Kenyans must slay the corruption dragon
Corruption is ravaging every facet of our beloved society. However, the revelations last week that silent yet salient form of corruption in the civil service has been siphoning Sh1.8 billion annually...
View ArticleGenerational transition is ODM’s least trouble
From streets to alleys, buses to bars, everyone turned into political dissector in bid to sieve Saturday statements by the Cord honcho Raila Odinga that he may quit ODM leadership for the younger...
View ArticleWe’ve over 350 days to right wrongs of 2013
The just-ended year 2013 was a great one. First, it was in 2013 that Kenyans rightly put to shame those who expected chaotic elections regardless of what formed their expectations. It is also in 2013...
View ArticleIt’s time to introspect, build better Kenya
Once again, the year hatches a Christmas festive, a season of love, recklessness, compassion and over indulgence as has been the tradition. But I beg to defy the conventional mood, by fixating my...
View ArticleCelebrate Kenya@50, but reward freedom fighters
Once again, the biggest narrative in town becomes the Kenya@50 celebrations and ironically, time and tide place the difficult task on the small shoulders of the Jubilee administration, made of men and...
View ArticleLet’s work together, shun culture of complaining
Are Kenyans so self-loathing that everything good rankles them or have we become a nation of whiners who find solace in grousing? Is there a silent majority whose silence is drowned by the noise of a...
View ArticleCabinet missed big on plan to tame soaring wage bill
Just like the efficacy of a broom lies in its fineness, the performance of an employee has much to do with the work environment, appreciation and self-esteem. The National Treasury led by Cabinet...
View ArticleKenya media needs to appreciate mother land
Reading an article in the Nigerian Leadership Daily a week after the Westgate Shopping Mall terror attack, I was surprised at the gross exaggeration of the situation—the article was of the opinion that...
View ArticleState must include matatu crew in road carnage war
What Michuki rules made a triumphant entry into the public transport industry, Kenyans celebrated, believing this was a Messiah Complex imported to end insanity in an unruly sector. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleKudos governor Mutua for setting growth pace
American business Mogul Donald Trump once said: “Great leaders can turn something out of nothing, but myopic minds will always turn even the best into trash”. These words should be whispered to our...
View ArticleThere should be no sacred cows in war against graft
The biblical narrative in Noah’s Ark, teaches us how an angry God purposed to destroy wickedness and sin that had swallowed His people. He instructed Noah— the only righteous man in that wicked...
View ArticleCompanies should stop exploiting innovators
Today, I revisit some of the seven greatest ills Indian statesman Mahatma Gandhi spoke about; commerce without morality and knowledge without character. Let’s call it core capitalism in a society that...
View ArticleWhy Raila-led Cord is a prisoner of selfish elite
The problem with the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) leadership is that it fattens and festers.Why? It is being held ransom by a few loud elite deluding itself in mistaken popularity. This...
View ArticlePaying civil servants well will enhance productivity
Think of the Rwandan capital Kigali, one of the cleanest and safest cities in Africa, things happen with ruthless efficiency, a rare phenomenon in a continent where things either happen at a...
View ArticleMall attack exposed gaps in state communication
I wish I could supplant the ink in my pen with my tears, and use it to capture the soul of my emotions and rage over the Westgate Shopping Mall terror siege and the weltering torture it visited. But,...
View ArticleMombasa county setting the development pace
The government expeditious move to give IDPs cash settlement and shut down remaining camps, which, indeed, were towering shame inherited from the Grand Coalition, dovetail to moves by President Uhuru...
View ArticleKavuludi should ignore naysayers, march forward
Naturally, I should be discussing ICC developments and the new street parlance ‘EVD/PT/OTP’ but I chose not for fear of sounding banal, for this will be a dominant narrative in the next few months when...
View ArticleHow Kalembe, Sonko charm their way into electorate’s reluctant hearts
“Think about it. I lost in a vote tally due to IEBC gross incompetence, ineptness and lethargy that saw them award number two a Mr. Patrick Musimba the victory and me number one a first runner up....
View ArticleCord needs skillful spokesperson to guide what its leaders should say
By ONYANGO OCHIENG In my native Luo culture, when a friend or relative comes to visit carrying a full okapu (basket), on the day he/she is leaving; the host will also fill it with goodies for the...
View ArticleThese officers are true image of reformed police
By Onyango Ochieng The last two days have been interesting. A friend, Nicholas Otana, was arrested over a funny incident bordering more on civil than criminal complaint. It is sad that he had to spend...
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