Activist Kebaso Morara (center) with Eldama Ravine MP Musa Sirma (right) and other leaders ,during a church service at AIC Kiamunyi in Rongai, Nakuru County, on January 12, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard] Morara Kebaso, a Gen Z, rose to public limelight because of his role in ‘The Vampire Diaries’, in which he exposed corruption at its core. Specifically, he gathered revealing information on mega government projects that had either stalled or never taken off, yet taxpayer funds had been allocated to them. Many other young people were inspired by his creativity, courage, and determination and referred to themselves as graduates of Kebaso University with…
Author: By Elias Mokua
The ODM-UDA “merger” raises interesting questions. What is the common denominator between the two? Who benefits from the strengthened relationship between the two parties? The broad-based government, as is known, is meant to “stabilise the country and create an enabling environment for Kenyans to address their concerns through democratic and constitutional means”, as per the Tuesday ODM’s Central Committee press statement. In and beyond these words, there is a whole thesis to write. However, the limited space does not permit me to. So, the country was going South until ODM came in to help the government stabilise it? The occasional…
Anti-riot police officer arrest a suspected protester during a demonstration against the government in Nairobi, Kenya, on August. [AFP] Recent abductions, forced disappearances, and mysterious killings push us to reflect deeply into who we are as a people: Africans. Kenyans. When the state responds to dissent with excessive force, it signals more than a failure of policy. It reveals a deeper crisis of legitimacy and purpose. According to the Frustration–Aggression Theory, institutions facing blocked goals often project aggression toward weaker or more accessible targets. In Kenya today, this dynamic is tragically at play. The frustration of a fragile governing elite, unable to…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (left), former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and former UDA Secretrary General Cleophas Maalala in Wamunyoro in Nyeri. [Rigathi Gachagua, Facebook] The emerging grouping of out-of-government political bigwigs promises to bring back a strong opposition that keeps the government in check. Since a section of ODM joined the Kenya Kwanza government, led by former Opposition chief Raila Odinga, the official opposition coalition in Parliament has all but aligned itself with the Kenya Kwanza wing of the government. From the outset, I should point out that the boundary between the ruling coalition, Kenya Kwanza, and the Opposition…
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In African traditions, there is a belief, often with experiential evidence in families, that a respected ailing leader would have a premonition of his death. The man would call his children and grandchildren. He would ask to be visited by the people he held dear. He would give different messages to his family. To one, he would caution. To another, he would praise and encourage. To yet another, he would curse. But the man would bless one of the sons, often the firstborn, to lead the family in his absence. An elder would not just die. He will gather his…
Former CS Justin Muturi, addressing the media at Ufungamano house on 02, April, 2025. Giving a reason why he was sacked, he told the media that because he persistently questioned the abduction, torture and murder of the young people. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard] “Sema ikutoke” is the Kenyan version of the truth will set you free. The high-voltage political acrimonious discourse between the current and former Kenya Kwanza top leaders is giving us, the ordinary Kenyans, the inside story of what goes on in the political elite power circles. We would never have known why the economy is in bad shape, for example,…
President William Ruto at Ngarachi Comprehensive School in Laikipia West during the beginning of his tour of the Mt. Kenya region on April 1, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] “Freedom,” wrote Michel Foucault, “is the refusal to be governed.” He wasn’t speaking of anarchy or disorder. He was naming something deeper to resist imposed systems of rule and to insist on more dignified, participatory forms of governance. In its many forms, that refusal is alive and well in Kenya. More and more, Kenyans are showing they are in the mood to push boundaries. We are no longer simply asking for…