Rhumba Big Bang: Franco and Verckys split that reshaped African industry music forever
A rebellion in Orchestra Oscar Kashama (OK) in 1968 gave Africa rich a cultural diversity that lives on to this day.It happened when OK – later renamed Orchestra Kinshasa – band leader Luambo Luanzo Makiadi (Francois) was away on a business trip in Europe and forever changed the course, tenor...
A Nigerian’s public outcry against graft is proportional to distance to dabble in it
On June 13, 1988, Pini Jason Onyegbaduo (1948 – 2013), a popular Nigerian columnist, propounded a “Hypothesis of Corruption.” The hypothesis was intellectually articulated in the now-defunct THISWEEK newsmagazine. But unknown to Pini Jason, he had developed what would become known as the “Jason’s Law of Corruption.” The “Law” would...
‘Let’s endure the pain,’ CJ Maraga says as he advises Kenya president to dissolve parliament
Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga has kicked up a political storm after he asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve the country’s parliament for failing to enact laws to end discrimination of women in appointive and elective positions. Justice Maraga, who seen as a paragon of the rule of law since...
Africa in race to secure 220m coronavirus vaccine doses
While the race to find safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million doses of the vaccine for the continent, once licensed and approved. All 54 countries on the continent have expressed interest in Covax,...
No time for half-hearted noise or waiting games, Kenya needs a revolution – US agency report
After three elections in which the opposition appeared to have won convincingly only for the electoral body and some foreign observers to give the verdict to the governing party, there are questions about whether Kenya can be the standard bearer in Africa, having held elections periodically since independence in 1963.In...
Malindi fishermen decry lack of rescue boats
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How police ‘arrested’ Uhuru’s focus on anti-terror tenders
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Kenya’s economy slows further down from projected ‘moderate’ growth
Cytonn Investment’s Senior Investment Analyst Caleb Mugendi says that the outlook for Kenya’s macroeconomic environment is positive, supported by expectations for strong economic growth