In Ngaaie, a once-quiet corner of Kitui County, the future is being measured in tonnes of clinker, billions […]
Counties / Politics
Otieno Mak’Onyango: The Journalist Who Survived Detention, Entered Parliament and Died Awaiting Justice
Kenya has lost a politician whose life traced some of the country’s darkest political passages, from the repression […]
Counties / Politics
‘Serikali Si Ni Yenu’: Duale’s Blunt Warning to Mount Kenya as Kindiki’s Political Future Hangs in the Balance
Kenyan politics has a curious way of turning yesterday’s allies into today’s reluctant adversaries. Few developments illustrate this […]
Counties / Crime & Security / Politics
NCIC Sounds the Alarm as Kenya’s Political Stage Risks Becoming a Battleground
There is a familiar ritual in Kenyan politics. A microphone is raised, a crowd roars, an opponent is […]
Africa / Counties / Politics
Gachagua vs Nyoro: The Mountain’s Political Throne Has Two Claimants
There is a peculiar irony in Kenyan politics: a region can unite to reject a president and still […]
Africa / Counties / Crime & Security
The Sh12.5 Million Reckoning: How Homa Bay’s Public Purse Became a Courtroom Battleground
There are few more damning indictments of public administration than a court discovering that millions of shillings flowed […]
Africa / Counties / Politics
Mosiria’s City Hall Reckoning: The ‘Powerful Forces’ He Says Tried to Silence Him
Nairobi’s City Hall has never been short of political intrigue, but Geoffrey Mosiria’s departure has turned an administrative […]
Africa / Counties / Crime & Security / Politics
Waiyaki Way Goes Up in Smoke as UoN Students Declare War on Lecturers’ Strike
Nairobi’s traffic arteries became the latest casualty of Kenya’s university lecturers’ strike on Wednesday, October 21, as furious […]
Africa / Counties / Politics
Democracy in the Dark: The Legal Battle over Kenya’s Livestreamed Election Results
There is something unnerving about a democracy being asked to trust a process it may no longer be […]
Africa / Counties / Crime & Security / Politics
NCIC Summons Reuben Ndolo as Raila’s Memorial Politics Refuse to Rest
The ghosts of Raila Odinga’s first anniversary memorial are proving rather unwilling to lie down. In the latest […]