Kenya’s emerging opposition is a portrait of self-seeking wackadoodles
By Francis Kimanene As Kenya’s political landscape braces for another election cycle, a new wave of opposition figures has emerged, positioning themselves as champions of the people and crusaders against government failures. Yet, behind the fiery rhetoric and populist promises lies a troubling pattern and a line-up of politicians whose pasts are riddled with contradictions,
A peep at Gachagua’s hysteria and untenable delusions
By Cindy Kirui In Kenya’s political theatre there is no shortage of characters that mistake ambition for aptitude. In that regard, no one embodies that delusion more starkly than ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. His recent attempts to position himself as a “kingmaker” in the Mount Kenya region and by extension, national politics are overtly