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Higher energy cost puts Kenya on losing edge in manufacturing

By Nzau Musau   2024-11-02 20:55:00

Lobby says increased investments in renewable sources have not cured the problem forcing manufacturers to relocate to other regional economies.

From witness to advocate: Inside Millie Odhiambo's political awakening

By Nzau Musau   2024-11-02 20:55:00

Even though I often engaged in training others on leadership skills, including political leadership skills, I never considered myself as a politician. In fact, I had even grown to hate politics.

Millie Odhiambo: The night call that made me bag 2007 ODM nomination

By Nzau Musau   2024-11-03 20:30:00

Millie Odhiambo says she was invited to one of debates that focused on women’s issues in the Constitution. The debates often had political heavyweights on both sides.

Millie Odhiambo's pain of hair loss

By Nzau Musau   2024-11-04 20:30:00

I had a little wound on my head, courtesy of a bad chemical used on it a while earlier at a salon in Rwanda. Because of the pressure, the wound spread and my head started producing puss. 

Millie Odhiambo: 'Bad girl's' lessons in politics, shock of being assigned many boyfriends

By Nzau Musau   2024-11-05 20:30:00

There was a time when a super-rich male colleague tried to hit on me by telling me that I needed to have a socio-political financier in order to survive in politics.  

Against the tide: How 'Okoa LSK' 1989 edition thrust Karua to national political scene

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-08 20:30:00

At the turn of age 30, Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua quit the comfort of the Judiciary as a senior resident magistrate after serving six years to set up a law firm in Nairobi.

Karua: How I took on a Kanu behemoth, navigated gender wars and won

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-09 08:10:00

If Geoffrey Kariithi, former head of civil service in Kenyatta and Moi governments was a big tree, Martha Karua was the small axe that fell him.

Why I walked out on Moi, declined Kibaki's appointment as shadow minister

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-10 12:35:00

By the time Martha Karua sat for her O-Levels, she had switched schools severally. In all instances, she’d stood up for her rights as a student and questioned unjust conventions condoned by students.

Karua: Day angel of death swooped on us

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-11 00:00:00

Among the lessons life has thrown her way is the necessity of listening to the inner voice that is always guiding, and firing us up from within. 

How Orange vs Banana referendum, deep divisions led to implosion of Narc dream

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-12 06:00:00

In 2002, the Rainbow Coalition was handed a blank cheque to birth a new republic in the manner of the vision they had expounded for years.

Defending Kibaki's win and how string of betrayals led to bitter fallout

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-13 08:00:00

In her spirited defence of President Mwai Kibaki’s votes in 2007, Martha Karua fired on all cylinders.

Disgrace of national honours handed out using opaque criteria

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-20 00:00:00

Many deserving Kenyans have been snubbed as leaders with questionable credentials are honoured.‘Githeri man’ was recognised ahead of many distinguished Kenyans.

Riggy-G picked on Media and Raila, failed to see where his waterloo would come from

By Nzau Musau   2024-12-28 06:30:00

Like Karanja before him, Rigathi Gachagua neither knew the day nor the hour the political thuggery and vindictiveness he practiced on others, would be deployed on him. 

Wafula Chebukati: The man who stoked controversy with praise and condemnation in equal measure

By Nzau Musau   2025-02-21 10:30:00

In six years, he ran three presidential elections, stoking controversy at each turn. In the wake of each, it was praise and condemnation in equal measure.

Why "Kenya coalition" featured in German election

By Nzau Musau   2025-02-24 10:17:24

A coalition dubbed by pundits as the “Kenya coalition” features the CDU/CSU whose colors are black, SPD (red) and the Greens, with the combined semblance to the Kenyan flag.

ICC targets Sudan war enablers amid Kenyan links to militia gold

By Nzau Musau   2025-03-03 11:36:09

The eyes of the international community are turning towards the enablers of Sudan civil war, days after the country’s militias formed a parallel government in Nairobi.

We refuse to be victims: Book by Ugandan poet launched in Kenya

By Nzau Musau   2025-03-22 00:00:00

Sam Mugumya captures the vanity of power in its ephemeral element. Mugumya is an ex-political prisoner who braved eight years in a DRC prison.

'SANY demolitions': Taxpayers to cough Sh2 billion for Nakumatt Ukay compensation

By Nzau Musau   2025-03-27 11:28:45

Kenyans will cough in excess of Sh2 billion to compensate the owners of Nakumatt Ukay mall demolished at the crack of dawn by a multi-agency government team back in 2018.

Stop 'Ruto must go' chants, NIS and KDF warn

By Nzau Musau   2025-03-28 08:30:00

Noordin Haji and Gen Charles Kahariri publicly opened up on state of the country’s security, speaking firmly about their resolve to maintain a constitutional order.

NIS boss Haji, CDF Kahariri reveal emerging threats to stability

By Nzau Musau   2025-03-29 07:00:00

Security chiefs warned of national challenges that need to be contained. Haji said institution has been misrepresented because of its nature