Nairobi, May 20 -- The impeachment trial of Kenya's Agriculture minister Mithika Linturi by a special parliamentary committee was a charade. Even a child would have known the outcome. Despite present... Read More
Nairobi, May 13 -- Last week's column discussed the International Development Association, which held a summit of African leaders in Nairobi on April 29. The article contrasted displays of wealth by ... Read More
Nairobi, May 6 -- The name of the organisation is as opaque as a name can get: World Bank's International Development Association (IDA). I had never heard of it. And if I, who follows socioeconomic d... Read More
Nairobi, April 27 -- Why are the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RPF) engaged in a vicious struggle? It is not that they have ideological, religious or cultural ... Read More
Nairobi, April 22 -- In a column titled There is no one coming to save us but ourselves, I cautioned against euphoric reception by citizens and pan-Africanist intellectuals of the coups in the Sahel a... Read More
Nairobi, April 15 -- On April 7, Rwanda began commemorative events to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. The genocide started on April 7, 1994, and ended on July 4, 1994... Read More
Nairobi, April 7 -- The following are stories that have dominated mainstream media in recent times. Fake fertiliser and attempts by powerful politicians to kill the story. A nation of bribes, and the... Read More
Nairobi, April 1 -- For decades, the African National Congress's vision of a free, democratic, equitable and non-racial democracy rallied the world against the white supremacist government. In 1994, ... Read More
Nairobi, March 25 -- "Killer roads claim 25 lives," screamed the headline of the Daily Nation on March 18. Among this number were 11 Kenyatta University students, who died in a grisly road accident on... Read More
Nairobi, March 18 -- On January 27, Kenyan women flooded city streets to protest rising cases of femicide. These were the largest protests ever held against gender-based violence in the country. The ... Read More