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119Godwin Murunga: Historian Dismisses Ruto G7 Hype, Says Invitation Serves Western Interests
Kenyan historian and political analyst Dr Godwin Murunga has dismissed the excitement surrounding President William Ruto’s invitation to the G7 Summit in...
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145Legal Scholar Prof Migai Akech Calls Gachagua Judgment a Contradiction in Law
Prof Migai Akech, one of Kenya’s most respected constitutional scholars, has delivered perhaps the most devastating legal critique yet of the High...
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239Dr Vincent Nyagucha: Kenyan medical Fraternity Mourns Death of Kisii Eye Surgeon
The Kenyan medical fraternity is reeling from the sudden death of Dr Vincent Magubo Nyagucha, a recently graduated consultant ophthalmologist whose promising...
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178Tanks, Tear Gas and Ebola Fears: Nanyuki Erupts Over US Quarantine Facility
Atop a sand-coloured armoured troop carrier, four soldiers sat like sentinels at the edge of a storm. Their faces were hidden behind...
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183Cecilia Wanjiku: The Utumishi Girl Who Died Saving Others
As flames tore through a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in the dead of night, panic spread with terrifying speed. Girls screamed,...
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225Snenhlanhla Khoza: 31-Year-Old South African Woman Growing Old at Terrifying Speed
At 31, Snenhlanhla Khoza should have been moving through the ordinary rhythms of young adulthood: raising children, arguing about bills, laughing with...
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306Phones, Spyware and Fear: Inside Ruto’s Expanding Surveillance Machine after Gen Z Protests
Editor’s Note: Our senior writer Getty Soila digs into the growing claims that President William Ruto’s administration intensified digital surveillance and spying...
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146Hassan Omar: From “Vera Sidika” Jibes to Mt Kenya Fury
“Why are they referring to you as Vera Sidika?” Jeff Koinange asked with the grin of a man who already knew the...
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159Silence, Betrayal and 54 Votes: The Day Kithure Kindiki Was Impeached
On the afternoon of May 22, 2020, the Kenyan Senate carried the mood of a political execution chamber. The corridors outside the...
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118Kennedy Kaunda Locked Out of Ruto Meeting Hours After Calling Wandayi a “Spanner Boy” on Live TV
Kennedy Kaunda, the now-viral transport sector figure whose sharp-tongued television appearances have electrified Kenya’s political conversation this week, was nowhere in sight...
