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Barrack Muluka

Kenyans mourn General Ogolla's fall with many thoughts in mind

The prodigiousness of massive sudden loss of life has stalked Kenya these past few months. The recurrences risk stunning us into deadness.

Kenyans mourn General Ogolla's fall with many thoughts in mind

Plunder at the top goes on while the rest told to tighten their belts

Plunder at the top goes on while the rest told to tighten their belts

Kenya Kwanza has flopped on the four key pillars it was anchored on

Kenya Kwanza has flopped on the four key pillars it was anchored on

'Tawe' movement jolts Western as 2027 poll clouds begin to gather

'Tawe' movement jolts Western as 2027 poll clouds begin to gather

President Faye, keep these type of people at arm's length to succeed

Senegal humbles us. We are reminded of the philosopher-king, Leopold Senghor, the first African President to voluntarily retire in 1980.

President Faye, keep these type of people at arm's length to succeed

Mr President, this is what people are saying about your leadership

People are saying your government talks too much. It prances around the country and wastes money too much. Yet it says it is broke. Why not save to pay doctors, et al?

Mr President, this is what people are saying about your leadership

History won't be kind to Ruto if he sends Kenya's police to Haiti

Kenya must think very carefully before sending 1,000 police officers to dance with death in Haiti. What is in it for us?

History won't be kind to Ruto if he sends Kenya's police to Haiti

Henry Chakava: Affable, professional giant and level-headed publisher

Chakava would be as cool as a cucumber during crises and only talk about mistakes after everything has been sorted out.

Henry Chakava: Affable, professional giant and level-headed publisher

Let's be faithful to our sisters to get over two-thirds gender hurdle

There has been no sign that the powers of the day appreciate the gravity of this matter as a question of fidelity to the Constitution, and much less honour to the mothers of Kenya.

Let's be faithful to our sisters to get over two-thirds gender hurdle

Raila's quest for AU chair job a litmus test for Kenya and Ruto

Kenya must demonstrate some level of growth and development after the 2017 defeat. Defeats of this kind can be especially humiliating.

Raila's quest for AU chair job a litmus test for Kenya and Ruto

Why Museveni is ill-advised to despise Literature

President Yoweri Museveni thinks Literature is about quoting Shakespeare. That it is about getting a high from sounding brilliant.

Why Museveni is ill-advised to despise Literature

Sifuna's desperate adrenaline misses the point

Professionals participating in TV debates will do well to know that laymen will sometimes outwit them in reasoned discourse.

By 2 months ago

Sifuna's desperate adrenaline misses the point

When mass media is put to death, who should cry?

A blow against the mass media vibrates beyond individual media entities. It is a blow against society itself.

By 2 months ago

When mass media is put to death, who should cry?

If you can't make poor people rich, eat them

Uber and boda boda drivers are the pick of the basket. They are graduates of the School of Scandal. They have never heard of manners, courtesy or common decency.

By 3 months ago

If you can't make poor people rich, eat them

Of Karua, Orengo and Alice in Wonderland

James Orengo has now ring-fenced Luo Nyanza as an exclusively ODM zone. He has appointed one MP as the commander of a latter-day Jeshi La Mzee. Dissenters beware.

By 3 months ago

Of Karua, Orengo and Alice in Wonderland

There'll be no revolution in Kenya anytime soon

Beware where the sweet birds sing. Many of those who sing of revolutions are in the same nest.

By 4 months ago

There'll be no revolution in Kenya anytime soon

Time has come to hit factory reset on Kenya

Kenyans have been saying things to power for 60 years. Power has not listened. Un jour viendra.

By 4 months ago

Time has come to hit factory reset on Kenya

Mr President, change tack or unpleasant 2027 awaits

The unchanging alphabet of life has taught us that he is wise, he who has received wisdom. The path to wisdom is not coated in honey. Wisdom is often a factor of bitter truth.

By 4 months ago

Mr President, change tack or unpleasant 2027 awaits

Who'll make a case for lost girls of S Sudan?

I stumbled into some of these girls in Kakuma Refugee Camp in the course of investigating the factors behind the longevity of the camp.

By 4 months ago

Who'll make a case for lost girls of S Sudan?

Let's handle the transition in education keenly

This year’s Class 8 is the last 8–4–4 cohort all the way to university. The learners must go steady up to the finishing line. They have no room for stumbling.

By 5 months ago

Let's handle the transition in education keenly

Priceless life's lessons from King Charles tour

Some of us remember the royal wedding in 1981, between Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. It was the talk of the whole world, in the prime of our youth.

By 5 months ago

Priceless life's lessons from King Charles tour

Only a lean government can get us out of this pit

The bigger trouble is that we fear the facts. We are content to scratch at the surface and to address the symptoms. The facts are too inconvenient to be confronted.

By 5 months ago

Only a lean government can get us out of this pit

It's what it is, but it is not all doom and gloom

We feed ourselves on intended hostility towards those who don’t agree with us, paralysing cynicism, and a sense of rank hopelessness. The heart wants to sink.

By 6 months ago

It's what it is, but it is not all doom and gloom

Rethink forced migration to reflect today's reality

Before the modern-day international system, through the League of Nations and later the United Nations, the story of man was about migration, might and conquest.

By 6 months ago

Rethink forced migration to reflect today's reality

Ruling class must stop fighting, mend the nation

The hopelessness and desperation is real. The recent feverish rush in the Worldcoin saga, and the dizzying scramble for a place in the military, speak to this.

By 7 months ago

Ruling class must stop fighting, mend the nation

Grand theft has killed dreams, it's not pilferage

The cost of living is rising like the tide. I lie if I say I know where we are headed. I can only say we are in a very bad place.

By 7 months ago

Grand theft has killed dreams, it's not pilferage

Summit served rude awakening on real danger

We are destroying the planet. Our activities are destroying the environment and changing the climate, for worse. The globe is warming, as a factor of greenhouse gas emissions.

By 7 months ago

Summit served rude awakening on real danger

Reigning chaos reflects our nation's sick soul

The above-the-law-multiple-cross-scissor motorbikes are the ultimate reflection of the state of the collective mind and the sick soul of the nation.

By 7 months ago

Reigning chaos reflects our nation's sick soul

Yes, someone can be living and dead at once

Death, in African context, is incomplete for a long time. Provided that at least one person who knew the departed is still alive and remembers them, the person is dead but alive.

By 7 months ago

Yes, someone can be living and dead at once

Keep Kenyan dream alive amid restless defeatism

Kenya sits at an intriguing crossroads. It’s 60 years of independence and ten years of devolution. Independence in 1963 came with a rich raft of dreams. A blessed land and nation.

By 8 months ago

Keep Kenyan dream alive amid restless defeatism

What team Ruto and Azimio must agree on first

What is the big question? Azimio’s grievances have been mercurial, where they are not fluid and chameleonic.

By 8 months ago

What team Ruto and Azimio must agree on first

President Faye, keep these type of people at arm's length to succeed

Senegal humbles us. We are reminded of the philosopher-king, Leopold Senghor, the first African President to voluntarily retire in 1980.

President Faye, keep these type of people at arm's length to succeed

Mr President, this is what people are saying about your leadership

People are saying your government talks too much. It prances around the country and wastes money too much. Yet it says it is broke. Why not save to pay doctors, et al?

Mr President, this is what people are saying about your leadership

History won't be kind to Ruto if he sends Kenya's police to Haiti

Kenya must think very carefully before sending 1,000 police officers to dance with death in Haiti. What is in it for us?

History won't be kind to Ruto if he sends Kenya's police to Haiti

Henry Chakava: Affable, professional giant and level-headed publisher

Chakava would be as cool as a cucumber during crises and only talk about mistakes after everything has been sorted out.

Henry Chakava: Affable, professional giant and level-headed publisher

Let's be faithful to our sisters to get over two-thirds gender hurdle

There has been no sign that the powers of the day appreciate the gravity of this matter as a question of fidelity to the Constitution, and much less honour to the mothers of Kenya.

Let's be faithful to our sisters to get over two-thirds gender hurdle

Raila's quest for AU chair job a litmus test for Kenya and Ruto

Kenya must demonstrate some level of growth and development after the 2017 defeat. Defeats of this kind can be especially humiliating.

Raila's quest for AU chair job a litmus test for Kenya and Ruto

Why Museveni is ill-advised to despise Literature

President Yoweri Museveni thinks Literature is about quoting Shakespeare. That it is about getting a high from sounding brilliant.

Why Museveni is ill-advised to despise Literature

Sifuna's desperate adrenaline misses the point

Professionals participating in TV debates will do well to know that laymen will sometimes outwit them in reasoned discourse.

By 2 months ago

Sifuna's desperate adrenaline misses the point

When mass media is put to death, who should cry?

A blow against the mass media vibrates beyond individual media entities. It is a blow against society itself.

By 2 months ago

When mass media is put to death, who should cry?

If you can't make poor people rich, eat them

Uber and boda boda drivers are the pick of the basket. They are graduates of the School of Scandal. They have never heard of manners, courtesy or common decency.

By 3 months ago

If you can't make poor people rich, eat them

Of Karua, Orengo and Alice in Wonderland

James Orengo has now ring-fenced Luo Nyanza as an exclusively ODM zone. He has appointed one MP as the commander of a latter-day Jeshi La Mzee. Dissenters beware.

By 3 months ago

Of Karua, Orengo and Alice in Wonderland

There'll be no revolution in Kenya anytime soon

Beware where the sweet birds sing. Many of those who sing of revolutions are in the same nest.

By 4 months ago

There'll be no revolution in Kenya anytime soon

Time has come to hit factory reset on Kenya

Kenyans have been saying things to power for 60 years. Power has not listened. Un jour viendra.

By 4 months ago

Time has come to hit factory reset on Kenya

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