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Macharia Munene

US envoy exits, praised by Ruto but censured by State critics

Meg Whitman’s tour of duty as US President Joe Biden’s ambassador to Kenya has ended after two years of active involvement in open Kenyan political affairs.

US envoy exits, praised by Ruto but censured by State critics

Why forgotten Mau Mau songs are resounding across the mountain

Why forgotten Mau Mau songs are resounding across the mountain

Ruto faces diplomatic shifts with Trump back in US presidency

Ruto faces diplomatic shifts with Trump back in US presidency

Kalonzo has once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as Raila, Ruto disappoint

Kalonzo has once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as Raila, Ruto disappoint

Mashujaa Day, Gachagua and Mau Maus' organised irrelevance

The sense of national unease was evident in the low-key 2024 Mashujaa Day celebrations in which the public failed to turn up to listen to officials speak about government achievements.

Mashujaa Day, Gachagua and Mau Maus' organised irrelevance

Gachagua's impeachment and convergence of Raila, Ruto interests

Gachagua and Raila are alike and yet so different that each stands out. Both like publicity, standing out in the crowd, being the focus of attention, and are very assertive.

Gachagua's impeachment and convergence of Raila, Ruto interests

Leaders of three countries met last week to plot how to contain Ethiopia

Leaders of Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea met in Asmara, Eritrea, to discuss perceptions of security threats from Ethiopia.

Leaders of three countries met last week to plot how to contain Ethiopia

How China has managed to outsmart great powers on the global stage

Communist Chinese achieved their goal after roughly 25 years of struggle in October 1949 and made themselves such a force to reckon with that they became the envy of previously powerful countries

How China has managed to outsmart great powers on the global stage

Let not the fear of God be used to justify Israel's terror in Gaza

The genesis of this fear is rooted in European guilt of having persecuted Jews for centuries and culminating in the Hitler holocaust.

Let not the fear of God be used to justify Israel's terror in Gaza

Fear of God can't justify Israel's aggression in the Middle East

Israeli operators claim divine authority, allowing them to dominate a neighborhood aligned with Western beliefs, making questioning Israel akin to questioning God.

Fear of God can't justify Israel's aggression in the Middle East

Unpleasant realities in Kenya Kwanza hidden by Gachagua's impeachment

Gachagua's impeachment, including blaming him and other related political irrelevancies, serves to divert Kenyans from what might be wrong with the Kenya Kwanza administration.

Unpleasant realities in Kenya Kwanza hidden by Gachagua's impeachment

William Ruto's struggle for stability on the global stage amid domestic backlash

Ruto’s foreign policy often clashes due to shifting global dynamics, leading to confusion and instability. His efforts to engage with the West have been notable.

William Ruto's struggle for stability on the global stage amid domestic backlash

Petty political fights meant to divert public attention from serious issues

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah's unbecoming utterances are meant to divert public attention from serious problems afflicting the country.

Petty political fights meant to divert public attention from serious issues

Top officials behind the Adani deal don't have Kenya's interest at heart

The reported terms that Adani demanded angered the public so much that government officials went into defensive mode

By 2 months ago

Top officials behind the Adani deal don't have Kenya's interest at heart

Why DP Gachagua is his own worst enemy

Gachagua is disoriented partly because he reportedly advises himself. Claiming he is the best for the Mountain because he is DP, he lacks ability to gauge political reality.

By 2 months ago

Why DP Gachagua is his own worst enemy

What awaits Raila should he clinch top AU job

The AUC chairmanship is probably the next best thing to being ‘president’ for, despite lacking powers, the position is prestigious.

By 2 months ago

What awaits Raila should he clinch top AU job

Ruto-Raila pact leaves Gachagua, Azimio partners in political wilderness

Raila and his ODM party successfully played Azimio as Ruto played Kenya Kwanza, but Raila’s play on Azimio was a master stroke.

By 2 months ago

Ruto-Raila pact leaves Gachagua, Azimio partners in political wilderness

Why ruling class must solve Gen-Z grievances after 'containing' riots

Kenyans appeared docile and willing to tolerate abuse until Gen Z surprised complacent officials by bursting into the world demonstration scene.

By 2 months ago

Why ruling class must solve Gen-Z grievances after 'containing' riots

Undercurrents of public displeasure with the government are evident

With the Gen Z uprising defused, Ruto’s behaviour raises questions as to what he learned. While he and Gachagua are ‘happy’, the undercurrents of unhappiness abound.

By 3 months ago

Undercurrents of public displeasure with the government are evident

Raila Odinga's political power lies in his ability to turn weaknesses into strength

Raila contributed ODM men to Ruto’s ‘broad-based’ government and still insisted that the Gen Z agenda was his agenda because, he claimed, he had previously raised the same issues.

By 3 months ago

Raila Odinga's political power lies in his ability to turn weaknesses into strength

Policy and decision makers must understand our immediate needs

There is a need to redefine threats to Kenyan security to include, besides the various known domains, the threat of dependency and lack of critical thinking.

By 3 months ago

Policy and decision makers must understand our immediate needs

Kamala Harris has high chance of clinching the presidency, to change US politics

Harris, like Obama, is symbolic of an evolving America that is torn between a past of sordid discrimination and atrocities on people who are not white.

By 3 months ago

Kamala Harris has high chance of clinching the presidency, to change US politics

Tribute to three departed heroes who helped in shaping Kenya's history

In the midst of the current youth revolution, three notable public-spirited middle-level giants, each unique, departed the earth.

By 4 months ago

Tribute to three departed heroes who helped in shaping Kenya's history

Young people's search for solutions an eye-opener to all Kenyans

Gen Z has captured local and global attention through its novelty in organising demonstrations. Its winning strategy was to go cyber, to remain ‘leaderless’, to out-think government officials.

By 4 months ago

Young people's search for solutions an eye-opener to all Kenyans

Demonstrations have shaped the direction of our great nation for years

By their very nature, people in government tend to be insensitive to the cries of the ruled in whatever entity they happen to govern.

By 4 months ago

Demonstrations have shaped the direction of our great nation for years

Over taxation has led to revolts and revolutions throughout history

When taxes become excessive, people revolt and this leads to new socio-political dispensations. Slaves in Haiti, suffering extreme type of blood taxation, overthrew their masters.

By 4 months ago

Over taxation has led to revolts and revolutions throughout history

Of colonial 'bwana' masters and modern-day pretenders to aristocracy

Pretensions to high class or aristocratic feelings are common to people who acquire some wealth irrespective of how they did so.

By 5 months ago

Of colonial 'bwana' masters and modern-day pretenders to aristocracy

Ruto policies may conflict with nation's strategic interests

Questions on whether officialdom promotes or sacrifices our core interests in exchange for peripheral ones have arisen. Ruto appears inconsistent, shifting policy positions in ways that ridicule him.

By 5 months ago

Ruto policies may conflict with nation's strategic interests

China takes advantage of US blunders to penetrate deeper into Africa

While the United States deals with Africa disdainfully partly because of inherent racism, China takes advantage of American blunders to identify with the plight of the Global South.

By 5 months ago

China takes advantage of US blunders to penetrate deeper into Africa

Unlike in 1964, Kenyans today have little hope for a brighter future

60 years later, with born-frees Ruto as President and Gachagua as deputy leading the Hustler Grandees, Kenya is suffering from serious anxiety and is floundering internationally.

By 5 months ago

Unlike in 1964, Kenyans today have little hope for a brighter future

President's tough balancing act as Kenya is courted by East and West

The US, good at making promises and having propaganda advantages, suffers credibility deficits due to failure to deliver; China is the reverse of that.

By 5 months ago

President's tough balancing act as Kenya is courted by East and West

DP Gachagua, Karua and the growing unhappiness in Mount Kenya

DP’s struggle to convince people to accept his leadership has repeatedly hit political bricks.

By 6 months ago

DP Gachagua, Karua and the growing unhappiness in Mount Kenya

Ruto is America's blue-eyed boy, but that might change if Trump returns

The US has had more influence on Kenyan elections. When occasionally Kenya appears to have small input in the American election, the loser is not amused.

By 6 months ago

Ruto is America's blue-eyed boy, but that might change if Trump returns

How Ruto like Uhuru before him, is fast losing trust and power

Like Reluctant President Uhuru before him, Ruto is unable to balance the attributes of ‘lion’ and the ‘fox’ and has lost trust.

By 6 months ago

How Ruto like Uhuru before him, is fast losing trust and power

Afwerki right on why Africa needs to rediscover itself to fulfill its dreams

The purported failure of Pan-Africanism, however, was in application but not in the concept. Whether in success or failure, the issue in Pan-Africanism is mostly attitudinal, one of the mind.

By 6 months ago

Afwerki right on why Africa needs to rediscover itself to fulfill its dreams

For US, Gaza is modern Vietnam and might lead to Biden's downfall

There is the possibility of Gaza, as the new Vietnam, similarly driving President Joe Biden out and at least shifting American attitude towards events in the Middle East.

By 6 months ago

For US, Gaza is modern Vietnam and might lead to Biden's downfall

General Francis Ogolla's death: Unanswered questions

Generals know wars and rise through the ranks by surviving battles and hardships

By 6 months ago

General Francis Ogolla's death: Unanswered questions

Political wrangles have stopped Murang'a from reclaiming its lost glory

Those Murang’a ‘leaders’ who sung “Tugokira Tene, Tugookira Tene”, now engage in ‘hambatano’. It is the curse of Murang’a.

By 7 months ago

Political wrangles have stopped Murang'a from reclaiming its lost glory

Jostling for supremacy in coalitions is not driven by any ideology

The two political coalitions that competed in August 2022, Azimio and Kenya Kwanza, are in tatters.

By 7 months ago

Jostling for supremacy in coalitions is not driven by any ideology

As we mark Easter, a lot is happening that Jesus would not approve of

Things are going wrong almost everywhere as oversize egos overrun common sense. Leaders abuse state and religious offices, terrorise citizens, and still talk of law and order.

By 7 months ago

As we mark Easter, a lot is happening that Jesus would not approve of

Mashujaa Day, Gachagua and Mau Maus' organised irrelevance

The sense of national unease was evident in the low-key 2024 Mashujaa Day celebrations in which the public failed to turn up to listen to officials speak about government achievements.

Mashujaa Day, Gachagua and Mau Maus' organised irrelevance

Gachagua's impeachment and convergence of Raila, Ruto interests

Gachagua and Raila are alike and yet so different that each stands out. Both like publicity, standing out in the crowd, being the focus of attention, and are very assertive.

Gachagua's impeachment and convergence of Raila, Ruto interests

Leaders of three countries met last week to plot how to contain Ethiopia

Leaders of Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea met in Asmara, Eritrea, to discuss perceptions of security threats from Ethiopia.

Leaders of three countries met last week to plot how to contain Ethiopia

How China has managed to outsmart great powers on the global stage

Communist Chinese achieved their goal after roughly 25 years of struggle in October 1949 and made themselves such a force to reckon with that they became the envy of previously powerful countries

How China has managed to outsmart great powers on the global stage

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