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Unapologetic man who oversaw the infamous Wagalla massacre

The man who sanctioned the infamous Wagalla massacre of Wajir where hundreds of Degodia clan members died earlier this week aged 91.

By Nzau Musau 1 month ago

Unapologetic man who oversaw the infamous Wagalla massacre

NIS boss Haji, CDF Kahariri reveal emerging threats to stability

NIS boss Haji, CDF Kahariri reveal emerging threats to stability

By Nzau Musau 1 month ago

Stop 'Ruto must go' chants, NIS and KDF warn

Stop 'Ruto must go' chants, NIS and KDF warn

By Nzau Musau 1 month ago

'SANY demolitions': Taxpayers to cough Sh2 billion for Nakumatt Ukay compensation

'SANY demolitions': Taxpayers to cough Sh2 billion for Nakumatt Ukay compensation

By Nzau Musau 1 month ago

We refuse to be victims: Book by Ugandan poet launched in Kenya

Sam Mugumya captures the vanity of power in its ephemeral element. Mugumya is an ex-political prisoner who braved eight years in a DRC prison.

By Nzau Musau 1 month ago

We refuse to be victims: Book by Ugandan poet launched in Kenya

ICC targets Sudan war enablers amid Kenyan links to militia gold

The eyes of the international community are turning towards the enablers of Sudan civil war, days after the country's militias formed a parallel government in Nairobi.

By Nzau Musau 2 months ago

ICC targets Sudan war enablers amid Kenyan links to militia gold

Why "Kenya coalition" featured in German election

A coalition dubbed by pundits as the "Kenya coalition" features the CDU/CSU whose colors are black, SPD (red) and the Greens, with the combined semblance to the Kenyan flag.

By Nzau Musau 2 months ago

Why "Kenya coalition" featured in German election

Wafula Chebukati: The man who stoked controversy with praise and condemnation in equal measure

In six years, he ran three presidential elections, stoking controversy at each turn. In the wake of each, it was praise and condemnation in equal measure.

By Standard Digital, Nzau Musau 2 months ago

Wafula Chebukati: The man who stoked controversy with praise and condemnation in equal measure

Riggy-G picked on Media and Raila, failed to see where his waterloo would come from

Like Karanja before him, Rigathi Gachagua neither knew the day nor the hour the political thuggery and vindictiveness he practiced on others, would be deployed on him.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

Riggy-G picked on Media and Raila, failed to see where his waterloo would come from

Disgrace of national honours handed out using opaque criteria

Many deserving Kenyans have been snubbed as leaders with questionable credentials are honoured.'Githeri man' was recognised ahead of many distinguished Kenyans.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

Disgrace of national honours handed out using opaque criteria

Defending Kibaki's win and how string of betrayals led to bitter fallout

In her spirited defence of President Mwai Kibaki's votes in 2007, Martha Karua fired on all cylinders.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

Defending Kibaki's win and how string of betrayals led to bitter fallout

How Orange vs Banana referendum, deep divisions led to implosion of Narc dream

In 2002, the Rainbow Coalition was handed a blank cheque to birth a new republic in the manner of the vision they had expounded for years.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

How Orange vs Banana referendum, deep divisions led to implosion of Narc dream

Karua: Day angel of death swooped on us

Among the lessons life has thrown her way is the necessity of listening to the inner voice that is always guiding, and firing us up from within.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

Karua: Day angel of death swooped on us

Why I walked out on Moi, declined Kibaki's appointment as shadow minister

By the time Martha Karua sat for her O-Levels, she had switched schools severally. In all instances, she'd stood up for her rights as a student and questioned unjust conventions condoned by students.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

Why I walked out on Moi, declined Kibaki's appointment as shadow minister

Karua: How I took on a Kanu behemoth, navigated gender wars and won

If Geoffrey Kariithi, former head of civil service in Kenyatta and Moi governments was a big tree, Martha Karua was the small axe that fell him.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

Karua: How I took on a Kanu behemoth, navigated gender wars and won

Against the tide: How 'Okoa LSK' 1989 edition thrust Karua to national political scene

At the turn of age 30, Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua quit the comfort of the Judiciary as a senior resident magistrate after serving six years to set up a law firm in Nairobi.

By Nzau Musau 4 months ago

Against the tide: How 'Okoa LSK' 1989 edition thrust Karua to national political scene

Millie Odhiambo: 'Bad girl's' lessons in politics, shock of being assigned many boyfriends

There was a time when a super-rich male colleague tried to hit on me by telling me that I needed to have a socio-political financier in order to survive in politics.

By Nzau Musau 6 months ago

Millie Odhiambo: 'Bad girl's' lessons in politics, shock of being assigned many boyfriends

Millie Odhiambo's pain of hair loss

I had a little wound on my head, courtesy of a bad chemical used on it a while earlier at a salon in Rwanda. Because of the pressure, the wound spread and my head started producing puss.

By Nzau Musau 6 months ago

Millie Odhiambo's pain of hair loss

Millie Odhiambo: The night call that made me bag 2007 ODM nomination

Millie Odhiambo says she was invited to one of debates that focused on women's issues in the Constitution. The debates often had political heavyweights on both sides.

By Nzau Musau 6 months ago

Millie Odhiambo: The night call that made me bag 2007 ODM nomination

Higher energy cost puts Kenya on losing edge in manufacturing

Lobby says increased investments in renewable sources have not cured the problem forcing manufacturers to relocate to other regional economies.

By Nzau Musau, Edwin Nyarangi 6 months ago

Higher energy cost puts Kenya on losing edge in manufacturing

From witness to advocate: Inside Millie Odhiambo's political awakening

Even though I often engaged in training others on leadership skills, including political leadership skills, I never considered myself as a politician. In fact, I had even grown to hate politics.

By Nzau Musau 6 months ago

From witness to advocate: Inside Millie Odhiambo's political awakening

Riggy G and media lesson: He who keepeth his tongue keepeth his soul

The more Deputy President Gachagua ran his mouth, the more he earned new enemies, but one undeserved enemy he worked so hard to earn was the media.

By Nzau Musau 6 months ago

Riggy G and media lesson: He who keepeth his tongue keepeth his soul

Twin court win revives Jubilee party

Two court wins, ODM rapprochement with the government, and the implosion in the mountain have created perfect circumstances for the return of Uhuru's Jubilee party.

By Nzau Musau 6 months ago

Twin court win revives Jubilee party

David Ndii: From a bold thinker to Ruto's controversial power broker

For close to four decades, David Ndii has flown close to the sun exuding unmistakable intellectual arrogance but also lending the best of his brains to the service of the country.

By Nzau Musau 7 months ago

David Ndii: From a bold thinker to Ruto's controversial power broker

Leaders shower Millie Odhiambo with praises as she launches leadership book

Calls on the present crop of elected women MPs to rekindle the flames of the trailblazers of yesteryears dominated the launch of a book authored by Suba South MP Millie Odhiambo

By Nzau Musau 7 months ago

Leaders shower Millie Odhiambo with praises as she launches leadership book

Africa judges seek to spark social change

CJ Martha Koome pitches for building a justice system that delivers to the ordinary citizen. Jurists warn that the Executive arm of government has long undermined the rule of law.

By Nzau Musau 7 months ago

Africa judges seek to spark social change

Radical proposals to reclaim judicial independence

A policy paper tabled at the All Africa Judges and Jurists Summit held in Nairobi this week has proposed radical proposals to secure the independence of Kenya's judiciary.

By Nzau Musau 7 months ago

Radical proposals to reclaim judicial independence

African judges vouch for independence of courts for democracy

Judiciaries are now raring to actively provide the checks and balance against Executive and Legislature overreach.

By Nzau Musau 7 months ago

African judges vouch for independence of courts for democracy

African Judges gather in Nairobi, vouch for independence

African Judges have gathered in Nairobi to take stock of their performance and to discuss how to repurpose the institution of judiciary to facilitate continental transformation and progress.

By Nzau Musau 7 months ago

African Judges gather in Nairobi, vouch for independence

Ruto seals remote jobs deal with German firms

The deal provides a framework for Hamburg-based companies to engage talent in Kenya becoming the region's silicon savanna with its technology, innovation and creativity talent.

By Nzau Musau 7 months ago

Ruto seals remote jobs deal with German firms

How some religious groups attempted to overrun the task force

Among the strategies they deployed was to flood the public sittings and drown out the other members of the public by dominating proceedings.

By Nzau Musau 9 months ago

How some religious groups attempted to overrun the task force

Team proposes radical changes to tame rogue religious leaders

Mutava Musyimi team calls for laws to punish offences "committed under the pretext of religion".

By Nzau Musau 9 months ago

Team proposes radical changes to tame rogue religious leaders

How a cult is formed and danger signs to watch for

State, political interference among reasons cited for development of cultism.

By Nzau Musau 9 months ago

How a cult is formed and danger signs to watch for

Team wants 30-year old 'devil worship report' implemented

The report handed to former President Daniel arap Moi was never made public.

By Nzau Musau 9 months ago

Team wants 30-year old 'devil worship report' implemented

When President picked insiders to clean up religious sector mess

Ruto opted for the political masterstroke of flooding the taskforce with the who in who in Kenya's religious leadership.

By Nzau Musau 9 months ago

When President picked insiders to clean up religious sector mess

Team wants all religious bodies vetted, file returns

Every religious institution shall develop a constitution and submit it to the commission together with its application for registration.

By Nzau Musau 9 months ago

Team wants all religious bodies vetted, file returns

Draft law imposes penalties for churches that engage in politics

All religious institutions will not engage in any political activity in order to gain political power, or organise debate to support any political party.

By Nzau Musau 9 months ago

Draft law imposes penalties for churches that engage in politics

IG Koome's conduct confirms fears he was unfit for the job

IG Koome has made a complete mockery of the collective wishes of Kenyans expressed in Article 37 of the Constitution on the right to assemble and picket.

By Nzau Musau 10 months ago

IG Koome's conduct confirms fears he was unfit for the job

Four things journalists want ongoing media reforms to yield

Editors want the State to emphasize media sustainability and journalists' welfare, among others term idea of giving one newspaper a contract to circulate government adverts is legal

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

Four things journalists want ongoing media reforms to yield

Makenzi's doomsday tapes, his church's evolution to organised criminal group

Except for his broken English and beguiling Swahili which confined him to Kenya, cult leader Paul Makenzi would have gone international.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

Makenzi's doomsday tapes, his church's evolution to organised criminal group

Ruto's one-year flops and small victories make for testing 2024

For the better part of the year, Ruto pushed a hard bargain in international politics, whether in climate financing, world financial system, over-reliance on the dollar, or international trade.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

Ruto's one-year flops and small victories make for testing 2024

Delicate balance between labour crisis in the North, oversupply in the South

Africa alone has more than enough people needed to solve the labour gap in Europe but the politics of the whole thing is not easy.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

Delicate balance between labour crisis in the North, oversupply in the South

The return of charcoal? State rethinking ban to spread gains

Charcoal production is prohibited in Kenya but it goes on unabated with state actors condoning it. Ruto lifted a moratorium on logging but the High Court temporarily suspended the move.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

The return of charcoal? State rethinking ban to spread gains

Tragedy of shrinking media space and how country can alter trend

The Constitution guarantees media freedom, but state actors have greatly eroded this right through attacks on journalists.

By Nzau Musau 1 year ago

Tragedy of shrinking media space and how country can alter trend

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