Politics

Sifuna’s sacking: Too little too late

By Anderson Ojwang The Orange Democratic Movement party leader, Dr Oburu Oginga, could have failed to effectively apply the common phrase "strike the rod while...

The call for benevolent dictatorship, a contrast to the Odinga family ideal

By Anderson Ojwang At the altar and comfort of power, right inside State House, the contrast in the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga family showed up. They say...

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...

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...

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...