Kenya: Our Country

"'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." -Benjamin Franklin, 1789.- Parliament is supposed ...

The election of Illinois Senator Barrack Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America heralds a new chapter in the political ...

Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Justice Minister Martha Karua insist that judges and magistrates should sign performance contracts whereas t...

The recent violent strikes in public secondary schools have brought into sharp focus the role of the Ministry of Education in the manageme...

My heroine, the indefatigable Minister for Justice, Constitutional Affairs and National Cohesion, Hon. Martha Wangari Karua wants to be pres...

Listening to the dissonant voices coming from Rift Valley politicians on the question of the Mau Complex, one discerns a perfunctory lackada...

Allow me to comment about the numerous violent strikes in secondary schools. I have served as a member of the Board of Governors in Publi...

On 7th July 1990 Kenyans responded to a call made by politicians Kenneth Matiba and Charles Rubia and went to Kamukunji to press for consti...

I wish to thank the Standard Group and the Kenya Television Network for the well researched and insightful documentary you aired last week c...

Mutahi Ngunyi is clearly wrong for accusing the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon Eng. Raila Odinga of abandoning the quest for social change. When Dr...

In December 2007, which is just 6 (six) months ago, our leaders and politicians, including the President, Vice President and the Prime Minis...

For some time now, residents of the Eastlands section of Nairobi have endured sporadic transport hitches occasioned by matatu operators prot...

Whereas government officials have ruled out compensation to the victims of the post-election that rocked Kenya in January and February this ...

Barring any surprises or the intervention of a force majeure (or an act of God), Illinois Senator Barack Hussein Obama is likely to become t...

Hardly a day passes without the mention of mungiki in the mainstream print and electronic media. Journalists, political and social commentat...

Hi Makhokha, Your piece in the Saturday Nation of April 26, 2008 refers. Let me first make you know what an "Army Housewife" is. ...

The problems that afflict women in this country range from gender based violence, poverty, discrimination, illiteracy to food insecurity int...

Cash larceny is the commonest type of fraud simply because cash is easy to steal and hard to trace. The situation is even more critical for ...

In a rare political gesture, President Mwai Kibaki over the weekend complimented the Member of Parliament MP for Mukurwe-ini and Minister fo...

It appears that the media are following Kikuyus everywere. Even if a Kikuyu gets appointed to the position of Director of Public Toilets, th...