Charles Onyango-Obbo: If Jomo Kenyatta ruled today... It seems that African voters are involved in very complex political arbitrage in electing older candidates in the majority of countries.
Macharia Gaitho: Two men can’t hold us hostage We have it within our powers as citizens and voters to call both men to heel.
Kaltum Guyo: Prison system outdated, punitive As Kenya plans to decongest prisons, ask whether every criminal needs to be in prison in the first place.
Charles Onyango-Obbo: If Jomo Kenyatta ruled today... It seems that African voters are involved in very complex political arbitrage in electing older candidates in the majority of countries.
Macharia Gaitho: Two men can’t hold us hostage We have it within our powers as citizens and voters to call both men to heel.
Kaltum Guyo: Prison system outdated, punitive As Kenya plans to decongest prisons, ask whether every criminal needs to be in prison in the first place.
Makau Mutua: The Nairobi kiosk menace Governor Sakaja Johnson and his mandarins are either complicit or completely impotent. The County Assembly is mute and unable to act.
Sam Wambugu: AI bringing sweeping changes to varsities AI has already begun to reshape the learning landscape, providing personalised experiences tailored to individual students.
Gitau Warigi: There’s something fishy in the mad scramble for Jubilee Party Politicians who don’t belong to Jubilee but have been commenting volubly on why Uhuru must retire don’t have the locus standi to, frankly.
Tom Mshindi: Commodities exchange could stimulate the economy An ideal approach is one that allows the private sector to lead the process of creating and managing a commodities exchange with firm support from the government.
Sunny Bindra: To become better citizens of this planet we must end the delusion that we’re special We are narrow and selfish because we are deluded, not because it is our natural state
Irungu Kang'ata: Three ways to end dynasties for good Ruto now needs to institutionalise that banishing to ensure Uhuru stays out of Kenyan politics.
Peter Kagwanja: Jubilee woes reveal the perils of entrepreneurial politics A new class consciousness signified by the ‘hustler-dynasty’ (poor-rich) mantra trumped ethnic-based cronyism as the axis about which electoral politics revolved.