Opinion

On 1 September 2017, Chief Justice David Maraga read the Supreme Court’s decision on the presidential election held twenty-four days...

There is a dangerous point in taxation where the government stops collecting revenue and starts destroying the economic activity that...

At the national tallying center in Bomas of Kenya, presidential results initially appeared on a large electronic screen as they...

The purpose of education is not merely to prepare children for examinations or employment, but to prepare them to navigate...

On 3 September 2026, at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, President Vladimir Putin announced that...

On 30 December 2007, Electoral Commission chairman Samuel Kivuitu announced Mwai Kibaki as the winner of Kenya's presidential election. The...

Young people represent Africa’s greatest resource and a powerful driver of its future. With approximately seventy-five per cent of the...

Kenya's President William Ruto has received heavy criticism after remarks made during his meeting with MSMEs at State House, which...

Every so often, a politician says something so extraordinarily revealing that opponents need not embellish it. The statement simply escapes...

President William Ruto has invited Kenyans to have what he calls an important conversation: should citizens pay more taxes, or...

A powerful leadership principle speaks almost directly to the reforming instinct we have seen throughout President William Ruto's administration. It...

A nuclear power plant is not only an engineering project. It is also a high-value national security asset. As Kenya...

For decades, Kenyans without health insurance have had one option when they fall sick, or a hospital bill arrives. Reach...

Nairobi’s transformation into a “world-class city” is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya’s media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers:...

Tall buildings, new roads, new markets – and a population with shrinking payslips, no jobs, and empty hospital shelves. The...

Kenya’s 2026/27 financial year opened with an encouraging headline: Parliament has allocated KSh175.5 billion to health, including KSh19.1 billion for...

Kenya should be able to debate politics without turning communities into targets of ridicule, suspicion and abuse. Yet recent remarks...

On 15 August 2022, Wafula Chebukati walked into the presidential tallying hall at Bomas of Kenya to declare William Ruto president-elect. Four...

Who advises our political leaders before they step behind a microphone? Do they fully understand that words can inflame tensions...

In 2026, the World Health Organization and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) jointly launched a...

Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda are all at various stages of developing their own nuclear power projects.Yet Kenyan Malthusians claim...

Watching Kenya’s political conversation over the last few days, you can almost see a deliberate shift in strategy. For months,...

Kenya Airways presents one of the most fascinating paradoxes in Kenya’s political economy. It is a national airline sitting at...

Kampala — Uganda is not lagging because its young people lack ability or drive, but because those in power too...

I recently watched digital comedy content creator Crazy Kennar’s skit on how various African presidents are received by their people....

Imagine a Nairobi resident leaving Embakasi shortly before seven in the morning. Before leaving home, she discovers the water hasn't...

There are statements politicians make that reveal considerably more than their authors intended. President William Ruto reportedly told his supporters:...

There is no shortage of advice at State House. If anything, Kenya may have discovered the opposite problem: an abundance...

When Kenyans hear that “the Kenyan shilling has strengthened against the dollar,” the natural question is simple: So why has...

There is an uncomfortable conversation taking place across Mt Kenya, and former President Uhuru Kenyatta would be unwise to ignore...