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The unspoken deal: Trump and Putin have split the world
Trump wants to control the western hemisphere while Putin has interest in Eurasia.
By 18 days ago
The unspoken deal: Trump and Putin have split the world
Why Adam Smith and Karl Marx's ideologies aren't so relevant today
US President Donald Trump has little interest in Smith’s prescription on how to create national wealth or Andrew Jackson’s desire to spread ‘democracy.’
By 24 days ago
Why Adam Smith and Karl Marx's ideologies aren't so relevant today
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Why MPs turned their guns on Ruto-Raila instead of Gachagua
The problem for both Ruto and Raila was that Gachagua, despite being impeached, refused to fade into political oblivion.
By 1 month ago
Why MPs turned their guns on Ruto-Raila instead of Gachagua
Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants
The New Right wants to reorganise world governance and identifies with Trump in removing immigrants from their midst.
By 1 month ago
Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants
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Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties
President William Ruto's missteps reveal ego-driven politics, risking isolation in global affairs.
By 1 month ago
Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties
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Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed
The 2024 Gen Z uprising showed that Kenya is collapsing due to organised incompetence which generates a sense of hopelessness.
By 1 month ago
Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed
Trump's hand in relocation of UN bodies from New York to Nairobi
The United Nations, seeking to diversify some functions in New York, turns to Nairobi as a viable alternative headquarters, which makes Kenyan officialdom very happy.
By 1 month ago
Trump's hand in relocation of UN bodies from New York to Nairobi
Why there is no much joy during UN's 80th birthday celebrations
One of the UN’s biggest achievements was encouraging the collapse of racism as an accepted ruling ideology, which in turn led to the fall of colonial states.
By 1 month ago
Why there is no much joy during UN's 80th birthday celebrations
Clash of desperadoes might help Kenya to wriggle out of current misery
With those holding high offices, in the executive and in the legislature not hearing the cries or seeing the suffering of the people, the country has plunged into a crisis of trust.
By 1 month ago
Clash of desperadoes might help Kenya to wriggle out of current misery
The uphill task before Ethekon, fellow IEBC commissioners
The challenge before Erastus Edung Ethekon and his commissioners is not the short time in which to deliver elections and boundary delimitations.
By 2 months ago
The uphill task before Ethekon, fellow IEBC commissioners
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Ruto's multiple problems and why they are not likely to fizzle out soon
William Samoei Ruto is a man in trouble because the people who narrowly elected him in August 2022 are very unhappy with his performance
By 2 months ago
Ruto's multiple problems and why they are not likely to fizzle out soon
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Ex-spy master Boinnet lifts lid on intelligence reform battles
Boinett is candid on Moi’s weaknesses. After Mboya’s assassination, he writes, Moi blamed the communists “despite lack of evidence to the contrary.”
By 2 months ago
Ex-spy master Boinnet lifts lid on intelligence reform battles
Fearless and tribeless spirit of Saba Saba has been rekindled in youths
The Gen Zs, reigniting the spirit of Saba Saba, have attracted admiration for their ability to challenge the excesses of Rutocracy and to ask difficult questions when things go wrong.
By 2 months ago
Fearless and tribeless spirit of Saba Saba has been rekindled in youths
Legislators' enhanced interest in foreign policy is good for Kenya
Parliament is in search of relevance in the making of foreign policy through learning from a few ‘facilitators’ led by former MP and ambassador Mutinda Mutiso
By 2 months ago
Legislators' enhanced interest in foreign policy is good for Kenya
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Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o disappointed Kenyans, Africans in death
In his effort to ‘decolonise the mind’, he mounted cultural battles to fight mental remnants of colonialism that lingered into postcolonial times.
By 3 months ago
Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o disappointed Kenyans, Africans in death
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Mount Kenya's 'downtrodden desperadoes' looking for a new liberator
Although it is not the first time they have found themselves in such a situation, the intensity of that hostility is relatively new.
By 3 months ago
Mount Kenya's 'downtrodden desperadoes' looking for a new liberator
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How Ngugi's pen landed him in prison and later sent him into exile
With independence, Ngugi systematically changed into a critic of Kenya as an emerging neo-colonial state.
By 3 months ago
How Ngugi's pen landed him in prison and later sent him into exile
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The unspoken deal: Trump and Putin have split the world
Trump wants to control the western hemisphere while Putin has interest in Eurasia.
By 18 days ago
The unspoken deal: Trump and Putin have split the world
Why Adam Smith and Karl Marx's ideologies aren't so relevant today
US President Donald Trump has little interest in Smith’s prescription on how to create national wealth or Andrew Jackson’s desire to spread ‘democracy.’
By 24 days ago
Why Adam Smith and Karl Marx's ideologies aren't so relevant today
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Why MPs turned their guns on Ruto-Raila instead of Gachagua
The problem for both Ruto and Raila was that Gachagua, despite being impeached, refused to fade into political oblivion.
By 1 month ago
Why MPs turned their guns on Ruto-Raila instead of Gachagua
Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants
The New Right wants to reorganise world governance and identifies with Trump in removing immigrants from their midst.
By 1 month ago
Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants
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Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties
President William Ruto's missteps reveal ego-driven politics, risking isolation in global affairs.
By 1 month ago
Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties
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Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed
The 2024 Gen Z uprising showed that Kenya is collapsing due to organised incompetence which generates a sense of hopelessness.
By 1 month ago
Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed
Trump's hand in relocation of UN bodies from New York to Nairobi
The United Nations, seeking to diversify some functions in New York, turns to Nairobi as a viable alternative headquarters, which makes Kenyan officialdom very happy.
By 1 month ago
Trump's hand in relocation of UN bodies from New York to Nairobi
Why there is no much joy during UN's 80th birthday celebrations
One of the UN’s biggest achievements was encouraging the collapse of racism as an accepted ruling ideology, which in turn led to the fall of colonial states.
By 1 month ago
Why there is no much joy during UN's 80th birthday celebrations
Clash of desperadoes might help Kenya to wriggle out of current misery
With those holding high offices, in the executive and in the legislature not hearing the cries or seeing the suffering of the people, the country has plunged into a crisis of trust.
By 1 month ago
Clash of desperadoes might help Kenya to wriggle out of current misery
The uphill task before Ethekon, fellow IEBC commissioners
The challenge before Erastus Edung Ethekon and his commissioners is not the short time in which to deliver elections and boundary delimitations.
By 2 months ago
The uphill task before Ethekon, fellow IEBC commissioners
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Ruto's multiple problems and why they are not likely to fizzle out soon
William Samoei Ruto is a man in trouble because the people who narrowly elected him in August 2022 are very unhappy with his performance
By 2 months ago
Ruto's multiple problems and why they are not likely to fizzle out soon
Premium
Ex-spy master Boinnet lifts lid on intelligence reform battles
Boinett is candid on Moi’s weaknesses. After Mboya’s assassination, he writes, Moi blamed the communists “despite lack of evidence to the contrary.”
By 2 months ago
Ex-spy master Boinnet lifts lid on intelligence reform battles
Fearless and tribeless spirit of Saba Saba has been rekindled in youths
The Gen Zs, reigniting the spirit of Saba Saba, have attracted admiration for their ability to challenge the excesses of Rutocracy and to ask difficult questions when things go wrong.
By 2 months ago
Fearless and tribeless spirit of Saba Saba has been rekindled in youths
Legislators' enhanced interest in foreign policy is good for Kenya
Parliament is in search of relevance in the making of foreign policy through learning from a few ‘facilitators’ led by former MP and ambassador Mutinda Mutiso
By 2 months ago
Legislators' enhanced interest in foreign policy is good for Kenya
Premium
Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o disappointed Kenyans, Africans in death
In his effort to ‘decolonise the mind’, he mounted cultural battles to fight mental remnants of colonialism that lingered into postcolonial times.
By 3 months ago
Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o disappointed Kenyans, Africans in death
Premium
Mount Kenya's 'downtrodden desperadoes' looking for a new liberator
Although it is not the first time they have found themselves in such a situation, the intensity of that hostility is relatively new.
By 3 months ago
Mount Kenya's 'downtrodden desperadoes' looking for a new liberator
Premium
How Ngugi's pen landed him in prison and later sent him into exile
With independence, Ngugi systematically changed into a critic of Kenya as an emerging neo-colonial state.
By 3 months ago
How Ngugi's pen landed him in prison and later sent him into exile
Premium
The unspoken deal: Trump and Putin have split the world
Trump wants to control the western hemisphere while Putin has interest in Eurasia.
By 18 days ago
The unspoken deal: Trump and Putin have split the world
Why Adam Smith and Karl Marx's ideologies aren't so relevant today
US President Donald Trump has little interest in Smith’s prescription on how to create national wealth or Andrew Jackson’s desire to spread ‘democracy.’
By 24 days ago
Why Adam Smith and Karl Marx's ideologies aren't so relevant today
Premium
Why MPs turned their guns on Ruto-Raila instead of Gachagua
The problem for both Ruto and Raila was that Gachagua, despite being impeached, refused to fade into political oblivion.
By 1 month ago
Why MPs turned their guns on Ruto-Raila instead of Gachagua
Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants
The New Right wants to reorganise world governance and identifies with Trump in removing immigrants from their midst.
By 1 month ago
Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants
Premium
Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties
President William Ruto's missteps reveal ego-driven politics, risking isolation in global affairs.
By 1 month ago
Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties
Premium
Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed
The 2024 Gen Z uprising showed that Kenya is collapsing due to organised incompetence which generates a sense of hopelessness.
By 1 month ago
Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed
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