The instruments of power, which are a tradition observed across the Commonwealth nations, are largely symbolic of the seat of authority and the head of government.
7 August 1998 is one of those days - and events - where one can be asked where they were when it happened, and more likely than not, the memory won’t be pleasant. Most were going about their day when a breaking news item popped
In the run up to the August 9 general election, rambunctious Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, made audacious guarantees that William Ruto would never be president, and that Uhuru Kenyatta was too young to retire to Ichaweri, the little village
The 2022 general election has come and gone, and with it the fierce competition that elicited rising political tensions that reverberated across the country. The outcomes were fiercely contested, with William Ruto’s presidential win being disputed by his main rival Raila Odinga, who for a
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The totem of private property was raised early after independence. Vast farms and ranches were transferred to our new elite, together with the large populations
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The intention behind people pleasing is usually a very strong, almost alarm-like need to keep the peace, even if nothing about the situation logically calls
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I do not seek to get into the pros and cons of the recently enacted Finance Act by the Kenya Kwanza government, even though it
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I was only two days in, too early in the game for me to land a jab with any precision, let alone successfully block any
The book highlights the high-level political negotiations that are undertaken just to decide on who becomes a member of the commission and the top officials
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Parliament, in particular, continues to hold back information from the public regarding its operations. Recently in the Senate, the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition
