Blogs & Opinion
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93Kipchumba Murkomen: The Making of Ruto’s Most Combative Lieutenant
IG Douglas Kanja barely moved. The Inspector General of Police stood ramrod straight, hands clasped before him. His expression betrayed little as...
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122From Polo Shirts to State House? Why Edwin Sifuna Is Becoming Kenya’s Unexpected Presidential Hope
The first thing you notice is not the man. It is the absence of spectacle. No blaring sirens. No convoy of SUVs...
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79Joe Kadhi: The Editor Who Defied State House to Tell Kenya the Truth on Saba Saba
On the morning of July 7, 1990, Nairobi braced for impact. The streets carried the uneasy silence that often precedes history. Riot...
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110Justice on Trial: The Backlogs, Delays, and Accountability Questions Facing Kenya’s Courts
The courtroom falls silent as a judge rises. Lawyers clutch their files. Litigants lean forward, hoping months, sometimes years, of waiting are...
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110The Politician Who Wouldn’t Choose: Inside Ndindi Nyoro’s High-Stakes Gamble With Silence
The room fell quiet before Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro spoke. It was Saturday, June 27, and the cameras were fixed on Nyoro,...
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144Mary Claire Achieng’s Story: Gun Threats in Church And WhatsApp Messages That Foretold Horror
Three months have passed since concentrated acid ripped through Mary Claire Ochieng’s face, chest, hands, and thighs, forever altering her life as...
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151‘My Son Was Killed Here’: Grief Returns to Parliament as Kenya Marks Two Years Since the Gen Z Massacre
‘People die every day.’Two years later, the voices of the dead still echo outside Parliament. “People were killed, but we sympathised and...
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131187 Empty Seats, Billions in Cost: Why Kenyans Want Parliament Slimmed Down
The absence of 187 MPs during the decisive vote on the Finance Bill 2026 has reignited a question that surfaces whenever Parliament...
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186Didmus Barasa: Bungoma’s Political Cat with Nine Lives who Keeps Landing on His Feet
A red-capped Didmus Barasa walks into Kibra on November 7, 2019, during one of the most combustible by-elections in recent memory. The...
