Peter Kimani

Normalising abnormalities, the American way, as Trump returns to White House

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-08 12:00:00

The American blacks and Latinos who voted for Donald Trump don’t see themselves as minorities, even though their ethnic and racial makeup mirrors those targeted by Trump.

When rain clouds gather around Judiciary, beware a mighty 'mugumo' is about to fall

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-08 19:00:00

The Supreme Court turned 12 this month but what was meant to be a celebration of the milestone turned into a harangue from Prezzo Ruto: the courts must not frustrate the government agenda.

Diligent man from Equatorial Guinea proves middle age isn't always about going downhill

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-08 19:00:00

I suspect many folks can’t locate Equatorial Guinea on the world map, but it made the international headlines this week, thanks to a hard-working civil servant.

When Church rises in battle for soul of the nation, wicked flounder

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-22 09:00:00

The Church delivered a stinging rebuke by returning my donation, and blaming my government for what they call “a culture of lies.

Please stay, Meggie, just a little bit longer, please stay on and farm this great land

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-22 00:00:00

In just under two years, US ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman emerged as one of the foremost “experts” on Kenya, so she could tell which had been the freest of our elections.

Nairobi's cements reputation as continent's abduction centre with Kizza Besigye saga

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-22 00:00:00

In case you have forgotten, some Turkish dissidents under UN protection were recently abducted and ferreted out of the country and delivered to Ankara.

At the foot of the mountain, preacher was only available to a grieving granny at a fee

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-28 17:20:17

My tour of the “murima” couldn’t be complete without detouring through Karatina, the bastion of former Deputy Prezzo Rigathi Gachagua aka Riggy G.

Kisumu receives Prezzo Ruto with jubilation, can't wait to receive Baba back in the streets

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-28 17:51:50

My last sojourn this week was in Kisumu City and, you guessed right, I wanted to see for myself how Prezzo Bill Ruto would be received there.

From the pulpit to beer halls, it's a crisis of faith as graft takes firm root

By Peter Kimani   2024-11-29 19:00:00

We had trouble locating not just the place where we planned to retreat for the night, but also opening the pad that we had booked online.

After hibernating to prospect for minerals, Joho can't stand powerful youths online

By Peter Kimani   2024-12-06 14:00:00

The millions of youthful users of social media in Kenya have no votes to cast next February, so Joho’s censure made zero sense. But again, perceptions can be stronger than reality.

Of bovine politics, ill spirits and online trawls crawling under Prezzo Ruto's collar

By Peter Kimani   2024-12-06 20:00:00

Pointedly, Prezzo Ruto ridiculed the lot against airport expansion had never set foot in an airport, unlike him who is widely travelled, at the taxpayers’ expense.

Ichaweri's intriguing politics, joint conference that suggests two separate meetings

By Peter Kimani   2024-12-13 08:20:35

I don’t recall anything specific about his short speech outside Ichaweri, the seat of power for the last 60 years, through the years Prezzo Jomo Kenyatta I and Prezzo Kenyatta II.

There's no wishing away positive impact of Kenya Kwanza administration

By Peter Kimani   2024-12-13 08:28:07

I did not understand a word of it, or even why he used so much force to deliver what seemed like a pointless quest, as we all missed the point.

The parable of small-time pencil thief turned industry captain

By Peter Kimani   2024-12-13 10:21:12

If the pencil thief derived particular satisfaction from his primitive accumulation of pencils, what was to stop him from evolving into a fully-fledged tenderprenuer of the future?

Of Christmas feast, farting cows, and goats that won't stop bleating after vaccine

By Peter Kimani   2024-12-20 06:00:00

I wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas, although there are many Kenyans who have nothing to celebrate this season, because everything has been taken away.

Inventive police officers in Kaptagat unveil new abattoir providing prime cuts for inmates

By Peter Kimani   2024-12-20 11:15:11

The surprising part is none of those officers had ever thought about it, and the light-bulb moment came about when a neighbour’s bull strayed into the police camp and mooed.

Watching the sun set on River Congo and other short stories from Diani

By Peter Kimani   2025-01-03 06:00:00

Life hustles had kept us apart, and tots that I recalled holding in my arms years ago had morphed into fine young men with afros and beards and booming voices.

Prezzo Ruto has a new song in the New Year, though his singing and dancing are out of tune

By Peter Kimani   2025-01-03 06:00:00

The song was ‘Kasongo,’ which is about love and loss, and it wasn’t clear what Prezzo and his retinue of handlers found funny about the song because they were giggling feverishly.

A Christmas bar brawl that DCI officers turned into robbery with violence charge

By Peter Kimani   2025-01-03 00:00:00

Stanslaus Mwanzia, 22, is cooling his heels at Shimo la Tewa Prison in Mombasa, after he was arrested from a bar in Changamwe on Christmas Day, last year.

Prezzo Ruto goes benchmarking in Ghana, and Kenyans keep calm

By Peter Kimani   2025-01-10 06:00:00

Kenyans on Twitter have been surprisingly muted about Prezzo Bill Ruto’s recent foray abroad—the first one in a long time.