On 10 November, I flew into a country whose citizens were doing the best they could to survive in the economically and emotionally bankrupt nation that...
As a former student of the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, I have had the opportunity to ask the former president and patron of the institution,...
My identity straddles African borders. I was born in Zambia to a Zimbabwean mother and a South Africa father. Of the three countries, I carry South...
I never thought I would be on the receiving end of gratitude until cancer happened. This show of kindness has kept me on the other side...
I remember, a young woman, a freshly minted teacher named Leah- who was very fond of my father. I was a little boy then. She looked...
Why are elections in Kenya associated with death and tragedy? At what point in our history as nation, did bloodletting become part and parcel of the...
Since I was a child, I have been acutely aware of conflict and deeply concerned with resolving contentious problems. That has made for an interesting outlook...
The biggest frustration for a rational thinking Kenyan, is the flimsy justification of extra-judicial killings by the police. Whether it is the Wagalla Massacre (they provoked...
Catholic Father, Evans Juma Oduor was the presiding priest of Nyabondo Parish in Nyakach. At a funeral service, he called out president Uhuru Kenyatta and asked...
I Listen Our fishermen have always netted fish, strange bodies, and even stranger stories. Stories of seductive mermaids and Mami Wata; The terrifying Mokele-Mbembe, and the...
