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The Gen Zs seemingly have fresh vigour and purpose that is political, socio-economic, intellectual, and techno savvy.

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How UhuRuto revived 'Iregi spirit' in Mount Kenya

In the recent times, the Iregi spirit in the Mountain arose largely as an UhuRuto affair with their Kumi Kumi dream

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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.

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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.’

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Why there is no much joy during UN's 80th birthday celebrations

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.”

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Despite prevailing difficulties, Gen Zs give us hope for a better tomorrow

The Gen Zs seemingly have fresh vigour and purpose that is political, socio-economic, intellectual, and techno savvy.

By 24 days ago

Power parades reflect Xi, Putin and Trump's battle for global influence

In 2025, each of the three leading world powers, the Russians, the Americans, and the Chinese, held military parades to showcase their strength.

By 25 days ago

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How UhuRuto revived 'Iregi spirit' in Mount Kenya

In the recent times, the Iregi spirit in the Mountain arose largely as an UhuRuto affair with their Kumi Kumi dream

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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 1 month ago

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.’

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.”

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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