kenyan cabinet remains deadlocked over violence
For the second straight week the Kenyan cabinet remains deadlocked on the way forward in the effort to bring to book those who planned the post-election violence that killed over 1300 people early last...
View ArticleAli’s exit was long overdue
In an ideal world the ranking of an institution as the most corrupt in a country is enough reason for the head of that institution to resign or initiate radical reforms to mitigate the situation. But...
View Articlekenyan ethnic groups arming ahead of 2012
I just read this on the BBC and can’t stop wishing that it is all hype. The report quotes a number of Kenyans – mostly from the Rift Valley – who seem to be acknowledging that segments of the Kenyan...
View Articlecelebrating kenyatta day
Macharia Gaitho has a rather hard hitting editorial piece in the Daily Nation today. His rather utopian idealization of the revolutionary Kenyan peasantry aside (they are very complicit in the creation...
View ArticleKenyan insanity
How is this even imaginable in a country where millions are faced with starvation and an annual income per capita of under $ 2000??? The Kenyan political class should be ashamed of itself. Posted in...
View Articleawkward…
Kenyan Premier, Raila Odinga, continued his call for the resignation of Education Minister Sam Ongeri – this time in the presence of the latter at a function in Nairobi’s Upper Hill district. According...
View ArticleMwakwere seeks to retain seat in matuga by-election
Latest: The Daily Nation reports that former Kenyan Transport Minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere has been re-elected as member of parliament for Matuga. Mr. Mwakwere will probably be reinstated as Transport...
View Articlewaki report
This past weekend I took time to read the Waki report on the 2007-08 post election violence (PEV) in Kenya. Here is a copy of the PEV Report. Filed under: africa Tagged: Kenya, Kibaki, luis...
View Articlegeneral kianga should be a little bit embarrassed by this
The Kenyan army is one of the most professionalized on the Continent. When their counterparts across the region were going nuts with politics through most of the 60s, 70s and 80s they opted instead to...
View ArticleThe Presidential Race in Kenya’s 4th of March 2013 Election
The race to succeed President Kibaki promises to be an interesting one. All the pointers indicate that it will be a close race between the Raila-Kalonzo-Wetangula and co. faction vs. the...
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