Kenya’s indebtedness may lead to national security threat
The Belt and Road initiative is China’s description of its widespread and ambitious use of debt to gain influence across the world.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Kenya’s indebtedness may lead to national security threat
Government responsible for rampant corruption
In June 2014, Agnes Mbeke Munyao was on her farm in Makindu, Makueni County harvesting peas. She saw “white” people on her farm.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Government responsible for rampant corruption
War on graft laced with political undertones is mere shadow-boxing
A fight against corruption that carries with it political undertones is dead fish in the water.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
War on graft laced with political undertones is mere shadow-boxing
Why court acquitted Apostle Ng’ang’a
Who was driving the Range Rover that collided with the Nissan driven by Mercy Njeri on July 26 2015? Apostle Ng’ang’a was charged with the offence, bu
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Why court acquitted Apostle Ng’ang’a
Mr President, the fate of the Constitution is tied to you, set the agenda
Your Excellency, Article 43 of the Constitution provides that every person in Kenya has the right to health care services, adequate housing, and reaso
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Mr President, the fate of the Constitution is tied to you, set the agenda
We are living a lie by thinking women are safe in their localities
On the 6th day God made mankind in his own image. He decreed that man would rule over the fish in the sea and birds in the sky, over the livestock and
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
We are living a lie by thinking women are safe in their localities
State decisions made in confines of boardrooms are not binding in law
Was Miguna Miguna given written notice of and the reasons for the decision to deport him? Was he informed of his right to defend himself,
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
State decisions made in confines of boardrooms are not binding in law
Amina should enlist educationists for better learning outcomes
The statements by Fred Matiang’i before the Parliamentary Committee concerning the Judiciary may have come as a surprise to a cross-section of Kenyans
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Amina should enlist educationists for better learning outcomes
Supreme Court’s duty can never be a preserve of the political class
This time the challenge to the Presidential election was unsuccessful and the President was declared duly elected and was sworn in on November 28
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Supreme Court’s duty can never be a preserve of the political class
Supreme Court’s duty can never be a preserve of political class
The Supreme Court on September 1, 2017 found that the August 8, 2017 Presidential elections did not meet the yardsticks of the...
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Supreme Court’s duty can never be a preserve of political class
Why Opposition can only push for justice within Constitution
After 1969 during Jomo's presidency, no attempt was made to form another political party even though there was no law prohibiting it.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Why Opposition can only push for justice within Constitution
Why ongoing political musical chairs will not impact 2022 elections
At the time of writing this article, all attention is drawn to events following the swearing in of Raila Odinga.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Why ongoing political musical chairs will not impact 2022 elections
Manipulative, extractive leadership clips citizens wings and ability to fly
The potential of the 2010 Constitution today stands in stark contrast to a fractured, angry and depressed nation
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Manipulative, extractive leadership clips citizens wings and ability to fly
Opinion: We continue to bear burden of the legacy of our presidents
Chief Justice Bereford in 1309 told of the story of the Three Gallows: Once upon a time a man lay sick in his bed
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Opinion: We continue to bear burden of the legacy of our presidents
Greatness of a political leader lies in the ability to achieve goals
Ideas are timeless. They float like clouds within the brains of individuals.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Greatness of a political leader lies in the ability to achieve goals
We have become pawns of leaders who have taken Kenya hostage
On August 23, 1973 an escaped convict entered into a bank in Sweden. Jan-Erik Olsson fired at the ceiling with his loaded submachine gun and shouted, “The party has just begun!”
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
We have become pawns of leaders who have taken Kenya hostage
Uhuru is at crossroads, he should personally reach out to Raila now
Twelve million Kenyans did not vote on October 26, 2017 and no election was conducted in 27 constituencies. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is unlikely to announce any plans for a repeat election in these constituencies soon.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Uhuru is at crossroads, he should personally reach out to Raila now
Raila, Uhuru shouldn’t kill dreams of a country their fathers cherished
The Kenyatta and Odinga legacies are part of the foundation stone on which Kenya is built and stands today. Fable and myth are documented and continue to be whispered of these two.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
 Raila, Uhuru shouldn’t kill dreams of a country their fathers cherished
Boycotts not panacea to hate in deeply divided country
A few weeks after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by the President of Germany in January 1933, the global Jewish community declared an economic and financial war on “the New Germany”.
By Kethi Kilonzo 6 years ago
Boycotts not panacea to hate in deeply divided country
Chebukati can, and should, postpone repeat presidential election
Regulation 64 of the Elections (General) Regulations 2012 clothes Wafula Chebukati, as the Chairman of the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission and the Returning Officer of the presidential elections, with the power to adjourn the presidential elections.
By Kethi Kilonzo 7 years ago
Chebukati can, and should, postpone repeat presidential election
Chebukati can, and should, adjourn repeat presidential election
Regulation 64 of the Elections (General) Regulations 2012 clothes Wafula Chebukati, as the Chairman of the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission and the Returning Officer of the presidential elections, with the power to adjourn the presidential elections
By Kethi Kilonzo 7 years ago
Chebukati can, and should, adjourn repeat presidential election
Opinion: Referendums are bad ways to settle contentious issues
In August 2010, 67 per cent of registered voters in Kenya voted for a new Constitution. Some 33 per cent voted against it. Seven years later, with such overwhelming support for a new constitutional order, the country should be living a happily ever after tale. However, the Kenya of today is far worse off than it was on August 2010.
By Kethi Kilonzo 7 years ago
Opinion: Referendums are bad ways to settle contentious issues
Referendums are a very bad way to settle highly contentious issues
In August 2010, 67 per cent of registered voters in Kenya voted for a new Constitution. Some 33 per cent voted against it.
By Kethi Kilonzo 7 years ago
Referendums are a very bad way to settle highly contentious issues
Opinion: Chebukati must take responsibility for poll fiasco
On August 24 you signed an affidavit which was presented to the Supreme Court by your commission defending your declaration of the winner of the presidential elections of August 8.
By Kethi Kilonzo 7 years ago
Opinion: Chebukati must take responsibility for poll fiasco
Presidential election petition calls for Solomonic wisdom in ruling
In my opinion, 'the prescribed form' for results issued by a Presiding Officer is Form 34A. This Form 34A should have been transmitted electronically by each Presiding Officer to both the Constituency Tallying Centre and to the National Tallying Centre.
By Kethi Kilonzo 7 years ago
Presidential election petition calls for Solomonic wisdom in ruling
Birthing a new party poses risk for Jubilee
The Jubilee coalition successfully sponsored the President and Deputy President to power in 2013. It also sponsored the largest number of MPs and Senators. Nearly 50 per cent of Governors and their Deputies owe their allegiance to the coalition as do many MCAs.
By Kethi Kilonzo 8 years ago
Birthing a new party poses risk for Jubilee
Not all foreign trips will benefit Kenyans
Once upon a time, there was a Kamba ruler known by the name Kilundu. On December 7, 1891, while far away from home in the District of Victoria East
By Kethi Kilonzo 8 years ago
Not all foreign trips will benefit Kenyans
Publicise tender evaluation reports to expose looters
Your Excellency, Kenya has an elaborate law directing how government should procure goods and services. It is called the Public Procurement and Disposal Act.
By Kethi Kilonzo 8 years ago
Publicise tender evaluation reports to expose looters
Someone playing games in Euro Bond saga
Kenya’s first international sovereign bond, popularly known as the Euro Bond is listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. It was floated last year.
By Kethi Kilonzo 8 years ago
Someone playing games in Euro Bond saga
The poor pay the price for graft in Kenya with their lives
In the last three weeks, the media has reported that two expectant women died in hospital while waiting for medical attention.
By Kethi Kilonzo 8 years ago
The poor pay the price for graft in Kenya with their lives
Parliament to blame for Kenya’s economic downturn
“If we approve a lower figure, we’ll have to come back and ask for more. So we thought, why not have enough until 2017?” Cabinet Secretary, Henry Rotich.
By Kethi Kilonzo 8 years ago
Parliament to blame for Kenya’s economic downturn
Insecure leaders their own worst enemies
There was a Kingdom known as Alpha. It stood on top of a hill with five other kingdoms forming a circle around it. It was the proverbial shining lamp on the hill for its neighbours.
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
Insecure leaders their own worst enemies
Anti-ICC push triggered by witness tampering claims
“The Chamber notes the element of systematicity of the interference of several witnesses in this case which gives rise to the impression of an attempt to methodically target witnesses of this case in order to hamper the proceedings,” Judge Olga H Carbuccia and Judge Robert Fremr.
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
Anti-ICC push triggered by witness tampering claims
DPP should summon and have Moses Kuria charged
The MP for Gatundu South, Moses Kuria, did not fix the Deputy President. He did not fix the Deputy President before the Kriegler or the Waki Commission.
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
DPP should summon and have Moses Kuria charged
Spare victims agony of reliving 2008 memories
Post-election violence did not happen in Mars. It did not happen to Martians. It took place in Kenya. The crimes of post-election violence were not victimless.
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
Spare victims agony of reliving 2008 memories
Democratic nominations will strengthen Opposition
The fish is rotten from the head to the tail. That is the only way to describe the shambolic and chaotic party nominations process in Kenya.
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
Democratic nominations will strengthen Opposition
Judges have the right to sue in court too!
Should judges sue in the same courts that they preside over? Yes. Judges are Kenyan citizens. They have rights under the Constitution and the law both as judges and as citizens.
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
Judges have the right to sue in court too!
Weep for Syria, remember the Kenyan child too
“The people want the fall of the regime’. This was the graffiti written by a boy and his friends in Syria before they were arrested by the police in 2011.
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
Weep for Syria, remember the Kenyan child too
International tribunals play by different rules
“Germany will regard the Jewish question as solved only after the very last Jew has left the greater German living space. Europe will have its Jewish question solved only after the very last Jew has left the Continent. We are not going to abandon the struggle until the last Jew in Europe has been exterminated and is actually dead. It is not enough to isolate the Jewish Enemy of mankind – the Jew has got to be exterminated.”
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
International tribunals play by different rules
Never forget Obama's coded message to Kenyans
“We have not inherited this land from our forebearers, we have borrowed it from our children.”
By Kethi Kilonzo 9 years ago
Never forget Obama's coded message to Kenyans
More pain as Ruto raids shallow pockets yet again
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