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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...

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Generational 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...

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We’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...

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It’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...

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Celebrate 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...

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Let’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...

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Cabinet 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...

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Kenya 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...

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State 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,...

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Kudos 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...

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There 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...

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Companies 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...

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Why 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...

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Paying 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...

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Mall 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,...

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Mombasa 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...

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Kavuludi 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...

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How 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....

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Cord 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...

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These 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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