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Why Europe's visit to Africa will always arouse grave suspicion

The old historical debate about Africa and Europe refuses to go away, despite repeated dramas of friendship and brotherhood.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-05-17 08:30:00
East Africa’s emerging diplomatic compact risks mistaking repression of dissent for order and State capacity.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-05-10 10:40:00
Kenya’s opposition leaders may need to change tack in the face of a runaway rhetorical President.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-05-03 11:00:00
The story of Rwanda is more than a national story, as the symposium heard from Prof PLO Lumumba.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-04-26 09:00:00
Kenya is going through a monumental political crisis, way beyond mere presidential politics.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-04-12 10:00:00
Ruto is a man seemingly under pressure always up and about the country as his test of his leadership draws near .
By Barrack Muluka 2026-04-05 06:00:00
It may be too soon to write the obituary of Raila Odinga’s party, yet the dynamics tease us with the possibility that the moment is close.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-03-29 15:19:07
Ruto, Gachagua and their groupies have advised themselves that elections will reward emotional mobilization, and not civility. 
By Barrack Muluka 2026-03-22 08:30:00
The political class increasingly stages scandalous spectacles. There are insults, theatrics, open defiance of the law and common decency.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-03-22 06:00:00
The Ten Point Agenda of President William Ruto and the late Raila Odinga is widely seen as an elite power bargain with little public impact, rather than a genuine governance revolution.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-03-15 08:05:00
NMG is a part of the Kenyan story, and we are a part of its story. Without our activities, good or bad, they have little to tell that is of immediacy to us.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-03-15 06:28:00
Annual floods in Kenya expose the persistent failures of political leadership, leaving homes submerged, infrastructure destroyed, and communities stranded.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-03-08 08:00:00