Politics

Ruto’s Kalenjin power takeover script may come to haunt Wetang’ula and Mudavadi with the emergence of Sifuna

By Anderson Ojwang In 2005, during the constitutional referendum, then Kanu Secretary General William Ruto developed a power takeover script from the nose of then...

The critic Mbadi wins Ruto’s heart, to get space in the President’s book

By Anderson Ojwang The once fiercest critic of President William Ruto and his government, then Orange Democratic Movement National Chairman John Mbadi, has today emerged...

Political rivalry rocks North Rift as President Political rivalry rocks North Rift as President Ruto’s allies in supremacy battle

By Anderson Ojwang Political rivalries could be unfolding in the North Rift, the home turf of President William Ruto. While President...

How comedy replaced political violence, thuggery in Migori County

By Anderson Ojwang Migori County for decades was known as the mother and father of political violence and thuggery....

Selective name-dropping and “untouchable officials” in the Ruaraka land saga shows it’s not about justice but politics

The court record tells a story of institutions, not a single personality Few public controversies in recent years have generated...

The making of the opposition Pentagon: The table and the game plan

By Anderson Ojwang The return of a Pentagon similar to the 2007 Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) one is in the...

Kalonzo Musyoka: A man of the moment

By Anderson Ojwang Dr Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is a man of the moment. The stars seem to be lining and...

Why SACCO savings should not be applied to national infrastructure development initiatives

By Dr Nixon Bugo The reported proposal to channel over KSh1 trillion held by Kenya's Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies...