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If we can't face up to the truth in schools' theatre, how about eating cake and having it?

I heard it on the grapevine that mandarins at the schools’ national drama fest have reportedly moved to censor “political” messaging in performances.

By Peter Kimani 2026-04-10 07:00:00

If we can't face up to the truth in schools' theatre, how about eating cake and having it?

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Riggy G skins Prezzo Ruto at foot of Mt Kenya, then lays his scalp out to dry

By Peter Kimani 2026-04-10 06:00:00

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Survival tales in the plains of Kajiado, and the making of the new metropoles

I spent the Easter weekend roaming the plains of Kajiado County, marvelling at the brave new world where some friends are inaugurating thriving ecosystems out of almost nothing.

By Peter Kimani 2026-04-10 00:00:00

From salacious rumours to wing ears, a moment of reckoning for our nation

I am quite pleased that Kenyans can see for themselves the naked truth about the men they put in office three years ago.

By Peter Kimani 2026-03-20 06:42:00

From salacious rumours to wing ears, a moment of reckoning for our nation

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Prezzo Ruto's intervenes at Nairobi Hospital to ensure hustlers can seek treatment on SHA

I suspect the main reason for Prezzo Ruto’s intervention is that he wanted to ensure SHA is applied at the facility so that the so-called hustlers can access treatment there.

By Peter Kimani 2026-03-20 06:30:00

Prezzo Ruto's intervenes at Nairobi Hospital to ensure hustlers can seek treatment on SHA

'Kanjora' are still benchmarking, years after devolution, blowing Sh1b on trips

13 years since devolution was rolled out, kanjoras are still trying to figure out what to prioritise, possibly because they are slow learners.

By Peter Kimani 2026-03-20 06:00:00

'Kanjora' are still benchmarking, years after devolution, blowing Sh1b on trips

Pains of growing up and old, then retreating into the twilight in these lean times

When a birthday milestone serves to remind one of recent deaths is not morbid humour, it means one has matured sufficiently to start confronting their own mortality.

By Peter Kimani 2026-01-09 08:00:00

Pains of growing up and old, then retreating into the twilight in these lean times

Near 'poetic justice' as MP Babu looks down the barrel of Alai's misfiring gun

Had Babu been shot, and I’m glad he was not, it’d have been a case of poetic justice, because a few years ago, Babu was charged with shooting and maiming one DJ Evolve.

By Peter Kimani 2026-01-09 06:00:00

Near 'poetic justice' as MP Babu looks down the barrel of Alai's misfiring gun

Brace yourself, season of anomie is upon us, again, like it really never ended

The road to Kenya’s Singapore is littered with a collapsed and collapsing infrastructure, the latest edifice to tumble down being that building in South C that was designed as a ladder to heaven.

By Peter Kimani 2026-01-09 00:00:00

Brace yourself, season of anomie is upon us, again, like it really never ended

With the New Year, let's try a little gentleness to survive these hard times

The fortunes of the “hustler” narrative that was propounded for four years, have dimmed irredeemably over the last three years.

By Peter Kimani 2026-01-02 08:00:00

With the New Year, let's try a little gentleness to survive these hard times

A torch-bearer, yes, a hawker is bit of a stretch, after failing at first attempt

People believe torches have psychic powers and that when the battery cells dim, so will the nefarious characters who had a hand in the killing of Jirongo.

By Peter Kimani 2026-01-02 06:00:00

A torch-bearer, yes, a hawker is bit of a stretch, after failing at first attempt

I'm a phone call away, so keep dialling even when network claims I am 'mteja'

One brash technician said I should have gone to Samsung, not Safcom, if it’s the handset that had a problem.

By Peter Kimani 2026-01-02 00:00:00

I'm a phone call away, so keep dialling even when network claims I am 'mteja'

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Road to Singapore: Ruto's wheelbarrow gains wings to fly

The “development” agenda is swinging from one extreme to another; three years ago, we were promised that so-called “hustlers” would be wheeled in barrows to unprecedented prosperity.

By Peter Kimani 2025-12-19 08:20:00