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Counties seized power but have not fought graft, offered services

The constitutional provisions establishing devolution aimed at creating a republic of equity for all Kenyans to participate in their affairs...

By Tony Sisule 4 years ago

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Public service spirit, what’s that? We are Kenyans

Good men do not wish to be openly demanding payment for governing. Thieves of public resources should be rejected by voters and severely punished.

By Tony Sisule 4 years ago

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What it will take to execute Raila’s social protection policy

Stop corruption by imposing stiff jail terms for convicted thieves. Get the right list of deserving beneficiaries.

By Tony Sisule 4 years ago

Like Namibia, Kenya can build the best social protection programme in Africa

Namibia has an extensive social protection system from cradle to grave.

By Tony Sisule 4 years ago

Covid-19 will only be defeated by proven public health measures, not lockdowns

Lockdowns have resulted in losses of millions of jobs. This has certainly caused deaths through malnutrition of children, depression, suicide etc

By Tony Sisule 4 years ago

There is no reason to keep schools closed

Economy has lost a great deal from school closures, illustrated by laid off teachers and workers in private schools

By Tony Sisule 5 years ago

It’s time to ease stiff lockdown measures and live with disease

The price of the lockdown measures is too high. It is time to ease them and learn to live with this disease

By Tony Sisule 5 years ago

Spare Auma the jibes, ‘gonya gonya’ is good

What those criticising former US President Obama’s sister’s comment on charity missed

By Tony Sisule 7 years ago

Opinion: Parties should improve social protection of poor people

The traffic gridlock in Nairobi and other towns unearths an unseemly failure of the Government and the people of Kenya to care for the poorest members of our society.

By Tony Sisule 8 years ago

Obama trip to Africa was good for kinship but bad for democracy

Kenya has been waiting for Obama to visit with barely bated breath for the last 6 years since he became President of the United States of America and, therefore, the most powerful person on earth. Kenyans were waiting for him because, in his own words, he is the first ‘Kenyan-American’ to become President of the US

By Tony Sisule 10 years ago

We need concerted efforts to stop Ebola

When I recently had a persistent headache, like everybody else, I was apprehensive about visiting a hospital due to the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

By Tony Sisule 11 years ago