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Sofia Ali And Macharia Kamau

Treasury demand for more taxes will hurt Kenyans

Analysts says that Treasury should have considered outcomes of Finance Act, 2023.

By 6 months ago

Treasury demand for more taxes will hurt Kenyans

How 2010 Katiba failed us on the sharing of political power

How 2010 Katiba failed us on the sharing of political power

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Hustler narrative is deceptive and many things don’t add up

Hustler narrative is deceptive and many things don’t add up

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Thanks to our herdsmen, Kenya will always be in a fatal nosedive

Thanks to our herdsmen, Kenya will always be in a fatal nosedive

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

No matter the conflicting views on Waiguru, the law has spoken

This story forms the basis for very conflicted musings regarding the Anne Waiguru impeachment case.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

No matter the conflicting views on Waiguru, the law has spoken

Political geniuses Uhuru, Ruto and Raila should be consulting

At the curfew hour, President Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, William Ruto and all their political minions rush home to hunker over their political playbooks.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Political geniuses Uhuru, Ruto and Raila should be consulting

Ruto, your foes are uniting to impeach you and not for 2022

Dr DP, coalitions are being formed to impeach you. The coalitions are a ‘disposable asset’ with one urgent purpose.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Ruto, your foes are uniting to impeach you and not for 2022

What kind of political naivety led to Kariobangi demolitions?

The level of viciousness that Kariobangi has seen is comparable to that of Leopold the Second, who oversaw sadistic projects upon ‘hapless Africans'

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

What kind of political naivety led to Kariobangi demolitions?

DP will forever be in a tight spot having power but no authority

The Deputy President is permanently between a rock and a hard place. And by Deputy President I do not mean William Ruto

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

DP will forever be in a tight spot having power but no authority

Time for Uhuru to brave hate, order lockdown to curb virus?

This is the time for President Uhuru Kenyatta to hate public love. The desire for presidential popularity at this time will cost him dearly.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Time for Uhuru to brave hate, order lockdown to curb virus?

How we can execute proactive operation in the face of coronavirus

We Kenyans are averse to the concept of ‘personal space.’ The government has to warn us to stand a metre apart at the supermarket line for good reason

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

How we can execute proactive operation in the face of coronavirus

As a rule of thumb, leaders with ambition need formidable allies

The coronavirus has temporarily come to the rescue of the Deputy President.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

As a rule of thumb, leaders with ambition need formidable allies

We’re often a collateral damage in other people’s power games

My MP is disgusted. Nelson Koech of Belgut told the Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary that her answers were sickening and painful to listen to.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

We’re often a collateral damage in other people’s power games

Modern day political pawns will stand out as we head to 2022

Kenya’s political history is rife with cat’s paws at the service of presidents and other political honchos

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Modern day political pawns will stand out as we head to 2022

Sonko is a political gangster who we all love to hate

Sonko may be a Lula, a political gangster who turns a city, or country around.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 4 years ago

Sonko is a political gangster who we all love to hate

Colonialists were terrorists

There are two types of shujaas. One advocated for independence gained through constitutional means, and the other waged a liberation war.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Colonialists were terrorists

Why census will be the launch pad for 2022 poll contest

The August 24 population census will be an election before the official General Election. T

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Why census will be the launch pad for 2022 poll contest

Punguza Mizigo’s life risks being cut in ruthless style

Operation ‘Kill Bill’ is underway. The brief is that the Punguza Mizigo Bill must die by any means necessary.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Punguza Mizigo’s life risks being cut in ruthless style

Punguza Mizigo has already won referendum race

The Building Bridges Initiative can now pack their bags and go home. The ‘Punguza Mizigo’ people have already won the race to the referendum.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Punguza Mizigo has already won referendum race

Ruto should wake up to reality: Central will not vote for him

The Bomet veteran told us ‘point blank’, that when it comes to promising votes, Central Kenya will “play all sorts of games”.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Ruto should wake up to reality: Central will not vote for him

The good, the bad and ugly in Uhuru’s demonetisation

In the demonetisation venture, President Uhuru Kenyatta has proved terribly shameless, but surprisingly shrewd and unusually daring.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

The good, the bad and ugly in Uhuru’s demonetisation

Parties without conviction can’t move generations

One Sunday morning in 1946 or perhaps 1947, the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, with his wife, took their young sons to be baptised at a Church in Maseno

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Parties without conviction can’t move generations

We need honest talk on systems of government

A famous American statistician, W. Edwards Deming, once said: “In God we trust. Everyone else must bring data.”

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

We need honest talk on systems of government

Let’s examine Supreme Court with critical eye

When Raila lost the 2007 elections, he was certain that he had lost unfairly. But he could not even dream of taking a petition to the Supreme Court.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Let’s examine Supreme Court with critical eye

Raila-Ruto feud fueling fresh political wars

Raila Odinga in crisis is like a fish in water. He swiftly glides through torrents and turns political misfortune into gold.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Raila-Ruto feud fueling fresh political wars

Contradictions in criminal justice system worrying

Are some sinners bigger in the eyes of the DCI? Can the criminal be more important than the crime? Of course.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Contradictions in criminal justice system worrying

Orengo’s bid to impeach Ruto an ‘act of courage’

Orengo is out to lower Ruto’s political ‘market value’ by demystifying him.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Orengo’s bid to impeach Ruto an ‘act of courage’

Why ‘chief minister’ role a double-edged sword for Matiang’i

Matiang’i has been demoted, not promoted. His appointment as the ‘Chief minister’ may be a bureaucratic elevation, but it is a political downgrade.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 5 years ago

Why ‘chief minister’ role a double-edged sword for Matiang’i

In a referendum, Ruto will cook the elite, have them for lunch

Blocking Ruto from attaining the ultimate political prize, the presidency, is like fighting the tide

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

In a referendum, Ruto will cook the elite, have them for lunch

How trial by media undermines the right to a fair trial

The press should not be making publications either about the victim or the accused, which would have been inadmissible in the actual trial

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

How trial by media undermines the right to a fair trial

Uhuru suffers ‘lame duck’ effect

Constitutional term limits have the effect of turning a president into a lame duck in his final term of office.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Uhuru suffers ‘lame duck’ effect

Demolition of structures raises critical queries

For many, the demolitions are a triumphant assault on corruption. For some like me, bulldozing exercise leaves behind heaps of rubble and questions

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Demolition of structures raises critical queries

Graft war should not be one time dramatic event

On the war against corruption, Kenya is a kicking and screaming drug addict who is being made to ‘quit the habit’.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Graft war should not be one time dramatic event

We are economic prisoners despite gaining self-rule

Why did Kenya gain independence in 1964 instead of say, 1994, like South Africa?

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

We are economic prisoners despite gaining self-rule

Push to recycle presidents is an insult to Kenyan citizens

For the sake of this country, I hope that this is just idle opinion mongering.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Push to recycle presidents is an insult to Kenyan citizens

DP Ruto will do well to reject flattery of the sycophants

Where he goes, they will follow and what he says, they will do; where he sits, they will perform with gusto.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

DP Ruto will do well to reject flattery of the sycophants

Uhuru and Raila handshake a superficial act

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the premise upon which the March 9 ‘handshake’ unity deal happened is as wobbly as legs of a newborn calf. T

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Uhuru and Raila handshake a superficial act

Law of unrelated things at play in political events

In the controversial 2005 book, Freakonomics, the authors explore the ‘law of unrelated things.’

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Law of unrelated things at play in political events

Obsession with succession is our greatest undoing

This premature preoccupation by the political leadership is all about planning, positioning and the presidency.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Obsession with succession is our greatest undoing

Uhuru dramatically changes with only his legacy on the agenda

In Kenya, we have had four presidents so far, but we have only had three regimes: the Kenyatta/Moi regime was the first.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Uhuru dramatically changes with only his legacy on the agenda

Uhuru should stem political recklessness that is now the norm

Number One; I would have ordered the positioning of the ‘Flying Squad’ in strategic, inconspicuous bushy spots in Uhuru Park.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Uhuru should stem political recklessness that is now the norm

State doing itself big disservice by gaging leading TV stations

Raila’s oathing ceremony could be regarded as the official beginning of a coup d’êtat to be executed in installments over the next few months.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

State doing itself big disservice by gaging leading TV stations

On swearing-in plans, Raila is endangering his political legacy

The Kenyan version of the game is called ‘sema ng’we!’ or ‘dare me’! In promising to swear himself in, Raila is telling Uhuru ‘sema ng’we’

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

On swearing-in plans, Raila is endangering his political legacy

Why the making of political marriages should be pragmatic

Political partnerships are purely marriages of convenience.

By Daisy Maritim Maina 6 years ago

Why the making of political marriages should be pragmatic

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