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While the US is resorting to brawn, China is increasingly becoming the real global powerhouse with its implementation of sound economic policies abroad, devoid of military interventions.
With 2027 designated a turning point in Kenya's history, politicians across the board are expected to take viable political stands and mark their territories well in advance.
Since Raila's death last year, leadership and ideological bankruptcy within ODM have been amplified by the now cliche phrase, "Raila left us in the broad-based government."
Most of our aged leaders have become conceited and delusional after enjoying the perks of power for too long and have developed a sense of entitlement to leadership.
Some people in places of influence view Gachagua as a rabble-rouser, hence the desperate need to intimidate and silence him while fully aware that this infringes on his right to free speech.
Indefatigable Atwoli is categorical that a president needs uninterrupted 20 to 30 years to make an impact.
Unfortunately, Oburu and his co-conspirators who are currently dining at the UDA table, and others who political scientists call ‘useful idiots’, see Sifuna as an impediment.
Rev Jesse Jackson built his life and career on the conviction that no government has the right to prey upon its people, and that power, however intoxicating, is answerable to those who confer it.
Kenya is getting into an election period that could easily become the most combustible since the 2008 post-election violence unless the growing tensions are defused now.
There is an old trick in the Kenyan political playbook, older than harambees and more effective than hustler economics
Kenya's gangs are being watered by political patronage — deployed to disrupt opposition rallies, suppress protests, and perform the violence that politicians require but cannot officially commission.
On the third floor of the Daisy Centre, a school situated along the Bukura-Butere Road, is a 50-seater, fully equipped computer lab.
Rigathi Gachagua has gained political advantage over President William Ruto by provoking him with insults, exploiting responses without needing a formal platform or policy.
Reports on Kenya’s lack of readiness based on Confederation of African Football guidelines have emerged.
Situated at the edge of Kakamega town, a few metres off the Kakamega - Webuye road, is Daisy Special Needs School.
What should worry Kenyans about 2027 is the lack of specifics on critical national issues as coalitions are being assembled and handshakes are being planned.
Farouk Kibet wields significant behind-the-scenes influence in government despite holding no constitutional office, drawing comparisons to powerful figures like Nicholas Biwott.
Ruto remains a formidable contender despite a record that would, in a functional democracy, be his political obituary.
William Ruto is warned that misleading advice from allies like Musalia Mudavadi and Moses Wetangula could undermine his 2027 re-election prospects in Western Kenya.
Nandi County Senator Samson Cherargei is a lawyer by training but when one measures that training against his legislative record, a gap emerges between the training and the conduct.
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