Unconvinced Cristiano Ronaldo feels manager Erik ten Hag’s style won’t raise Man United from slump
Wantaway Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo is reportedly unconvinced by what he has seen from Erik ten Hag’s first few weeks in the Old Trafford hotseat. The Dutchman’s strict management style is thought to have gone down badly with some members of the Red Devils’ camp amid feelings that they...
Should Kenyans opt for mandatory voting to correct a system that is designed to deliver kakistocracies?
What are we supposed to do when the electoral system consistently yields terrible candidates? If you’ve noticed an eerie silence coming from the direction of Kenya, it’s because many of us are struggling to believe that what the news is telling us. William Samoei Ruto, former deputy president and International...
Ban: Health experts in US predict abortions will continue, but will be harder to obtain legally
In June, the US Supreme Court ruled that the constitution does not confer the right to an abortion. Now, 13 states have greatly restricted access to the procedure, and about a dozen more are expected to follow suit. For a high-income country to take such a giant leap towards prohibiting...
EPL transfers: Analysts say Arsenal manager Arteta is replicating Guardiola’s Man City script at Emirates
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta’s plan for the remaining weeks of the summer transfer window bears plenty of similarities to Pep Guardiola’s approach during his early years in charge of Manchester City. Arteta has worked tirelessly to improve his squad in the months since the end of the previous campaign, with...
English Premier League set for bizarre ‘crisis club derby’ as winless Liverpool faces Man United
Really, it’s Graeme Souness we feel sorry for. Just a day after he finally got his Men’s Game for Burly Men back it was once again cruelly snatched from him as Our League – our glorious league – was forced to endure the shameful sight of a dastardly foreign making...
Kenya: Presidential candidate terms poll result ‘null and void’ as BBC fact checkers say tally ‘not suspicious’
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has rejected the results of Kenya’s presidential election saying that the figures announced on Monday were “null and void”. According to the official results, Odinga narrowly lost to Deputy President William Ruto. Odinga accused the head of the electoral body of a “blatant disregard of...
Kenya comes to terms with veteran Raila Odinga losing presidential election for the fifth time
After a tumultuous political day in Kenya, the country on Tuesday began to come to terms with the reality of a new president-elect, William Ruto, a sharply divided electorate and uncertainty over how the election’s apparent loser would react to defeat in a nation pivotal for the economy and stability...
‘Changing people’s behaviour is like trying to change your socks while a whole football team holds you down’
As I survey the landscape of my past year’s collaboration experiment, I see that there actually are signs of hope among the smouldering remains. The benefits of a shared computer space, where groups of people can collectively create, access and edit information, are undeniable. There’s no better way to get...
Scrappy Project Management: Brace for huge adoption hurdle for new tools and behaviours
Each New Year’s Day, I choose a theme to guide and inspire me throughout the year, or at least distract me from whatever ills are plaguing the planet – most recently the “doom and gloom” economy. When January 1 rolled around last time, I was still swooning from the aftereffects...
Kenya’s elections agency declares Ruto president-elect at event skipped by his boss President Kenyatta
Kenya Deputy President William Ruto will take over from President Uhuru Kenyatta, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announced six days after the August 9 General Election. Mr Ruto polled 7,176141 or 50.9 per cent of people who voted and his closest rival Raila Odinga garnered 6,0942930 or 48.8...
