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Andrew Kipkemboi

Taking down media not a smart idea, it's an escape from reality

The media is not an assemblage of angels but those who derail it are not infallible

By Andrew Kipkemboi 1 year ago

Taking down media not a smart idea, it's an escape from reality

Time, chance happens to all: Don't worry too much about 2023

Time, chance happens to all: Don't worry too much about 2023

By Andrew Kipkemboi 1 year ago

Ruto should be wary of Jubilee's curse of too much heat, no light

Ruto should be wary of Jubilee's curse of too much heat, no light

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

The bell tolls for media, but don't you write us off just yet

The bell tolls for media, but don't you write us off just yet

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Of World Cup and why Kenyans thrive in analysis than playing

The beauty of football is not in the magical moves of wonder players. It is in its ability to transcend race, gender, religion, language and creed

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Of World Cup and why Kenyans thrive in analysis than playing

Why the Earth is not a lump of rock, soil and trees

In the villages, the wild fruits that many of us feasted on over lunchtime in primary school are no more, the rivers that we swum in during the school holidays have dried up.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Why the Earth is not a lump of rock, soil and trees

Rush for PS jobs and parable of a subdued private sector

The bewildering interest of the 5,000 applications for 51 PS positions is an indication of a squeezed labour market and less of the allure of securing a job in government.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Rush for PS jobs and parable of a subdued private sector

William Ruto's Kenya: Less of doom and gloom needed to fix our country

The nearly 2,000 people who will come into government with him as appointees is a drop in the ocean of the 700,000 mostly career civil servants who will determine his success or failure.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

William Ruto's Kenya: Less of doom and gloom needed to fix our country

William Ruto's Cabinet: My bet is on who'll tell the king he is naked

Among the 24 men and women who stand to be appointed to his Cabinet, I see a few who could stand up to him and tell him he is wrong.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

William Ruto's Cabinet: My bet is on who'll tell the king he is naked

Fat salaries and CDF make our MPs entitled, unimaginative

An MP's salary is Sh710,000 , one of the highest-paying jobs in Kenya.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Fat salaries and CDF make our MPs entitled, unimaginative

To move Kenya forward, Ruto should uproot the old order

The journey to Kenya's nirvana is hindered by a host of psychosocial factors which Dr Ruto will have to confront to move the agenda forward.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

To move Kenya forward, Ruto should uproot the old order

After political revolution, can Ruto cause economic miracle?

President William Ruto starts a prodigious task of fixing a broken economy, but the play area is not wide enough

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

After political revolution, can Ruto cause economic miracle?

Inauguration: How speechwriter nearly ruined Ruto's big day

President Ruto's speechwriter disappointed by not using words to colour and capture the mood of the moment; a day when the Hustler Nation was enthroned.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Inauguration: How speechwriter nearly ruined Ruto's big day

What Governor Sakaja ought to do to get Nairobi working again

Nairobi has experienced an unprecedented infrastructural boom in the last decade that has defied projections of a glut.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

What Governor Sakaja ought to do to get Nairobi working again

Change and what it means for Uhuru, Raila and Ruto

From his actions and utterances, President Uhuru Kenyatta has grudgingly accepted change.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Change and what it means for Uhuru, Raila and Ruto

Welcome to KE254, capital of propaganda, spin and slander

Social media harboured the advantage that anyone with a phone and data bundles could report on anything.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Welcome to KE254, capital of propaganda, spin and slander

Petitions: Why fixing political problems using courts is not a smart idea

Make no mistake, it is not by accident that we have the legal route as a means to resolving contested electoral outcomes. The alternative, as we saw in 2007, is chaos and violence.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Petitions: Why fixing political problems using courts is not a smart idea

Martha Karua: Our victory is coming home

"On the matter of election, ours is victory deferred. However, it's coming home. That's the message I have for Kenyans," Karua said

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Martha Karua: Our victory is coming home

Cost of living to ease post-polls, says industrialist Vimal Shah

"Maize will be aplenty and affordable and subsidies will not be needed," he said regarding the scrapping of a subsidy that was earlier extended to millers.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Cost of living to ease post-polls, says industrialist Vimal Shah

UDA asks NCIC to act over clip shared by Joho and Junet

UDA Secretary General Veronica Maina wants Junet and Joho compelled to acknowledge they deliberately deceived Kenyans.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

UDA asks NCIC to act over clip shared by Joho and Junet

Omanyala sails through to final of Men's 100M at 11.30pm, Kenya's Imeta fails to qualify

Reigning African champion Ferdinand Omanyala on Wednesday evening sailed through to the finals of the 100m at the ongoing 2022 Commonwealth Games

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Omanyala sails through to final of Men's 100M at 11.30pm, Kenya's Imeta fails to qualify

Politicians, not voters are the real winners in our elections

To the political elites, the masses are numbers and votes to be traded at political auctions for power and privilege.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Politicians, not voters are the real winners in our elections

'Sins' of my community: burden of the 24 years before 2003 polls

Perhaps because they have "been there, done that", most Kalenjin are less acquiescing and frown at the craven admiration of elites.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

'Sins' of my community: burden of the 24 years before 2003 polls

Kenya Kwanza manifesto: When the devil is not in the details

The reason why people hold Dr Ruto to his word (over the Jubilee manifesto in 2017) is because it committed to numbers - of stadiums to be built, how much money to spend and by when.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Kenya Kwanza manifesto: When the devil is not in the details

Azimio la Umoja, Kenya Kwanza blueprints need a dose of reality

The two front-runners are inundating us with a deluge of tried-and-tested initiatives without the critical how-to or the stop-start-continue technique.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Azimio la Umoja, Kenya Kwanza blueprints need a dose of reality

Degree a good ingredient for leadership, but not sufficient

It is not clear what inadequacy the framers of the 2010 Constitution sought to cure when they made a Bachelor's degree mandatory requirement for those seeking higher offices.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Degree a good ingredient for leadership, but not sufficient

To blame the media for your bad day is to invite poor thinking

By and large, media remains a public good performed out of conviction to change the way things are and nothing else. And that causes great discomfort.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

To blame the media for your bad day is to invite poor thinking

Writer ruined Uhuru Kenyatta's speech by reducing it to a scoring off spat

Kikemboi argues that President Uhuru Kenyatta's speech was a talk down, a justification of why he did what he did as he attempted to disabuse the country of the "what and how".

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Writer ruined Uhuru Kenyatta's speech by reducing it to a scoring off spat

Spare a thought for matatu; the bell tolls for this unique industry

Drive along Mombasa Road and you quickly realise that the number of private cars far outnumber matatus. There were times when the newest fleet of cars on the road were matatus.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Spare a thought for matatu; the bell tolls for this unique industry

Kenya's dash forward held back by ugly 'patron-client' politics

Why do we tolerate a situation where the political elite see the people as masses to be herded into voting blocks?

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Kenya's dash forward held back by ugly 'patron-client' politics

For the love of God and Kenya, can the real Raila please stand up?

Since Azimio was launched in April, his camp has spent more time in boardroom strategy sessions propping up what seems more like a fragile coalition of competing interests.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

For the love of God and Kenya, can the real Raila please stand up?

'Limiting failure' might be all that's left in Uhuru's 100 days

Despite a positive growth trajectory, there is doom and gloom - a pervasive lack of a sense of accomplishment - all around the country.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

'Limiting failure' might be all that's left in Uhuru's 100 days

Coast makeover will be Uhuru's most noticeable, lasting legacy

If nothing else, the makeover - a huge social investment - will be President Uhuru Kenyatta's most noticeable and lasting legacy anywhere else in the country.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Coast makeover will be Uhuru's most noticeable, lasting legacy

Kibaki: It's what he didn't do, not what he did that will define him

When his time to leave office came, Mwai Kibaki quietly left without so much noise like when he had come. History might yet judge Kenya’s third president better still.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Kibaki: It's what he didn't do, not what he did that will define him

Exit Mwai Kibaki, accidental president who turned the economy around

Mwai Kibaki’s presidency was knocked sideways by revelations of sleaze and impropriety. Had the president looked the other as graft flourished underneath his feet?

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Exit Mwai Kibaki, accidental president who turned the economy around

Why won’t the ‘silent majority’ rise up and challenge status quo?

Because of the timid, silent majority, our politics have failed to offer new solutions to our problems nor transcend the gory history of the past.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Why won’t the ‘silent majority’ rise up and challenge status quo?

Fuel crisis: Time for power of the people over politicians, cartels

Was this the job of greedy, profiteering petroleum dealers? Will anyone pay for the colossal loss of business and the inconvenience to millions of Kenyans? Highly unlikely.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Fuel crisis: Time for power of the people over politicians, cartels

After BBI, what Uhuru could do to make his last days worthwhile

Uhuru’s legacy risks being about the erosion of purchasing power, debt, disobedience of court orders, and the misadventure of the handshake.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

After BBI, what Uhuru could do to make his last days worthwhile

Kenya’s curse: Politics that generates more heat than light

Will we ever exorcise the ghosts of Anglo Leasing? What about the Artur brothers and the raid on the Standard Group in 2006?

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Kenya’s curse: Politics that generates more heat than light

Why happy ending in UhuRuto feud is good for Uhuru, Raila

Dr William Ruto remains a front runner in the race to succeed President Kenyatta.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Why happy ending in UhuRuto feud is good for Uhuru, Raila

The riddle of 2022 elections is that the best aren’t good enough

The muting of the bottom-up ideology highlights the folly of relying solely on a politician’s will to change the course of things.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

The riddle of 2022 elections is that the best aren’t good enough

Keroche’s fate portrays perils of operating in a ‘bandit economy’

Tabitha Karanja's biggest mistake, (she and many others believe), is aligning with Deputy President William Ruto’s UDA political side.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Keroche’s fate portrays perils of operating in a ‘bandit economy’

Sagana was meant to bury DP but gave him a fighting chance

Is the emotional attachment to the Hustler Narrative so strong in his backyard that it needed so much effort?

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Sagana was meant to bury DP but gave him a fighting chance

Moses Kuria’s call for third horse is good food for thought

The Moses Kuria who appeared on last week’s JKL on Citizen TV was a more reflective and refined politician.

By Andrew Kipkemboi 2 years ago

Moses Kuria’s call for third horse is good food for thought

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