominde, and Florence Mwangangi. But the president is now being accused of appointing political activists to investigate the conduct of the suspended JSC officials. The […]

The Daily Nation appears to suggest in its editorial titled “NGO’s role in Africa Vital” (November 27) that repressing non-governmental organisations across the world is a good thing, simply for speaking out and dissenting. The commentary was obviously prompted by the fact that NGOs disagree with the regimes of the day, and because they implement […]

By Njonjo Mue Today is the closing day of the ICC Assembly of State Parties meeting here in The Hague. It has been a long and grueling two weeks. The Kenya government brought out a huge delegation led by Amb. Amina Mohammed and AG Githu Muigai and including the DPP, the Deputy Solicitor General, Kenya’s […]

Appeals Court sitting in Mombasa has upheld the election of Lunga Lunga MP Khatib Mwashetani. The Ford Kenya MP had lost his election after the High court nullified his win citing irregularities during the March 4 elections. On Saturday, CORD leader Raila Odinga was in Kwale drumming up support for Mwashetani in a function where an […]

By Dikembe Disembe Though a single survey may not reveal much about the prevailing income inequality indices in Kenya, the politics of poverty has been associated with Luo Nyanza for quite some time now. However, a new research which placed the four counties of Luo Nyanza as doing relatively ‘unexpected’ considering the often mainstream politics […]

By Wafula Wamunyinyi Following the cowardly and unfortunate statement by Hon. Musalia Mudavadi towards the Co-Principal of the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga yesterday, I wish to respond as follows; Musalia Mudavadi re-appears from the ashes of the March 4th 2013 to do what he does best… SPOIL. Musalia […]

By Dikembe Disembe Soon after the March 4 elections, Amani Coalition joined other small parties, and offered to work with the Jubilee government. It was all in the media. Recently, there were other media reports by ‘inner sources’ which were quoted saying that Mudavadi was getting a slot in a forthcoming cabinet reshuffle. He did […]

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho (ODM) has re-established Bangla-Pesa programme in the Bangladeshi slums of Jomvu area which the national government prohibited in June with allegations that the group was clandestinely engaging in illegal monetary activities. Bangla pesa became a ‘media sensation’ that eventually led to the arrest of the founders Alfred Osigo, Paul Mwania, Caroline […]