Former President Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki is not dead as highly rumoured. The former President’s son Jimmy Kibaki has confirmed. Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H. (born 15 November 1931) was the third President of Kenya, serving from December 2002 until April 2013. He had previously served as the fourth Vice-President of Kenya for ten years […]
Kibaki rejects the hefty send off package for MPs
BY: Isaack Nyakundi In a move geared to enhance his legacy, President Mwai Kibaki declined to assent to the Finance Amendment Bill (2012) passed by parliament on Thursday 4Th October 2012. The amendment would have seen MPs go home with Sh2 billion in hefty severance allowance at the end of their term next year. A […]
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 […]
Kibaki legacy a product of betrayal and a tireless effort by Raila Odinga.
BY: RASHID WANJALA Ever since the 2002 Kibaki Tosha declaration, Raila’s rise and rise and rise…..to political prominence began, by 2005 referendum only Kibaki  could rival his ratings. He had curved himself a new niche as not just the “top dawg†but also the master tactician of Kenya’s political stable. The pre-election Memorandum of Understanding […]
President Kibaki’s speech at the UN General Assembly 2012
By Kenya Today A great speech by the retiring H.E Mwai Kibaki at the UN General Assembly.
Who will be Kenya’s next president?
BY: William Makora [wpsocialite] The March 2013 elections will offer Kenyans a window to usher a new regime that can rejuvenate their hopes. The deteriorating economy; high inflation leading to high cost of living, insecurity and the ever rising unemployment levels have eroded hopes of the citizens and confidence in the Kibaki led coalition government. […]
Kibaki’s Capsizing Boat!
BY: William O. Makora The President of Kenya, H.E Stanley Emilio Kibaki began his tenure with pomp in 2003. A spirit of gaiety engulfed the nation as the people hoped that dreams which included improved healthcare, education system, unity and security and general welfare would be realized. Kenyans believed that the anxiety for ‘a dream […]
Video: Tana River Clashes- Where Is Government?
BY: KTN courtesy of YOUTUBE. Majority of Kenyans are disturbed by the images of children, women and men killed by gangs in Tana River, what disturbs most is the non responsive nature of the President. Danson Mungatana the local member of parliament has won hearts of many with his recent outburst that he regrets his […]
Kibaki orders a dawn to dusk curfew in Tana River
BY: Isaack Nyakundi President Kibaki ordered a dusk to dawn curfew in the coastal county of Tana River following the killing of 38 people including nine police officers. The massacre was carried out in the earlier morning hours of Monday. “The Government has … directed the declaration and maintenance of a dusk-to-dawn curfew among other […]
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
Miguna Miguna: A nationalist or a man with a bloated ego and reeking vengeance
BY LONE FELIX first posted on July 20, 2012 at http://lonefelix.wordpress.com/about/ I have completed reading Miguna Miguna’s book: Peeling back the Mask; a quest for Justice in Kenya a second time, coincidentally, it is barely a week after I completing my training on editing and writing. Among the many lessons I acquired, one was, show […]
Kibaki in Mombasa, Raila blames outsiders for the killing of Sheikh Rogo
BY Isaack Nyakundi Prime Minister Raila Odinga has blamed the violence in Mombasa on enemies who are keen on plunging the country into chaos by creating religious animosity between Christians and Muslims. The PM has been in Mombasa since Tuesday night to meet Christian and Muslim leaders, he condemned Sheikh Rogo’s killing and termed it […]
Police officers injured as supporters of Sheik Rogo use grenades in attacks
BY: Isaack Nyakundi Fresh violence has erupted in the port city of Mombasa; four police officers were seriously injured after a man threw a grenade at a police vehicle along the city’s Kenyatta Avenue. The four police officers were in a group of seven officers attached to the Makupa police station, they were patrolling […]
Internal Security: President Kibaki has failed us!
By:Â William O. Makora The coalition government is in its sunset years of governance. For the past four years, it has wobbled from one crisis to another leaving Kenyans to wonder as to who is in-charge. The third President of Kenya, Mr. Stanley Emilio Mwai Kibaki, with his trademark of hands-off style of leadership […]
New Africa: why Kenya’s corruption-buster has high hopes for the future
BY: David Smith for The Observer, Sunday 26 August 201 Former journalist John Githongo, who was once forced to flee Kenya and his post as anti-corruption tsar, explains why he remains optimistic John Githongo is an irritant, a troublemaker – in fact, every corrupt dictator’s worst nightmare. The former newspaper journalist has made a career […]
Death of Meles Zenawi: Why IGAD Should Call a Crisis Meeting
Tony Moturi After seven weeks of denial by the Ethiopian Government on the whereabouts of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who many thought was admitted in a Belgian Hospital; the curtain has eventually fallen on one of Africa’s strongman. Unconfirmed reports reaching Kenya-Today quoting the International Crisis Group (ICG) indicate that Meles Zenawi passed away […]
The Politics of Death and a government without principle
By Javas Bigambo There is a belief that failure is somehow good – somehow beneficial. If that established maxim has any grain of truth, then I stand on the other side of the divide. The Kenyan government, in many ways, has failed, and there is scarcely anything good about it. Paraconsistent political praxis that […]
The Kenyan Shilling, what for astable sustainable future?
BY GEOFFREY NYAMBOGA The recent rapid depreciation of the Kenya shilling highlighted major fundamental flaws in the management of country’s economy, it brought to core questions on the sustainability of the current economic model. President Kibaki tagged Economic reform as a key pillar of his presidency; many years of economic stagnation under retired president Moi […]
Kenyan Cooperation Crucial to ICC Probe
BY: GEOFFREY NYAMBOGA The International Criminal Court, ICC, is about to embark on an investigation of suspected crimes against humanity in Kenya that could be crucial not just for the east African country’s future but also that of the court itself. Kenya’s position as a westward-looking country, relatively free and peaceful, with a strong civil […]