<p><b>By Dominic Opaka</b></p><p>George Santayana a Spanish philosopher once quipped, “Those who do not remember the past is doomed to repeat them

It should be noted that President Uhuru Kenyatta losing in the August polls–is not easy considering that the last opinion polls showed that the President is still leading the other potential presidential candidates.

Deputy President William Ruto this week appeared to be losing political ground in his Rift Valley home turf after KANU decided to back the re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta.

The sending to jail of the officials of the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), is the lowest point that the Jubilee government has allowed itself to stoop

The August elections are fast approaching. Over the weekend, I keenly followed the NASA team campaigning in Bomet.Too early? Well, maybe yes.

The Deputy President William Ruto’s sentiments that the opposition currently looks clueless and not ready for elections may have been spot on. I hate to highlight inadequacies, weaknesses, and flaws of our opposition parties.

The much awaited inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump is now consigned to the archives of world history. Many looked forward to this day with a great sense of anticipation and awakening, while others were and remain nervous about it.

We are a nation in the process of short-changing itself. That is why we must resist being swept in the wave of mediocrity currently sweeping through this country. We Kenyans, it seems, insist on living as though we were on a death row. Nothing matters for them except for today

Last month a 15-year-old girl died tragically from smoke inhalation after being banished to a ‘Menstruating Hut’

Like everyone else, I believe that the most popular definition of democracy is the government of the people, by the people and for the people. Democracy is equally a political process that allows a plurality of political parties to ensure popular participation in the political decision-making.

It is undeniable that young children form a special and vulnerable group in society. Nowhere is this truer than in the context of sex – so much that we often need to protect them by placing limitations on what they do sexually.

One wonders how the proposed alliance is going to be different from NARC.It's obvious that a bloated alliance may not have enough room to accommodate everybody. Already there seems to be no consensus on the structure or form of the grand alliance or who should lead it

<p>Dominic Opaka</p><p>If you listen to our politicians speak, they are always in a mood for a physical brawl

Like hundreds of Kenyans, my family will be approaching this Christmas still in mourning having lost our sister Praxidees. A nurse who dedicated her life to the service of humanity in this country, a daughter; a wife and a mother who will be missed immensely

<p>Dominic Opaka</p><p>We are responsible for what becomes of our leaders

If all things remain equal Deputy President William Ruto will be at the state house at some point in 2022

President Uhuru Kenyatta recently gave the strongest signal ever that Kenya will withdraw its membership from International Criminal Court because he perceived it to be a political tool rather than a court of justice. President Kenyatta is absolutely right on this.

Opposition parties in Kenya have never disappointed in marginalizing themselves through fragmentation and fighting each other on the eve of general elections.

Under what conditions, if any, can violent action be said to be “legitimate”?Violence; physical or verbal is destructive and degrading. When people use violence against one another, and leaders try to portray their cause as legitimate before the court of public opinion then we need to listen to the trumpets that are being blown

Kenyans will be heading to the polls on August 8th next year to elect 290 parliamentarians from the constituencies and 47 women representatives from the counties. 47 gubernatorial seats will be up for grabs but the ultimate price will be the presidency

It’s about time we checkmated ourselves as Kenyans. What the hell is going on? Why will people fight among themselves and hurt each other just because its campaign and election time?

This country is bleeding. Everything feels shattered and blank; as a nation, we have lost the plot. You see tens of thousands of graduates with no work and no job prospects in the foreseeable future.

This week the people of Gambia awoke from their political slumber and the usual complacence to take control of their lives. They kicked out through the ballot Yahya Jammeh a leader who had vowed to rule the country for life. Thankfully his 22 years rule came to abrupt halt.

Violence [physical, verbal and emotional] is degrading, primitive and destructive. Yet that is what we saw over the weekend in Homa Bay when different aspirants and their supporters resorted to violence in full glare of their party leader Raila Odinga

The general elections are approaching and politicians have started to play mind games on the electorates as they always do when an election is approaching. They are beginning to portray themselves as loving, caring and compassionate, die hard defenders of our rights as they pretend to know best the solution to our economic and social problems.

No country can exist without having people. Otherwise, it risks becoming just a barren land. People come first with well-defined geographic territory.

A dying 14 year old teenage girl was recently guaranteed her wish by the high court in London to have her body cryogenically frozen in the hope that she can be brought back to life at a later time.

Recently I asked an elderly man how he would describe the men of my generation. “It’s a generation who refuse to grow up: No traditional hut or modern house. No marriage. No children. No career plan. No ambition whatsoever. Yours is a bunch of lazy fellas full of excuses.”

We are called a Lost Generation because we are struggling in record numbers to find work, leave home, and start a family. In fact it’s no secret that it’s normal to find a 30 plus male today still living with his parents.

Every year a growing number of people find courage to come out as transgender.

HILLARY CLINTON will be the next US President come November 8th if the opinion polls that have put her twelve points ahead of her opponent are to be trusted

The 2016 US Election will decide Barack Obama's successor in the White House. The candidates will go head to head on November 8, 2016, to become the 45th President of the United States of America