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We must give voter registration numbers same dignity as taxes
Parliament and the IEBC have a rare opportunity to send a powerful message: voting is not secondary to paying taxes or renewing a licence. It is the supreme act of citizenship.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 27 days ago
We must give voter registration numbers same dignity as taxes
Rid our roads of corruption by digitising traffic management
The traffic police have turned routine enforcement into a predatory ritual.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
Rid our roads of corruption by digitising traffic management
How our counties have become 47 fractures of devolution dream
We are paying for duplication while the national debt climbs and youth unemployment festers. If we continue this path, by 2032, the fractures may be too deep to mend.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
How our counties have become 47 fractures of devolution dream
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How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
In March 2004, NARC strategised to undermine Kenya’s proposed constitution, with Kiraitu Murungi leading government delegates in a dramatic protest to preserve the powers of the presidency.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
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Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Calls are growing to classify election rigging as treason in Kenya, following reports of widespread bribery, intimidation and disinformation in the November 2025 by-elections.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
The categorisation of schools into National, Provincial (now Extra-County), County, and District (or Sub-County) tiers is sold as a masterstroke for national cohesion.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
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How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development is facing criticism over alleged opacity and actions said to undermine constitutional principles in the education sector.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya’s youth are the real owners of the country. Yet, our electoral system sidelines them until age 18, a threshold that feels increasingly arbitrary.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Benevolent dictatorship is a sugar rush offering fleeting highs but guarantees a bitter crash. The appeal is understandable.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis
Qualitative approaches value formative assessments over high-stakes exams, fostering resilience in a demographic dividend ripe for exploitation.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis
What counties should do to rein in wayward motorists
Pedestrians outnumber motorists by more than 20 to one, yet we are the ones expected to apologise for existing. The injustice goes deeper than bad manners.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
What counties should do to rein in wayward motorists
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We must give voter registration numbers same dignity as taxes
Parliament and the IEBC have a rare opportunity to send a powerful message: voting is not secondary to paying taxes or renewing a licence. It is the supreme act of citizenship.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 27 days ago
We must give voter registration numbers same dignity as taxes
Rid our roads of corruption by digitising traffic management
The traffic police have turned routine enforcement into a predatory ritual.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
Rid our roads of corruption by digitising traffic management
How our counties have become 47 fractures of devolution dream
We are paying for duplication while the national debt climbs and youth unemployment festers. If we continue this path, by 2032, the fractures may be too deep to mend.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
How our counties have become 47 fractures of devolution dream
Premium
How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
In March 2004, NARC strategised to undermine Kenya’s proposed constitution, with Kiraitu Murungi leading government delegates in a dramatic protest to preserve the powers of the presidency.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
Premium
Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Calls are growing to classify election rigging as treason in Kenya, following reports of widespread bribery, intimidation and disinformation in the November 2025 by-elections.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
The categorisation of schools into National, Provincial (now Extra-County), County, and District (or Sub-County) tiers is sold as a masterstroke for national cohesion.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
Premium
How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development is facing criticism over alleged opacity and actions said to undermine constitutional principles in the education sector.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya’s youth are the real owners of the country. Yet, our electoral system sidelines them until age 18, a threshold that feels increasingly arbitrary.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Benevolent dictatorship is a sugar rush offering fleeting highs but guarantees a bitter crash. The appeal is understandable.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis
Qualitative approaches value formative assessments over high-stakes exams, fostering resilience in a demographic dividend ripe for exploitation.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis
What counties should do to rein in wayward motorists
Pedestrians outnumber motorists by more than 20 to one, yet we are the ones expected to apologise for existing. The injustice goes deeper than bad manners.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
What counties should do to rein in wayward motorists
Premium
We must give voter registration numbers same dignity as taxes
Parliament and the IEBC have a rare opportunity to send a powerful message: voting is not secondary to paying taxes or renewing a licence. It is the supreme act of citizenship.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 27 days ago
We must give voter registration numbers same dignity as taxes
Rid our roads of corruption by digitising traffic management
The traffic police have turned routine enforcement into a predatory ritual.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
Rid our roads of corruption by digitising traffic management
How our counties have become 47 fractures of devolution dream
We are paying for duplication while the national debt climbs and youth unemployment festers. If we continue this path, by 2032, the fractures may be too deep to mend.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
How our counties have become 47 fractures of devolution dream
Premium
How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
In March 2004, NARC strategised to undermine Kenya’s proposed constitution, with Kiraitu Murungi leading government delegates in a dramatic protest to preserve the powers of the presidency.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
Premium
Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Calls are growing to classify election rigging as treason in Kenya, following reports of widespread bribery, intimidation and disinformation in the November 2025 by-elections.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
The categorisation of schools into National, Provincial (now Extra-County), County, and District (or Sub-County) tiers is sold as a masterstroke for national cohesion.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
Premium
How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development is facing criticism over alleged opacity and actions said to undermine constitutional principles in the education sector.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya’s youth are the real owners of the country. Yet, our electoral system sidelines them until age 18, a threshold that feels increasingly arbitrary.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Benevolent dictatorship is a sugar rush offering fleeting highs but guarantees a bitter crash. The appeal is understandable.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis
Qualitative approaches value formative assessments over high-stakes exams, fostering resilience in a demographic dividend ripe for exploitation.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis
What counties should do to rein in wayward motorists
Pedestrians outnumber motorists by more than 20 to one, yet we are the ones expected to apologise for existing. The injustice goes deeper than bad manners.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
What counties should do to rein in wayward motorists
Premium
How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
In March 2004, NARC strategised to undermine Kenya's proposed constitution, with Kiraitu Murungi leading government delegates in a dramatic protest to preserve the powers of the presidency.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
How NARC resuscitated imperial presidency that Kenyans loathed
Premium
Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Calls are growing to classify election rigging as treason in Kenya, following reports of widespread bribery, intimidation and disinformation in the November 2025 by-elections.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 2 months ago
Why we should make rigging an election treasonable
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
The categorisation of schools into National, Provincial (now Extra-County), County, and District (or Sub-County) tiers is sold as a masterstroke for national cohesion.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Kenya's school categorisation gives us a false sense of unity
Premium
How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development is facing criticism over alleged opacity and actions said to undermine constitutional principles in the education sector.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
How KICD's veil of secrecy undermines our education
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya's youth are the real owners of the country. Yet, our electoral system sidelines them until age 18, a threshold that feels increasingly arbitrary.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 3 months ago
Why Kenya should lower voting age to 16 years ahead of 2027 poll
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Benevolent dictatorship is a sugar rush offering fleeting highs but guarantees a bitter crash. The appeal is understandable.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Kenya does not need a benevolent dictator
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis
Qualitative approaches value formative assessments over high-stakes exams, fostering resilience in a demographic dividend ripe for exploitation.
By Lawi Sultan Njeremani 4 months ago
Qualitative education should be the antidote to curriculum crisis