Opinion

I participated in the inaugural Friends of Research International Ministerial Conference (FORUM26) in Munich, Germany, hosted by the Federal Ministry...

As the $16 billion Dangote East Africa Refinery broke ground in Lamu on September 30, 2026, I found myself thinking...

Before 2014, I used Facebook quite a lot. One of my favourite habits was writing posts addressed to an imaginary...

Kampala, Uganda — The world's business landscape is changing, and one of the biggest changes is happening on screens rather...

For several hours after voting ended on 9 August 2022, Kenyan television stations displayed different presidential totals from the same...

Fear of nuclear energy often runs deeper than the facts. But when we look beyond the disasters that dominate public...

Several African countries have demonstrated significant recent progress in expanding women’s participation in higher education, although the scale and nature...

On 15 September 2026, retired Chief Justice David Maraga stood with members of the People’s Coalition on Electoral Reforms at...

The decision by Siaya Governor James Orengo to publicly support the proposed nuclear power plant in his county, even as...

On 23 June 2026, IEBC publicly launched a Strategic Plan whose implementation began in 2024, along with its Election Operations...

Classrooms play a vital role in shaping young people's understanding of peace and developing their capacity to contribute to peaceful...

After presidential ballots are counted at a polling station, the presiding officer records each candidate’s votes on Form 34A. Candidate...

During the 2022 presidential petition, lawyer Julie Soweto projected a Form 34A from Gacharaigu Primary School in Kangema Constituency onto...

Weeks before the 2022 General Election, the IEBC postponed publishing the final voter register. A preliminary audit had identified 246,465...

Kenya may be approaching the 2027 election asking the wrong question. We are asking: Who should become president? Perhaps the...

On 15 August 2022, four IEBC commissioners appeared at the Serena Hotel while their chairman, Wafula Chebukati, prepared to declare...

Government officials and nuclear experts often say Kenya is in "Phase 2" of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)'s Milestones...

Before the government spends billions of shillings changing police uniforms, it must answer one simple question: What exactly is wrong...

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...