By Clement Wasike Kindly take a moment to watch the YouTube video linked in the article. Kenya’s political arena at this point in time echoes with copious honeyed promises of liberation from hard-wired demagogues promising utopia. The opposition firebrands weaving visions of Nirvana with their rhetoric dripping with saccharine allure of instant solutions is a
By Musa Maridhawa From the acrid scent of tear gas over Nairobi’s CBD to the defiant chants echoing through city streets, a disruption of its kind seems to be gripping our motherland. The silent anguish is borne by hoteliers watching bookings vanish, safari guides idled and curio shop owners losing sales causing many livelihoods to
By Billy Gichohi As Kenya currently crackles with a perilous energy, we hardly realise that we are racing against time, against each other and oftentimes, against imagined foes. And as we witlessly entertain needless political flare-ups, we allow accusations and counter accusations to fly like shrapnel thus escalating an already poisoned atmosphere. That is how
By Francis Kimanene In post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina, a remarkable pilgrimage unfolds each summer. A handful of young people from across the Balkans traverse seven cities over two weeks, visiting memorial sites, participating in interfaith dialogues, and designing peace initiatives amidst the region’s haunting beauty. This immersive experience dubbed the “State of Peace Youth Academy”
By Jackie Adhyambo There is a time to call a spade a spade and idle moments to toy with conjecture. With Kenya’s demography of under 35 years estimated at 75% and 70% of hospitality jobs being youth-held, social order and decorum are imperatives of economic survival but certainly not vacuous idealism. Come to think of
By Jackie Adhyambo There is a time to call a spade a spade and idle moments to toy with conjecture. With Kenya’s demography of under 35 years estimated at 75% and 70% of hospitality jobs being youth-held, social order and decorum are imperatives of economic survival but certainly not vacuous idealism. Come to think of
The controversy surrounding the Director of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, continues to deepen after his questionable statements regarding the death of Albert Ojwang in police custody. What was initially presented by the police as a case of self-inflicted harm has now turned into a serious credibility crisis for the DCI boss, who is increasingly viewed
Geoffrey Mosiria, the Chief Officer in charge of Environment in Nairobi County, is once again at the center of a troubling controversy. A recent TikTok livestream that he conducted has sparked public anger and disbelief after a young street boy claimed he was paid KSh 1,800 to move 32 dead bodies to the mortuary. The
By Francis Kimanene There seems to be a form of misguided seduction in playing risky games with flames, in the crackle and pungency of burning tyres, and in the shattering of glass among the anarchist arm of Kenya’s “protesters.” There is a siren song of the rowdy anarchist that defies sober logic. But how long
By Kevin Kioko The air over Nairobi thickened with acrid smoke on Wednesday June 25, 2025, as flames consumed court buildings in Kikuyu and looters ransacked shops along Kenyatta Avenue, in Bungoma and Nyeri towns. What began as solemn commemoration and a tribute to the lives extinguished during the 2024 Gen-Z protests morphed into a