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To be truly remorseful, Germany should pay for Namibia genocide

Germany has been in talks with Namibian state on “reparations” package without involving the Herero and Nama
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
To be truly remorseful, Germany should pay for Namibia genocide
On the assassination allegation, Ruto has committed cardinal sin
On the assassination allegation, Ruto has committed cardinal sin
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Kenya’s elite must think, dream big to pull us out of this cesspit
Kenya’s elite must think, dream big to pull us out of this cesspit
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Our women's obsession with wigs a classic case of self-hate
Our women's obsession with wigs a classic case of self-hate
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Suicide now a huge challenge crying out for national debate
Human psychology is complex, we don’t understand many dark corners of the human mind
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Suicide now a huge challenge crying out for national debate
New US envoy ‘thievery’ tweet timely but he has intolerant past
Kyle McCarter does not come to the table with clean hands, yet he purports to chasten others
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
New US envoy ‘thievery’ tweet timely but he has intolerant past
Court ruling on gayism is out of step with law, facts, the science
he law provides that every person has inherent dignity and the right to be respected and protected
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Court ruling on gayism is out of step with law, facts, the science
Mueller report is indictment of Trump on contempt for the law
You are a misogynist if you would gladly give your daughter’s hand in marriage to US President Donald J Trump.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Mueller report is indictment of Trump on contempt for the law
Expel Bashir from Sudan before he turns against the revolution
If you’ve read and comprehended history, you know political revolutions usually consume their young in a fit of rage and calumny.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Expel Bashir from Sudan before he turns against the revolution
Police should provide security to Kenyans and not pamper leaders
A banana republic doesn’t have a set core of principles, or protocols. It’s a government of men, not laws.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Police should provide security to Kenyans and not pamper leaders
We must speak up on debt and sovereignty before it's too late
By some estimates, China owns more than seventy per cent of all Kenya’s bilateral debt.
By Prof Makau Mutua 5 years ago
We must speak up on debt and sovereignty before it's too late
Let Raila rethink handshake to ensure it does not destroy him
Oburu Odinga recently advised Agwambo to re-examine the handshake with a view to ending it unless the war on graft is real.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Let Raila rethink handshake to ensure it does not destroy him
Why Kenyatta can’t contain an emboldened DP in government
You must never be too close to people you may have to fight one day. Confess nothing to one-time rivals because they are potential enemies.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Why Kenyatta can’t contain an emboldened DP in government
Why Uhuru’s state of the nation speech was a whimper, not a roar
Kenyatta is starting to look like the hunter who blinked, or the player who choked with the game on the line. That’s why I watched his address.
By Prof Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Why Uhuru’s state of the nation speech was a whimper, not a roar
Invocation of the term God does not sanctify religious hypocrisy
Every Christmas, Christians in Kenya indulge in an orgy of piety and celebration.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Invocation of the term God does not sanctify religious hypocrisy
‘States of fear’ are run by rulers who flout the law, basic morals
That’s what available evidence suggests in spite of all the accolades about its zealously guarded reputation as an “African tiger.”
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
‘States of fear’ are run by rulers who flout the law, basic morals
After 2017 polls, Jubilee Party is dying a slow but sure death
It gives me no pleasure – zilch – to say so, but lately Senator Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen has been bleating like an orphaned goat.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
After 2017 polls, Jubilee Party is dying a slow but sure death
Bravado and attacks on Raila will politically wreck DP Ruto
What makes Deputy President William Ruto dream that he can “throw” Agwambo? Many a titan have taken on Raila only to be flummoxed.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Bravado and attacks on Raila will politically wreck DP Ruto
To secure his legacy, Uhuru must clean out the top ranks of State
Every time Mr barks, the lords of impunity snicker and shrug – and laugh all the way to the bank.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
To secure his legacy, Uhuru must clean out the top ranks of State
Why China remains greatest threat to Kenya’s sovereignty
I will say it again – China is about to overtake the United States as the world’s major neo-colonial power.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Why China remains greatest threat to Kenya’s sovereignty
Love him or hate him, Kagame could be Africa’s Lee Kuan Yew
But like Lee, Mr Kagame has been credited with stamping out corruption, creating much needed infrastructure.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Love him or hate him, Kagame could be Africa’s Lee Kuan Yew
Let’s cut umbilical cords that connect us to banana republic
Can he destroy the oligarchs and plutocrats? I say possibly – but he can’t blink.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Let’s cut umbilical cords that connect us to banana republic
Arrest and charge officials who sneer at asset declaration laws
Corruption thrives in Kenya because public servants don’t disclose – at the pain of perjury – all their assets.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Arrest and charge officials who sneer at asset declaration laws
Why court got hijab case wrong, risks sowing religious divisions
The decision is discretionary for non-Muslim schools. Unacceptably, individual schools will decide whether, or not, to effect the ban
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Why court got hijab case wrong, risks sowing religious divisions
The New York Times reporting on Africa, Global South is racist
The New Times' coverage of Dusit Hotel attack depicted signs of biasness and racism.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
The New York Times reporting on Africa, Global South is racist
Legal formalism is the pagan’s sword against war on corruption
In Kenya, the biggest threat to the rule of law – the equal, effective, and fair administration of justice – has often been the Executive.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Legal formalism is the pagan’s sword against war on corruption
Jubilee is on its deathbed and no one can do anything about it
Jubilee, the ruling party, will soon be in the cruel barrel of history. In fact, the cancer eating at it has already metastasized.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Jubilee is on its deathbed and no one can do anything about it
Murathe's message is clear, Ruto isn’t Mt Kenya’s man in 2022
I’ve said since the Handshake that Deputy President William Ruto’s 2022 goose is cooked-Makau Mutua
By Prof Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Murathe's message is clear, Ruto isn’t Mt Kenya’s man in 2022
Why America will soon impeach Trump, the accidental president
People close to Trump have been convicted while Justice Department concluded that he’s committed a felony
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Why America will soon impeach Trump, the accidental president
Full military uniform on elected leader sends the wrong message
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is by virtue of being the Head of State, the Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Full military uniform on elected leader sends the wrong message
State shouldn’t tax the people unless funds are for public good
Kenya isn’t the first state to tax its citizens. Nay – Nairobi didn’t invent the practice. But there are do’s and don’ts of taxation
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
State shouldn’t tax the people unless funds are for public good
With corrupt parastatals and inept officials, we’re doomed
The word corruption has many analogs, none of them good.
By Prof Makau Mutua 5 years ago
With corrupt parastatals and inept officials, we’re doomed
To end corruption, Uhuru should ban harambees by State officials
It may be illegal for public officers, civil servants, and MPs to corrupt the public through harambees. If so, no one ever got the memo.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
To end corruption, Uhuru should ban harambees by State officials
Why do blacks invest so much money, emotion in whiteness?
My point is that we can’t think of racism without exploring the impact of other phenomena like religion and culture.
By Makau Mutua 5 years ago
Why do blacks invest so much money, emotion in whiteness?
Real power lies with the people in Makueni, not MCAs or speaker
Devolution – the decongestion and decentering of power – is a beautiful thing when it works.
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
Real power lies with the people in Makueni, not MCAs or speaker
Stop stalking us and give Kenyans a break from your 2022 obsession
White noise is usually an abomination unless it lures you to sleep. Used in political lexicon, white noise is bad. It can be infuriating.
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
Stop stalking us and give Kenyans a break from your 2022 obsession
No one knowledge is important than the other, history proves it
All sectors of the country are riddled with corruption while professionals suffer from state capture.
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
No one knowledge is important than the other, history proves it
Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to a Banana Republic
All sectors of the country are riddled with corruption while professionals suffer from state capture
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to a Banana Republic
Churches are turning a blind eye to impunity for the love of money
Much of Ruto’s church donations are directed at Central and Western Kenya, two regions that are pivotal in 2022
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
Churches are turning a blind eye to impunity for the love of money
Ruto’s key headache is in Jubilee, not the Uhuru-Raila handshake
Ruto has long being valourised for his political genius. He’s been called a master strategist – a ruthless, cut throat schemer without peer in Kenya
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
Ruto’s key headache is in Jubilee, not the Uhuru-Raila handshake
Judges are not 'sovereigns' of the Judiciary, nor are they above law
In a democracy, no one – not even the head of state – is above the law. That’s a cardinal rule in free societies.
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
Judges are not 'sovereigns' of the Judiciary, nor are they above law
We can honour Annan’s legacy by using truce to curb electoral fraud
Kofi Annan, the indomitable African who became the first black UN Secretary General, will never be forgotten in Kenya.
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
We can honour Annan’s legacy by using truce to curb electoral fraud
China wants to tether us like goats in debt and turn us into beggars
For more than a millennium, external aggressors and exploiters have enriched themselves on the backs of Africans.
By Makau Mutua 6 years ago
China wants to tether us like goats in debt and turn us into beggars
Hypocrisy of Kamba politicians banishing CS Juma to Murang’a
I was stunned a while back when several Kamba politicians, mostly from Kitui, shunned Foreign CS Monica Juma’s 'homecoming' ...
By Prof Makau Mutua 6 years ago
Hypocrisy of Kamba politicians banishing CS Juma to Murang’a
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