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Diplomatic danger: The summit was meant to showcase a future-makers
partnership. Instead, it exposed a future-fakers reality. Photo: Supplied

Kenya hosts neocolonial delusion

The French president’s visit to Nairobi was a spectacular flop that exposed the tension between African agency and Western entitlement

The level of determination seen in Kenyan youths is unimaginable. They are fearless in demanding for a better country. Photo: Facebook / Chukwuma Ndiogulu

The Kenya they won’t tell you about

Across the country, prices remain stubbornly high … Electricity bills feel designed not for service delivery but for punishment

TYRANNICAL RETURN: President Samia Suluhu is back in office after a shocking landslide victory. Photo: X

Tragedy of Tanzania’s 98% vote

History teaches us that when democratic pressure builds with no outlet, something eventually breaks. That is not stability; it is a ticking bomb

Politics will shape your tomorrow, whether you participate or not. You can either shape it consciously or be shaped by it painfully. The choice is between vigilance and victimhood.

Vigilance or victimhood: Why ignoring politics is expensive

Politics profoundly impacts every aspect of life, from personal finances to public services. Apathy towards it allows corruption and incompetence to flourish

Newly re-elected Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is proving to be just as repressive as Africa’s male predecessors. Photo: Facebook

Tanzania election sham: When peaceful people are pushed too far

President Suluhu wasted an opportunity to change the course. It is probably not too late. She can choose humility over hubris, dialogue over dominance and service over control,…

Kenyan President President William Ruto. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ruto’s cybercrime law is foolish political war against the digital generation

It criminalises dissent, targeting Kenya’s youth, but history shows suppression fuels defiance

Kenyan President President William Ruto. (Wikimedia Commons)

Kenya requires a foreign policy grounded in reality

The president’s proclamations of global leadership are undermined by debt, corruption and a personalised approach to diplomacy

Raila Amolo Odinga

They hated and betrayed Raila Odinga, but now they are mourning the loudest

Raila Amolo Odinga has rested, and Kenya stands at the edge of both history and hypocrisy. The air is thick with praise, the cameras are rolling, and the same hands that once…