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Ken Opalo

Let's take Jirongo's claim of toxic waste dumping seriously

It would be ideal if the government swiftly helped the country get to the bottom of the matter. The accusations are too great to simply sweep under the carpet.

Let's take Jirongo's claim of toxic waste dumping seriously

Ruto should push SEZ to spur fast industrial growth

Ruto should push SEZ to spur fast industrial growth

Health CS Nakhumicha has failed to engage our doctors well

Health CS Nakhumicha has failed to engage our doctors well

The problem is not religiosity, but the quality

The problem is not religiosity, but the quality

Ruto's economic team must use its space responsibly

President William Ruto’s economic team has solved the biggest problem it inherited from the Uhuru Kenyatta administration.

By 2 months ago

Ruto's economic team must use its space responsibly

Uhuru nostalgia reminds us how bad things are

The Jubilee government borrowed with careless abandon and squandered most of the borrowed money on projects with little overall economic impact.

By 2 months ago

Uhuru nostalgia reminds us how bad things are

Address femicide crisis urgently to secure our women

The only prominent voices out there are young women, many of whom continue to be dismissed.

By 2 months ago

Address femicide crisis urgently to secure our women

Ruto must pay more attention to education

The government forgot that the introduction of junior secondary as a tier in the system, necessitated the construction of schools.

By 3 months ago

Ruto must pay more attention to education

There's checking the Judiciary and then despotism

The demands of the rule of law state that everyone – especially an important state officer like the President – should be prepared to honour court rulings.

By 3 months ago

There's checking the Judiciary and then despotism

Why Kenya needs a serious shift in policymaking

For the Kenya Kwanza administration, one hopes that there is a plan to pivot to serious policymaking once the Eurobond payment is behind us.

By 3 months ago

Why Kenya needs a serious shift in policymaking

Kagame has built a governance system with State support

Rwanda works not because Paul Kagame is an autocrat, but because he has built a working system of governance backed by a strong state.

By 3 months ago

Kagame has built a governance system with State support

Make workers more productive and see a drop in poverty

President William Ruto and his economic team should treat the World Bank report with the seriousness it deserves.

By 4 months ago

Make workers more productive and see a drop in poverty

Let us renew our social contract this Jamhuri Day

Looking back, we should ask ourselves: what have we done to honour the sacrifices of those who fought and died so we might be free?

By 4 months ago

Let us renew our social contract this Jamhuri Day

Kenya Kwanza already steeped in grand sleaze

The Sh16.5 billion edible oils scandals, which allegedly implicates members of President William Ruto’s Cabinet, is a slap in the face of Kenyans.

By 4 months ago

Kenya Kwanza already steeped in grand sleaze

Is Kenya Kwanza economic agenda avoiding default?

There is a lot more to economic policymaking than meeting deadlines set by the International Monetary Fund. The IMF are firefighters.

By 4 months ago

Is Kenya Kwanza economic agenda avoiding default?

Meru leaders must stop fighting the governor and get down to hard work

Meru County is staring at political collapse. MCAs have twice impeached Governor Kawira Mwangaza accusing her of misgovernance and nepotism.

By 5 months ago

Meru leaders must stop fighting the governor and get down to hard work

Kenyans have no more room for extra taxes

Taxation without evidence of benefits will drive ever more Kenyans to evade taxes. Furthermore, the government should make it clear that everyone is bearing their fair share.

By 5 months ago

Kenyans have no more room for extra taxes

KRA's punitive tax bid at JKIA is ill-advised

As the government seeks to raise enough revenue to pay for public goods and services and interest on our debts, the medicine should not be worse than the disease.

By 5 months ago

KRA's punitive tax bid at JKIA is ill-advised

We should avoid short-termism in varsity reforms

Most reasonable people would agree there is a need to rationalise the higher education sector.

By 5 months ago

We should avoid short-termism in varsity reforms

President must do more to sell healthcare plan

How does the new plan fit with county-level primacy over the sector? Is the government intent on re-nationalising the health sector?

By 5 months ago

President must do more to sell healthcare plan

Gachagua gets tough political lessons in doses

President William Ruto is on record castigating the idea of “shareholders in government,” principally championed by his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua, as “primitive and backward.”

By 6 months ago

Gachagua gets tough political lessons in doses

Why President Ruto is held hostage by his brand of politics

This week’s Cabinet reshuffle was, in effect, an admission by President William Ruto that he selected a sub-par cabinet.

By 6 months ago

President Ruto wants to eat his cake and have it

While reasonable people may quibble with specific tactics or policy positions, it is generally a good thing that the President is out there selling Brand Kenya.

By 6 months ago

President Ruto wants to eat his cake and have it

Ethiopia's regional construction sector giant brilliant idea

The idea, based on the limited available information, appears to be to crowd in as much of the sourcing of materials and skills as possible within the Ethiopian economy.

By 6 months ago

Ethiopia's regional construction sector giant brilliant idea

ODM justified to expel MPs but it exposes weakness

Our parties are poorly institutionalised. They are also personalist. A party that has to expel members for disloyalty lacks the organisational mechanisms for screening candidates

By 7 months ago

ODM justified to expel MPs but it exposes weakness

We should all be level-headed on climate policies

President William Ruto hosted our region and the world and in so doing established our position as a serious stakeholder in the global discourse on climate change and potential solutions.

By 7 months ago

We should all be level-headed on climate policies

We must embrace all Kenyans from diverse ethnicities

Who exactly is scared of Somalis? As a country, we need to ask this uncomfortable question and then educate our fellow citizens.

By 7 months ago

We must embrace all Kenyans from diverse ethnicities

Middle East oil deal shows need for bold policy formulation

We still lack a coherent process of policy communication. Most people, including “experts” appear not fully aware of what prompted the policy moves.

By 7 months ago

Middle East oil deal shows need for bold policy formulation

Let's focus on next ten years of devolution

The past is gone, so we must focus on the future. When looking ahead at the next ten years of devolution, two things come to mind that ought to be the focus of governments in the devolved units.

By 8 months ago

Let's focus on next ten years of devolution

Let Uasin Gishu airlift scammers face justice now

The bravery of the youth to confront their leaders who swindled them is commendable evidence that future generations will not take misgovernance in silence.

By 8 months ago

Let Uasin Gishu airlift scammers face justice now

Don't forget to root for devolution in upcoming talks

If UDA wants to keep winning national elections, it is in their best interest to visibly champion devolution.

By 8 months ago

Don't forget to root for devolution in upcoming talks

How we risk being caught up in the middle-income trap

We run the risk of falling into the middle-income trap, a situation whereby economies stagnate at a certain level of income on account of a lack of innovation and endemic inequality.

By 8 months ago

How we risk being caught up in the middle-income trap

How protests erode Kenya Kwanza's legitimacy and plan

In politics, legitimacy is a currency. It allows losers of elections to accept to be governed by their competitors.

By 9 months ago

How protests erode Kenya Kwanza's legitimacy and plan

We have come a long way since first Saba Saba

The journey has not always been smooth. The first two multiparty elections in 1992 and 1997 involved significant levels of state-sponsored violence that left thousands dead.

By 9 months ago

We have come a long way since first Saba Saba

Ruto's economic team must use its space responsibly

President William Ruto’s economic team has solved the biggest problem it inherited from the Uhuru Kenyatta administration.

By 2 months ago

Ruto's economic team must use its space responsibly

Uhuru nostalgia reminds us how bad things are

The Jubilee government borrowed with careless abandon and squandered most of the borrowed money on projects with little overall economic impact.

By 2 months ago

Uhuru nostalgia reminds us how bad things are

Address femicide crisis urgently to secure our women

The only prominent voices out there are young women, many of whom continue to be dismissed.

By 2 months ago

Address femicide crisis urgently to secure our women

Ruto must pay more attention to education

The government forgot that the introduction of junior secondary as a tier in the system, necessitated the construction of schools.

By 3 months ago

Ruto must pay more attention to education

There's checking the Judiciary and then despotism

The demands of the rule of law state that everyone – especially an important state officer like the President – should be prepared to honour court rulings.

By 3 months ago

There's checking the Judiciary and then despotism

Why Kenya needs a serious shift in policymaking

For the Kenya Kwanza administration, one hopes that there is a plan to pivot to serious policymaking once the Eurobond payment is behind us.

By 3 months ago

Why Kenya needs a serious shift in policymaking

Kagame has built a governance system with State support

Rwanda works not because Paul Kagame is an autocrat, but because he has built a working system of governance backed by a strong state.

By 3 months ago

Kagame has built a governance system with State support

Make workers more productive and see a drop in poverty

President William Ruto and his economic team should treat the World Bank report with the seriousness it deserves.

By 4 months ago

Make workers more productive and see a drop in poverty

Let us renew our social contract this Jamhuri Day

Looking back, we should ask ourselves: what have we done to honour the sacrifices of those who fought and died so we might be free?

By 4 months ago

Let us renew our social contract this Jamhuri Day

Kenya Kwanza already steeped in grand sleaze

The Sh16.5 billion edible oils scandals, which allegedly implicates members of President William Ruto’s Cabinet, is a slap in the face of Kenyans.

By 4 months ago

Kenya Kwanza already steeped in grand sleaze

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