The Anthology of the Ebrahim Hussein Poetry Prize 2014–2020 is a great achievement for Prof. Ebrahim Hussein in the creativity it has inspired in ordinary Tanzanians...
“I don’t hate Mwai Kibaki, I never have. He isn’t a man who caused me to hate; he is someone who broke my heart.”
We are entering that season of political recklessness that is expressed in the language of violence against the background of a merger uniting two formerly implacable...
As Africans, we are going to have to come up with our own mechanisms for dealing with the accountability of our leaders and managing conflicts when...
Kenyans are going into an election believing in nothing, standing for nothing. The leading political formations are born of each other, the result of many profound...
Much will be said and written about Charles Njonjo. The Charles Njonjo I knew was a steadfast friend and a man of his word without hesitation.
A majority of Africans favour democracy over other forms of governance but an authoritarian system with a capacity to deliver public goods rapidly on a vast...
A combination of factors will force some of the most consequential choices our hardened elite have ever made and what they do now will determine what...
A type of politician, blunt and openly estranged from the truth—part performer and often entertainer—has become more influential in public affairs since 2013. This is a...
It is clear, given Jubilee’s approach since 2013, that managing the Kenyatta succession—fixing an increasingly broken economy, soothing our polarised politics in time for the next...
Borrowing a leaf from other dubious anti-corruption campaigns engineered by beleaguered African regimes, the current Noordin Haji-led clean-up has targeted allies and lieutenants of Deputy President,...
Fighting corruption in a developing country where governance institutions are nascent is always a political affair. Kenyatta’s current efforts are no different but mask a more...