BY: Isaack Nyakundi In what could be a shift from the traditional campaign methods, ODM sent a test campaign email to a few members in the party’s mailing list. The party members were surprised to read a personalized email from ODM leader PM Raila Odinga. It was touching one recipient Njoroge Kiamageri told this reporter. […]
Meet Ruto, the King Maker!
By William Makora It is in this scintillating nifty fictitious children’s story of Nyangasi, the golden, by Daniel Mwalo Jr. that I draw a suiting comparison to the man. Setting is at Chula Kanyamkago. In the story, Nyangasi Nya Chula, a young cheerful girl is born to a subsistence family. Her tuneful soprano makes her […]
Archives:Hon Kabogo confirms Kibaki lost in Juja
BY: Isaack Nyakundi This is perhaps the least one could have expected an MP aspirant from Central Province to say as Kenya went up in flames, then ECK chairman Samwel Kivuitu had defied majority wishes and declared Kibaki the winner of the 2007. On 30th December 2007, the flamboyant Juja MP hon. William Kabogo made […]
I am not a freeloader says Mudavadi
BY: Isaack Nyakundi Deputy Premier Musalia Mudavadi was on BBC’s Hard Talk last week, here is the full interview in which the DPM denies that he is a freeloader in the presidential race.
2013 is Kenya’s Year of Image Redemption
BY: Fwamba NC Fwamba Despite her unique challenges, Kenya like any other country in the world has gone through different stages of growth under dynamic circumstances that are espoused through different political leaderships at respective times. In 1963, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga who later became Kenya’s founding Vice President shelved his ambitions of becoming President in […]
Archives: The TV interview Uhuru Kenyatta may wish to forget.
BY: OSUGO MOSETI July 30th 2008 is the day Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta would love to erase from his memory. Mr. Kenyatta was on official duty in London when he got a rare opportunity to be interviewed by BBC’s Stephen Sucker host of the famed program  Hard Talk. The show is best known for […]
Part II: The mis-learning of Musalia Mudavadi and the Crumbling UDFcampaign
By Rashid Wanjala This second part of our serialization delves into why the Mudavadi candidature is only meant to scuttle the 6 out of 8 province ODM 2007 support base. The strategy by the anti- Raila forces (formally or informally allied to TNA) is built on 2007 voting patterns; a divided Non TNA vote (The […]
The day William Ruto became host of a TV talk show
BY: Kenya Today In June 2012, Citizen TV’s Mutegi Njau, Udock Amino and political analyst David Makali were all prepared to grill William Ruto in their famed morning show Cheche, little did they know that tables could turn. Hon Ruto literally took over the show, Mutegi who often asks tough questions was reduced to a […]
Video: DPP directs police to prosecute Minister for incitement and hate speech
By Kenya Today Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko has ordered the arrest and prosecution of Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu for hate speech and incitement to violence. Watch Video – Ferdinand Waititu’s hate speech The DPP’s statement read in part :”This is therefore to advise that you (police) cause prompt action to be taken […]
Rachel Shebesh, defections signs were long here
By Kenya Today Hon Rachel Shebesh gave her total best to ODM for the past four years, she is on her way to TNA, a party she thinks will propel her back to Parliament. In an interview in July at the “bench” by Jeff Koinange (K24 Capital talk), it was clear that as much as […]
Meet the eloquent,courageous Ababu Namwamba (Hon. MP)
BY: Isaack Nyakundi Meet the Hon. Ababu Namwamba MP for Budalangi and former Sports Minister! Hon Namwamba was elected to Parliament in 2007 to represent Budalangi Constituency on an ODM ticket. An able debater, articulate and courageous; Ababu is viewed by many as a reform voice in the current crop of leaders. Ababu […]
Obama campaign fundraising tops Romney as Republicans urge shakeup
Obama has raised $774m so far, giving him an edge over Romney, whose supporters have raised $736m. Romney has $35m to president’s $88m heading into final six weeks before election as polls show more supporting Obama BY: Ewen MacAskill in Washington for the guardian.co.uk, Friday 21 September 2012 17.47 BST Mitt Romney faced a fresh […]
Barack Obama: lack of immigration reform my biggest failure so far
President forced to defend deportations but says he has been unable to work with Republicans in Congress on reform plans
Diane Abbott: ‘You can’t let racism hold you back’
Diane Abbott on making history as a black woman, balancing work and family, and why she loved the Olympics
The Mutunga Five: Too early to celebrate for the Ole Kiyiapis of this world
By Tony Moturi The petition filed at the high court by a group of group of civil society activists that seeks to compel the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to bar permanently the top five presidential contenders from running for presidency may be fast fading from the Kenyan minds but its implications cannot be […]
Raw Politics: Was Mungatana just playing it safe?
By: Kenya Today Reviewing Danson Mungatana’s interview at the bench with Jeff Koinange, one gets a feeling that Mungatana is not opening up, he talks in praise of the government officials- coast PC, Muzalendo Kibunja, PPO coast, DC- Tana River, DO, OCPD but blames poor local chiefs and their assistants, he then goes back […]
Romney election triumph would sink US reputation in Europe, poll finds
Europeans hold strongly negative views about GOP contender but Obama’s favourability poor in Pakistan and Middle East BY: Ewen MacAskill in Washington for the guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 September 2012 18.26 BST The reputation of the US in Europe risks sinking back to Bush-era levels of unpopularity if Mitt Romney becomes president, according to new international […]
Video: Mungatana regrets supporting President Kibaki
By Kenya Today Hon. Danson Mungatana finally came to terms that the man he campaigned for with his body and soul-President Kibaki is nothing better than his predecessor, now Mungatana regrets supporting Kibaki! Interview with Hon. Mungatana
Archives: Ruto dismissed Karua’s resignation saying she was incompetent
By Kenya Today Ruto dismisses Karua resignation and says she was incompetent
Barack Obama pleads with voters to let him finish the job
President accepts Democrats’ nomination for second term with frank speech acknowledging that challenges remain BY: Ewen MacAskill in Charlotte for the guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 September 2012 06.24 BST Barack Obama has made his pitch for a second White House term, pleading in his keynote address to the Democratic convention for more time in spite of […]