Opinion

September is suicide prevention awareness month. It is a time to raise awareness about one of the most stigmatized topics....

Following the 2007-08 post-election experience, tension among ethnic groups has become a growing concern every time Kenyans go to the...

The first prosecution witness in the Kimwarer-Arror dams case took to the stand once again yesterday at the Milimani Anti-Corruption...

Last week, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, argued that we may be approaching the...

The fall of Berlin wall in 1989 marked the formal collapse of communism and the gradual globalization of liberalism. Two...

Cultural analysts understand memes – units of cultural transmission, according to British biologist Richard Dawkins – as the most effective...

Over four million Kenyans are at the risk of starvation owing to minimal rains in the country. The worsening household...

I was not shocked by the Supreme Court’s rejection of Raila Odinga’s petition against the IEBC declaring Deputy President William...

For nearly two decades, successive Kenyan governments have promoted mega infrastructure projects as a pathway to development. The Lamu Port...

Among the general objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) are:  (a) to promote gender equity and social...

Soon after the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) declared Uhuru Kenyatta the winner of the presidential election on 8...

The just concluded elections are a testament that with the right laws, policies and affirmative action, women can thrive in...

After filing his presidential election petition at the supreme court of Kenya, the Azimio Presidential Candidate Mr. Raila Odinga told...

A few weeks ago, I ended up on a cooking recipe sharing type of website, venturing off the beaten path...

William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s 2022 presidential election. The close results have been queried, raising the...

William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election. The final outcome, however, remains in the balance following...

Kenya’s William Ruto was declared the winner of the August 9 election in the midst of chaotic scenes last witnessed...

Voting is a way of exercising constitutional rights and the obvious fact of electing a preferred leader. However, how do...

For the first time in Kenya’s history, a female candidate joins the centre stage in one of the main political...

Approaching this year's election. First of all, let us confirm our voter status via: 'https://verify.iebc.or.ke' or send your ID/Passport number#,...

In elections and beyond, young Kenyans are an important political cohort. People between the ages of 18 and 35 make...

Traditionally, political debates have been shaped by mainstream media. Kenya’s mainstream media, however, remain strongly wedded to factional ethnic and...

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta – whose final term in office ends after the 9 August polls – has been a...

Political debates are considered a key part of campaign outreach in many democracies as early as 1920's. A leaders' debate...

Images of distressed members of the Maasai community being forcibly moved from their homes, beaten, and harassed by police and...

There is a perennial statement attributed to Joseph Stalin, leader of the U.S.S.R. from 1922 through 1953, about voting versus...

Kenya has four presidential candidates in the August 2022 general election. They recently launched their manifestos, and one thing ties...

Early morning on Sunday, February 14, 2010, I got a call from James Orengo, Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s close confidante,...

About 2.6 billion people – nearly half of the global population, most of them in Africa, Asia and central and...

A first-time driver on Kenyan roads is likely to think that commercial and passenger service vehicles are highly regulated. Drivers...