Barack Obama fires back at Trump after US president’s racist video that casts him and wife Michelle as apes
Trump sparked outrage when he shared the now-deleted racist video of Obama and Michelle, 62, on Truth Social on February 5. The footage of the couple as apes was included towards the end of a clip discussing unsubstantiated allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 election.
Romanticising fallacy that Luhyia and Luo of western Kenya are ‘genetically’ predestined to resist power
The argument that Luhyias and Luos are genetically predestined to resist power and is intellectually provocative, but it rests on a few assumptions that deserve serious interrogation. First, the framing that Molima (central Kenya) and Rift Valley or Kikuyus and Kalenjins are “trained to access power” while Luhyas and Luos...
Raila Odinga’s widow, Ida Odinga, reminds late prime minister’s elder brother he’s unwanted in ODM party
By quashing any rumours of leadership instability before the rally begins, Ida Odinga has ensured that the focus remains on the party’s populist agenda rather than internal friction.
