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Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Kenya and Africa’s towering man of letters who has died at the age of 87, evolved from a mythical figure of my youth to become a close mentor whose friendship.
My last port of call was the Westlands DC’s office, where I took the eldest man of the house to secure a national ID, now that he’s come of age.
She issued and retracted threats, cajoled her enthused crowd for support, then restated her firm standpoint as a regional power baroness.
Despite his long absence from Kenya, accounting for over 40 years, Ngugi still held a Kenyan passport. He died Kenyan, and he died for Kenya.
This is what we call fitina, pure and simple; how do you deprive Kenyans of Samidoh and hurl him in the wilderness to sing for goats?
This time, the police were adequately resourced: the vehicles that routinely lack fuel to assist needy Kenyans had enough petrol to run for hundreds of kilometres.
As human rights agenda takes front and centre of our national discourse, this could be Matiang’i’s Achilles’s heel.
After all, the Central Police Station, where Ojwang was held for a few hours, perhaps alive, perhaps dead, had a fully functional CCTV system.
This economic stagnation is from government own data, so trust Prezzo Ruto when he says he’s transforming the nation, backwards.
Taifa Hall holds deeper meaning for the departed author.
Kenyans know who the criminals are: they call them by name and when sighted among crowds.
Put simply, art is a living tissue, produced in such risky circumstances one is perpetually at risk of detention or torture
In Parliament, things were equally elephant; there was a stampede as other big-bodied fellows scrambled out through a tight underground tunnel.
Gen-Z protesters have vowed to reclaim get rid of power barons and ensure proper governance is restored in the country.
The Nairobi County Woman Representative Esther Passaris has tabled a path-breaking Bill that seeks to entrench political freedoms in our country by opening special spaces for picketing and protests.
Kenya Revenue Authority has been sending messages to individuals reminding them to fulfill their income tax obligation.
Sabina Chege, Nominated MP and the disputed leader of Jubilee Party, was introduced as “Mama Jubilee.”
He needed sufficient numbers to back him up to get his message across
When he rose to address a gathering, a hired audience, as I understand, his anger was palpable.
Baba’s silence is observance of “table manners,” meaning he’s been quiet because he’s busy eating.
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