Save Our Children From Illegal Tuition
Primary schools closed officially yesterday across the country to give children a break from curriculum instruction by teachers. During the month-long vacation, they are expected to spend time with...
View ArticleBaraza's Fighting Spirit Is Hurting The Taxpayer
Nose-pinching Deputy Chief Justice (is she still?) Nancy Baraza perhaps knows much more than we do but there is something she still needs to know: When to call it a day. Her decision to press on with...
View ArticleEugene Needs To Tread Carefully
Eugene Ludovick Wamalwa is clearly the man of the moment. He is at the centre of many swirling events from which he can reap big politically. But he could also fall thunderously with just one misstep,...
View ArticleState Is To Blame For Tana, Mombasa Chaos
The outbreak of quasi- political, inter-clan and ethnic conflict in northern parts of Kenya during August, as well as the religion-targeted violence in Mombasa is the result of government failure, pure...
View ArticleMudavadi Not Up To Speed In Top Job Race
It is now four months since former deputy captain Musalia Mudavadi pompously quit the Orange Democratic Movement in a huff for the United Democratic Forum to press on his bid for the presidency. At the...
View ArticleDon't Deploy Military In Tana Delta
Bizarre comparisons are flying on social media about how government responds to different tragedies, catastrophes or security situations. The most popular is the swiftness with which the government...
View ArticleThe Third Horse In Presidency Race
The press releases from the National Alliance party celebrating its victory in Monday’s by-elections have been telling. They identify ODM, by name, as the arch foe in the coming General Election. I...
View ArticleWhy Mike Sonko Should Read Ruling On Matemu
Michael “Sonko” Mbuvi regards himself as a hero and role model for the youth. He can punch a wall, defy authority and pay his way out of any fix. He evinces the youthful bravado of a latter-day cowboy...
View ArticleAll Is Not Well With Poll Arrangements
Keen followers of the countdown to the next general election have a reason to worry. This country is staring at another electoral disaster and everything must now switch from urgent to crisis mode if a...
View ArticleJokers Should Now Quit Race
My friend Fred Obachi Machoka has observed a strange phenomenon on the political scene. Every presidential candidate, it seems, is surrounded by overzealous attack dogs yearning to pounce on opponents...
View ArticleObama has earned world’s admiration
The world has embraced President Barack Obama as its leader. His victory in the US elections Tuesday returned to the helm of the world someone who is admired for his determination and adored for giving...
View ArticleBaragoi Massacre Sign Of Deeper Rot
A fortnight ago on Citizen TV’s Cheche show we hosted deputy commissioner of Police Kingori Mwangi to discuss the nature and progress of reforms. Mr King’ori, a senior ranking man in the force and a...
View ArticleNgilu Defines Art Of ‘Like-Minded’ Politics
It has been a week of crass madness when political turncoats and spineless wannabe leaders came out in their true colors. But none came out truly sparkling like Mama Rainbow Charity Kaluki Ngilu who...
View ArticleDemocratic Primaries Will Save Mudavadi
Things have unruffled so much around Musalia Mudavadi as to make his bid for the presidency look like a bad joke. His whole race is built on luck, a deal here, a concession there, favours, compromises...
View ArticleBattle For Western Goes A Notch Higher
A crunch popularity contest is going down in Western Kenya this weekend. Mudavadi-led Amani coalition and Raila’s Cord will be breathing on each other’s back as they comb the counties for supremacy. At...
View ArticleWe are not preparing fresh graduates for job market
Washington Mburu was all smiles when he graduated last year with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He estimates that it cost his family some Sh50,000 to hire a bus and attend his graduation ceremony in...
View ArticleCorruption to blame for high cost of textbooks in Kenya
/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/articles/2016/01/28/431733.jpg?itok=dd1rFMDUIn Kenya, the availability of textbooks has not kept pace with the rapid increase in enrollment due to the...
View ArticleInnovative project seeks to boost learning at the Coast
/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/articles/2016/01/28/1281575.jpg?itok=YvL9K5bzStudents at the Coast struggle more with English than their counterparts in other regions, a report by the...
View ArticleSoftware promotes interactive, fun learning in Kenyan schools
/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/articles/2016/02/04/1271341.jpg?itok=3NFIeHngDigital learning is becoming a reality in Kenya. One of the innovative platforms that is contributing to...
View ArticleMakueni schools get textbooks
/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large/public/articles/2016/02/04/1286781.jpg?itok=jp80br0xMakueni First Lady Nazi Kivutha is spearheading an initiative to ensure there are enough textbooks in...
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