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Prof Makau Mutua

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

Why Uhuru’s state of the nation speech was a whimper, not a roar

Why Uhuru’s state of the nation speech was a whimper, not a roar

By Prof Makau Mutua 5 years ago

Murathe's message is clear, Ruto isn’t Mt Kenya’s man in 2022

Murathe's message is clear, Ruto isn’t Mt Kenya’s man in 2022

By Prof Makau Mutua 5 years ago

With corrupt parastatals and inept officials, we’re doomed

With corrupt parastatals and inept officials, we’re doomed

By Prof Makau Mutua 5 years ago

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

Demolitions have pulled down egos of the high and mighty

Demolitions have sent shivers even to the most affluent and powerful individuals of the society.

By Prof Makau Mutua 6 years ago

Demolitions have pulled down egos of the high and mighty

To avoid the abyss we need to talk about our collective folly

It’s the responsibility of the one in State House to lead and nurture each and every citizen. Otherwise he should quit.

By Prof Makau Mutua 7 years ago

To avoid the abyss we need to talk about our collective folly

To save post-colonial Africa we must address co-existence

Kenyans should stop going gaga over David Ndii’s tease of secession. The idea isn’t radical, or even new. Secession is perfectly legal under certain conditions in international law.

By Prof Makau Mutua 7 years ago

To save post-colonial Africa we must address co-existence

Kalonzo must ensure a divided Wiper party doesn't fell NASA

Kalonzo must make sure a divided Wiper doesn’t fell NASA. Wiper, NASA’s strongest link, shouldn’t become its weakest link.

By Prof Makau Mutua 7 years ago

Kalonzo must ensure a divided Wiper party doesn't fell NASA

Stop the rants, independents are saviours of our democracy

One feature of a mature democracy is the right of candidates for public office to stand for election as independents – without any party affiliation.

By Prof Makau Mutua 7 years ago

Stop the rants, independents are saviours of our democracy

Miguna’s personal demons come out to haunt him

Methinks that the three are so pathological in his psyche that they have become an irreducible core of his identity. Perhaps only the insightful Dr Sigmund Freud could have understood him.

By Prof Makau Mutua 7 years ago

Miguna’s personal demons come out to haunt him

Pulling Kenya’s troops out of South Sudan is reckless

Kenya stands to lose the most if the sub region descends into utter chaos with the attendant refugee flows.

By Prof Makau Mutua 8 years ago

Pulling Kenya’s troops out of South Sudan is reckless

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