Post-Raila Luo: Coming to grips with the vulgarity, ethnicity and mediocrity that define roots of Luo pride and arrogance
The senior civil servants from the Luo community are just as inadequate as their political leaders. Health Principal Secretary Oluga, had the audacity to post on his Facebook, “Tutam is a reality,” simply because Ruto visited his home, while never mentioning the failing SHA and the dismal health system
How passport colonialism manifests in salary discrepancies at UN, sets benchmark for aid agencies
It’s no secret that national humanitarian staff face greater risk for lower pay: These inequities have been coded into the aid system. UN agencies and INGOs should seize today’s drive for systemic change to shed colonial-era staffing policies: Include salary standardisation in UN80 and other reform efforts.
Gaps in London court ruling against Raphael Tuju that drains Kenyan constitution of sovereignty
As the professor famously said, they found corruption in Kenya and they aren’t going to stop it – so stand up and say it: “I support impunity. I thrive in a system lacking integrity. I am proud to be mediocre because that is how I feed myself.”
Sovereignty: How East African Development Bank choked Raphael Tuju loan, turned Kenyan into financial colony
Following your legal wrangle with Mr Raphael Tuju and the information you have just recently released, I and many other concerned Kenyan citizens and residents are disappointed at how you belittle our sovereignty, our Constitution, our Judiciary and our ex-chequer.
Raphael Tuju betrayed: If Kenyan judiciary can be silenced while our land is stolen through manufactured defaults, then we’ve no future
If anyone is doubting what I’m saying, please respond to me: Why did the Supreme Court judge quorum take to their heels and recuse themselves? If you have the answer to that question, you know that what happened is wrong.
China’s 15th Five-Year Plan: China eyes resilient domestic market less vulnerable to whims of global trade cycles and foreign tariffs
With the adoption of China’s new development blueprint for the next five years, the world is seeing far more than a national development roadmap – it is embracing inclusive growth, technological advancement and win-win cooperation that transcend borders. The global community is grappling with growing division and conflicts – from...
How one club is killing football in Kenya through match-fixing for unearned plaudits of ‘record this, record that…’
According to sources, the real reason there is quagmire in the Nairobi United vs Gor Mahia forfeited match ruling is the referee’s report that said the match did not end because of violence of any sort but rather “it was too dark to play.”
‘Godfather of vaccines’ tries to defend himself eight years later but can’t reset truths
Despite his best efforts, he was not able to put the truths he was forced to admit in that deposition back in the bottle; nor have his efforts succeeded in bullying everyone into injecting without thinking.
Uganda as a unit of imagined communities: Without the barrel of the gun, it’s difficult to think of the ‘Pearl of Africa’ as a state
The principle of nationality that buried the Soviet Union and destroyed its empire in Eastern Europe continues to shape conflicts among the new independent countries of that vast region. Such peace, security and unity are unstable by nature. They may endure in the short to medium term, but they cannot stand the test of time
How President Museveni, who arrived in Uganda as Rwandan refugee de-politicised and stripped indigenous people of rights
Alongside the control of ideas, the Museveni regime has wielded land as a primary instrument of de-politicisation. The processes of dispossession and Bantustanisation have physically displaced indigenous communities from their ancestral grounds, fragmenting the geographic and spiritual basis of their political identity.
