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Barrack Muluka

Kenya Kwanza secret deals expose self-serving regime that won't last

From the edible oils saga, to mysterious fertilisers experience, and now the Adani affair, the emerging picture is a portrait of an eating State that has defined self-service as its primary agenda

By Barrack Muluka 1 month ago

Kenya Kwanza secret deals expose self-serving regime that won't last

Political elite has betrayed trust given to manage our resources

Political elite has betrayed trust given to manage our resources

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Town hall meetings good, but does Ruto trust his ministers?

Town hall meetings good, but does Ruto trust his ministers?

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Why Raila must listen to Ruto, Museveni on his fight for AU job

Why Raila must listen to Ruto, Museveni on his fight for AU job

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Ruto, Raila deal smells of conspiracy, mocks public's will

President Ruto and Mr Odinga may float curious balloons of their undefined national unity. But they will want to remember that unity is as good as the purpose for which people unite.

By Barrack Muluka 2 months ago

Ruto, Raila deal smells of conspiracy, mocks public's will

New Cabinet will also be 'eaten' if it sinks into old showmanship

Kenyans have eaten Ruto's first Cabinet. They will eat the reconditioned one, if it also sinks into showmanship and nothing.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

New Cabinet will also be 'eaten' if it sinks into old showmanship

Ruto running away from Gen-Z issues, which could spoil 2027

President Ruto is testing his electoral machine through dry runs in the media and loud forays into the countryside. But does he sidestep the real problem?

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

Ruto running away from Gen-Z issues, which could spoil 2027

Ruto and Raila ignoring Gen Z demands, but it won't be easy

President William Ruto and ODM leader, Raila Odinga, seem out of touch with the redefining reality the country is experiencing.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

Ruto and Raila ignoring Gen Z demands, but it won't be easy

Leaderless Gen Z uprising could be hijacked by selfish politicians

Leaderless movements will be hijacked by other interest groups, to prosecute agendas that were never on the menu. There is no unanimity on the end game, no clear focus.

By Barrack Muluka 3 months ago

Leaderless Gen Z uprising could be hijacked by selfish politicians

Ruto in school of hard knocks where only truth will save him

In stark, and sometimes hard-to-print idiom, Kenyan youth have coarsely dished out to President William Ruto unsympathetic stuff. It is stuff that we serve to the political class in decent idioms.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Ruto in school of hard knocks where only truth will save him

Why Ruto must sack sycophants, pick sharp team to drive agenda

Ruto must rethink his love for being airborne, and sojourning in foreign spaces. He must sit down to think, listen, read, and govern.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Why Ruto must sack sycophants, pick sharp team to drive agenda

Mr President, when middle class protests, push is coming to shove

You are in a lonely place, Mister President. It is not common for the Middle Class to burst into the streets, Your Excellency.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

Mr President, when middle class protests, push is coming to shove

How Gen Z protests mirror French Revolution

An educated class of Kenyan youth is today bringing home to roost the chickens of history. You can only ignore their grief at your own risk and doom.

By Barrack Muluka 4 months ago

How Gen Z protests mirror French Revolution

Ruto should halt foreign forays, put house in order and govern

Why does the President seem to have dropped his earlier principled and dignified positions on issues, both at home and away?

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Ruto should halt foreign forays, put house in order and govern

Little to show for Madaraka Day as Bungoma gets the honours

President Ruto operates in the image of a latter-day Vasco Da Gama, and Ethelred the Unready.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Little to show for Madaraka Day as Bungoma gets the honours

World towers above Africa not due to lack, but poor leadership

We are a conscious reversal of civilisation, an edifice of negations, a pool of absurdity. Our leaders want it that way. They love smallness, and even being made to feel small.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

World towers above Africa not due to lack, but poor leadership

Limuru III is all about ethnic gain and the 'our turn to eat' narrative

Limuru III is a wakeup call to all Kenyans on tribalism. It is a reminder that Project Kenya is a flop.

By Barrack Muluka 5 months ago

Limuru III is all about ethnic gain and the 'our turn to eat' narrative

Kenyans must question more than clap when leaders issue directives

A national disaster team under disciplined uniformed command is the right outfit to clear and rebuild roads and bridges.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Kenyans must question more than clap when leaders issue directives

Reforms push reeks of mischief, let's end this thirst for power

Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria thinks that temporary contractual employment is the answer to the pesky wage bill challenge in Kenya. It is a knee-jerk proposal

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Reforms push reeks of mischief, let's end this thirst for power

Kenya submerged in flood waters as others elsewhere die of thirst

The flooded season our country is experiencing leaves us gaping at the curse of precious resources. As people elsewhere die of thirst, Kenya is literally submerged.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

Kenya submerged in flood waters as others elsewhere die of thirst

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.

By Barrack Muluka 6 months ago

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

The government condescendingly tells striking doctors and the rest of Kenyans to 'live within our means." They say the wage bill is bloated. But the plunder at the top goes on.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

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

It is correct to say the Kenya Kwanza government lost its first year. The second year is going the same way. Hopefully they will salvage their third year that begins in August.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

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

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

Governor Natembeya's Tawe movement could signal an early trumpet call ahead of next polls. In politics, even the smallest shift has the potential of rocking the boat

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

'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.

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

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?

By Barrack Muluka 7 months ago

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?

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

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.

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

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.

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

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.

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

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.

By Barrack Muluka 8 months ago

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 Barrack Muluka 9 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 Barrack Muluka 9 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 Barrack Muluka 10 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 Barrack Muluka 10 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 Barrack Muluka 10 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 Barrack Muluka 11 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 Barrack Muluka 11 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 Barrack Muluka 11 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 Barrack Muluka 11 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 Barrack Muluka 1 year 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 Barrack Muluka 1 year 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 Barrack Muluka 1 year 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 Barrack Muluka 1 year ago

Rethink forced migration to reflect today's reality

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