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The death of Ngugi wa Thiong’o marks the closing chapter of an extraordinary era—an era when literature was not mere art, but ammunition;
Two proposed laws, the Finance Bill 2025 and the Kenya Information and Communications Bill, threaten to fundamentally reshape our rights in the digital space.
When a state begins to treat civic consciousness as subversion and public participation as provocation, then the institutions of democracy are not just weakening but being hollowed out.
If activist Rose Njeri is guilty of anything, it is of believing that her voice matters in shaping the laws that govern her.
Let Albert Ojwang’s death be the last. Let his name be the turning point. This time, we will not play along. Enough is enough.
Albert Ojwang was arrested from his home in Migori County. In broad daylight. In front of his father and other relatives. There were no guns drawn, no resistance offered. He was calm.
This week, the Eliud Lagat affair has exposed, with chilling clarity, the depths to which President William Ruto’s administration is willing to sink in its contempt for Kenyans.
Pregnant mothers are being turned away from underfunded county hospitals.
The dangerous drift of Kenya’s politics should worry us. What began in Sudan as a militia proxy to crush rebellion has mutated into a monstrous force seeking domination of a country.
The government can unleash as much violence as it wants. It can arrest, threaten, and even kill. But what it cannot do is bury the truth. The blood on its hands will not wash off.
We are witnessing the rise of a rogue, unaccountable administrative culture where power is exercised arbitrarily, violently, and with no regard for truth, law, or consequences.
In his remarks to the nation both before and after Wednesday’s Gen Z protests President William Ruto has been clear on where he stands with regard to recent youth-led demonstrations.
History seldom turns on a single protest; it unfolds in increments, like the slow unfurling of a clenched fist. I advise President Ruto, repression is a deferred bill, not a solution.
On Monday, Raila Odinga, issued a statement reflecting on the thirty-fifth anniversary of Saba Saba and calling for a “national intergenerational conclave.”
To make matters worse, the businesses that have suffered losses will be entitled to tax reliefs, write-offs, and claims, thereby reducing the total amount of tax they owe in future.
In a country where elections are often marred by suspicion and irregularities, it is chilling, though not surprising, to hear a sitting legislator boast openly about plans to commit electoral fraud.
Why didn’t you ever direct this kind of anger at those who came before me?” On the surface, it’s a plea for fairness.
There comes a time in the life of every regime when its desperation becomes impossible to mask. For President William Ruto’s government, that time is now. The decision to charge peaceful protesters
For decades, tribalism has been the preferred political strategy of those unwilling or unable to govern.
The crisis engulfing Kenya today, economic despair, repression, and betrayal,did not come out of the blue. It is a direct result of a collective national mistake.
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