Protect farmers from cheaper food imports
That Kenya imports onions from China speaks volumes about emptiness of promises government has over years made about empowering local farmers.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 3 years ago
Protect farmers from cheaper food imports
Use lessons from Covid-19 experience to improve local healthcare
For many years, the political elite in Kenya have had unlimited options whenever they require specialised healthcare.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 3 years ago
Use lessons from Covid-19 experience to improve local healthcare
UNSC seat: It's time for Kenya to fulfil its campaign promises
Kenya should show Africa and the world that they made the right choice by giving it this coveted position.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 3 years ago
UNSC seat: It's time for Kenya to fulfil its campaign promises
Time to bite the bullet and impose lockdown
Health officials still hold their initial position that coronavirus cases could hit 10,000 by end of April
By Njoroge Kinuthia 4 years ago
Time to bite the bullet and impose lockdown
Kenya Power should bring down cost of electricity
The cost of electricity has been on the rise over the years despite promises of cheaper power by the Government.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 4 years ago
Kenya Power should bring down cost of electricity
We must protect our children from pornography at all costs
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
We must protect our children from pornography at all costs
Punish governors and county staff involved in illegal hiring
News that the anti-graft agency is investigating some counties over alleged illegal hiring of workers is depressing.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Punish governors and county staff involved in illegal hiring
Heatwave should melt hearts of climate change sceptics
The scorching heat disrupted transport, schools and also affected some people’s health.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Heatwave should melt hearts of climate change sceptics
Killings put Tanzania government in tight spot
This is worrying, coming from a country most Kenyans regard as island of tranquility.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Killings put Tanzania government in tight spot
Why taxpayers should not be dragged into KQ's turbulence
Government has pumped a lot of money into the carrier but that has done little to divert it from its loss making trajectory.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Why taxpayers should not be dragged into KQ's turbulence
Find quick remedy for this scourge of suicides, murders
It has been a week of horror stories again.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Find quick remedy for this scourge of suicides, murders
Jubilee should put its house in order for sake of the country
Prophets of doom have made their voices heard; the Jubilee Party is in the throes of death—flailing and gasping for air, fighting for survival.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Jubilee should put its house in order for sake of the country
Address sticky issues in new curriculum to end confusion
The confusion and controversy that surround implementation of the new syllabus confirms that the country was ill-prepared to roll it out.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Address sticky issues in new curriculum to end confusion
Send protest notes to London, Oslo over Somalia border row
It’s noteworthy that Somalia had the audacity to auction oil blocks in the disputed territory while the court case was still ongoing.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 5 years ago
Send protest notes to London, Oslo over Somalia border row
MP wishes Mvita candidates success
MP wishes Mvita candidates success
By Njoroge Kinuthia 6 years ago
MP wishes Mvita candidates success
Spare the rod, MPs advised
A teachers’ union has opposed plans to re-introduce corporal punishment in schools.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 6 years ago
Spare the rod, MPs advised
Homophobia a major barrier to ending HIV epidemic
Homophobia is the dislike or intolerance of, or prejudice against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 6 years ago
Homophobia a major barrier to ending HIV epidemic
Wajir girl with burns turned away at KNH
Bureaucracy almost cost minor her life after 14-hour journey to Nairobi
By Njoroge Kinuthia 6 years ago
Wajir girl with burns turned away at KNH
Opinion: After Uhuru, Kikuyus should step aside and let others enjoy as well
You see, with their measly tyranny of numbers, and considering the nature of our politics, it will take eternity for an El Moro to become president and subject me to ridicule.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 6 years ago
 Opinion: After Uhuru, Kikuyus should step aside and let others enjoy as well
Likely players in post-coup Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s army appears to be pushing for a quick and bloodless end to 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe’s 37 years in power, to be replaced by a national unity government headed by his former deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 6 years ago
Likely players in post-coup Zimbabwe
Matiang’i, varsity devastate parents with secret weapon
Martin Waswa from Bungoma County watched his TV with interest during the graduation ceremony at Dedan Kimathi University of Technology (DEKUT) last Friday. He had a reason to as his son has been admitted to the university.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Matiang’i, varsity devastate parents with secret weapon
Is it greed behind high food prices?
There are so many things troubling Kenyans at the moment. However, none seems to be more nagging — party primaries and their attendant chaos and violence notwithstanding — than the skyrocketing prices of basic commodities.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Is it greed behind high food prices?
Nairobi residents take Governor Kidero to task over wanting services
Nairobi City resident Joe Ndile is very concerned about something that he vows smells and looks like corruption.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Nairobi residents take Governor Kidero to task over wanting services
Governor Okoth Obado yet to pay ‘ancient’ debt
Ronald Mukunza claims to have supplied computers to the defunct Migori County Council way back in 2011.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Governor Okoth Obado yet to pay ‘ancient’ debt
Teacher accuses Equity Bank of causing him agony
A teacher from Trans Nzoia County is in deep agony, thanks to money he borrowed from a bank to improve the welfare of his family.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Teacher accuses Equity Bank of causing him agony
Nairobi residents protest against stalled road project
Residents of Tassia Phase 1 in Nairobi on Wednesday protested over a stalled road project in the estate. They marched on the busy Outer Ring Road and caused a major traffic jam, carrying placards calling on Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero to order the road works to resume.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Nairobi residents protest against stalled road project
Granny, 100, registers as a voter
Her son James Ng'ethe, who accompanied her, said for the past four days, she had been requesting to be taken to a polling station to exercise her right.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Granny, 100, registers as a voter
Rogue drivers warned
NTSA has vowed to continue cracking the whip on errant drivers in an effort to restore order and sanity on Kenyan roads.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
Rogue drivers warned
What strike has done to farmer's family
A coffee plantation on a steep one-acre farm in Murang'a County was his final resting place.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 7 years ago
What strike has done to farmer's family
Kenya should improve disaster preparedness urgently
The horrific Huruma building collapse, in which 23 people have so far been confirmed dead, has once again exposed Kenya's glaring ineptitude in dealing with disasters.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 8 years ago
Kenya should improve disaster preparedness urgently
End floods' havoc now
The long rains have started in earnest in many parts of the country and, as usual, they are wreaking a lot of havoc. In Nairobi alone, over 20 people have died in the last few days as a result of the heavy rains.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 8 years ago
End floods' havoc now
Prostitution: Here is the devil's advocate
Nakuru Town East MP David Gikaria recently came under scathing attack for daring to speak the unspeakable: Calling for legalisation of prostitution.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 8 years ago
Prostitution: Here is the devil's advocate
Power is sweetest in Africa
The import is that Sall won't have minded hanging on for seven years had it not been for pressure from the Opposition.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 8 years ago
Power is sweetest in Africa
Kudos KTN for Facebook win
The success, of course, has come about as a result of hard work on the part of KTN and the team behind the Facebook page, whose work continues to inspire confidence to a growing number of people in the region.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 8 years ago
Kudos KTN for Facebook win
Brave men, women whose quick action saved many from death
The Muslims reportedly refused to be separated from their Christians breathren and told the militants to kill them all.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 8 years ago
Brave men, women whose quick action saved many from death
EU Parliament votes to aid Kenya fight terrorism
The European Union (EU) Parliament has voted to supply Kenya with military aid to bolster the war against Al-Shabaab.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 9 years ago
EU Parliament votes to aid Kenya fight terrorism
Some policing needed for rogue cops in Meru county
Some police officers in Meru are reported to have committed acts of upumbavu by handcuffing a driver whose truck was reportedly overloaded with sand and ordering him to drive to the station.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 9 years ago
Some policing needed for rogue cops in Meru county
Let’s embrace, not resist, corruption, it’s something we do well, home and abroad
When I heard that yet another international company has been distributing “chicken” to win contracts with Government agencies, I had what Americans call the “aha” moment.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 9 years ago
Let’s embrace, not resist, corruption, it’s something we do well, home and abroad
Official enemies within worse than Al Shabaab
Al Shabaab is in a celebratory mood. It is not hard to tell this. They are back on Twitter after the handle was temporarily pulled down. And they are busy gloating, mocking and laughing after the attack at Westgate Mall, amused by sorrowful faces and teary eyes.
By Njoroge Kinuthia 11 years ago
Official enemies within worse than Al Shabaab
Brave police officers who should be garlanded
There are times when you feel like giving the police a bouquet, then there times that one would like to throw prickly thorns at them. The officers who battled a grenade-hurling terrorist suspect in Githurai to his death on Sunday deserves recognition.
By -NJOROGE KINUTHIA 11 years ago
Brave police officers who should be garlanded
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