Now look at the so-called liberators of Sahel region!

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

Shame on the continent for forsaking Kigali

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

This is chaos, not governance, and we must stop it

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

Dark clouds are gathering over Rainbow Nation

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

Road deaths are symbolic of our national failure

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

How patriarchy underpins gender violence today

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

With this kind of impunity, a bleak future awaits

Nairobi, March 11 -- Reports in several mainstream newspapers have indicated stagnation or even regression on issues that have plagued this country since independence. One issue was the haemorrhaging... Read More

Dear Raila, this AU job is really a poisoned chalice

Nairobi, March 4 -- Raila Odinga has expressed interest in becoming the next AU Commission chairperson. Though Odinga has failed to capture the presidency several times, he has been the single-most in... Read More

Irony of looters finding solution to looting crisis

Nairobi, Feb. 26 -- African heads of state met in Addis Ababa to discuss worsening political instability in many of its member countries. Instability includes coups, civil war, militia violence, ethni... Read More

Values of Kanu oligarchy will ruin our state

Nairobi, Feb. 18 -- Last week's column argued that Kenya cannot catch up with South Korea because the foundations of the state and nationhood are fundamentally flawed. It further argued that each succ... Read More

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