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Columnists November 10, 20251 Min Read

Unintended consequences of labour disputes in varsities

By Hudson Gumbihi

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November 10, 20251 Min Read

Why Suluhu's despotic disposition is bad for democracy in Tanzania

November 9, 20251 Min Read

Why university's attempt to revive oral tradition and history is important

November 9, 20258 Mins Read

Suluhu, Africa's strongmen have met their match in youth protest

November 9, 20252 Mins Read

Raila Odinga: The diplomat many didn't know

November 8, 20251 Min Read

What many didn't know, Raila was Africa's diplomat per excellence

November 7, 20256 Mins Read

Tanzania's political instability risks spreading in the region

The occupational hazards of dealing with thieves, and idiots with overdrawn accounts

Columnists November 6, 2025

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Prezzo Suluhu's solution to Tz's manufactured crisis is to blame alien 'creatures'

November 6, 20251 Min Read

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Why invisible tariffs should keep us awake at night

November 4, 20259 Mins Read

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Why invisible tariffs should akeep us awake at night

November 3, 20251 Min Read

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Ruto will bag Luo votes if he picks Mama Ida as a running-mate

November 3, 2025

How Uhuru helped to turn Raila's grave into a shrine

November 2, 2025

Why would Mama Suluhu be so cosy as regional peace haven burns?

November 2, 2025

Ruto ought not chest thump when Raila's spirit is with us

November 2, 2025

Those who seek Raila's political mantle must carry his burden

October 30, 2025

As we mourned, 2025 Nobel prize winners were named

Columnists October 27, 2025

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Unforeseen events have conspired to give President the upper hand

Columnists October 27, 20251 Min Read

Muthoni Likimani: 100-year-old Mau Mau veteran still going strong

Columnists October 26, 2025

How Raila Odinga's death has exposed political warriors, parasites

Columnists October 26, 2025

When leadership forgets about taxpayer, nation pays the price

Columnists October 26, 2025

Is it grief or guilt that in death, we find grace we denied in life

Columnists October 26, 2025

To heal country's wounds, we must trade tribal loyalty with integrity

Columnists October 25, 2025

Beyond Raila: Will Kenya now face a spectre of political, economic winter?

Columnists October 25, 2025

Raila's exit lays bare Kenya's political warriors and parasites

Columnists October 25, 2025

From defence to offence: Trump's quest to revive the warrior spirit

Columnists October 25, 2025

Columnists October 25, 20251 Min Read

Parasites and warriors exposed by Raila's death

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Why Kalonzo Musyoka should consider joining Ruto's camp

Columnists October 24, 2025

Debunking norms and customs, and folly of right hand knowing what the left does

Columnists October 23, 2025

Praise song for the dead, who clarify our purpose and meaning in this life

Columnists October 23, 2025

Business Weekly Round Up

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Raila's exit lays bare Kenya's political warriors and parasites

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Beyond debts and deficits: Will budget 202526 chart a new path?

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Hustlenomics – How to beat inflation during hard economic times

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Why the work is cut for the Opposition ahead of 2027

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Is the Finance Bill 2025 about boxing or dancing?

Columnists June 9, 20251 Min Read

Leaders' aversion to change is the fuel of growing youth discontent

Columnists October 6, 20251 Min Read

Yes, let's fish seedlings from the air and supplant them to earn carbon-credits

Columnists October 10, 20254 Mins Read

New education system: Key pathways to the future lit

Columnists June 16, 20251 Min Read

Reforms or brutal crackdown? How Gen Z revolt puts Kenya at turning point

Columnists June 29, 202525 Mins Read

Marvels of California's innovations

Columnists September 27, 20251 Min Read

A tale of Bungoma mud houses and jigger-infested feet of rich Mt Kenya residents

Columnists April 8, 20252 Mins Read

How Ngugi's pen landed him in prison and later sent him into exile

Columnists June 1, 20251 Min Read

To heal country's wounds, we must trade tribal loyalty with integrity

Columnists October 25, 20251 Min Read

Ruto, Parliament standoff over graft is good news for Kenyans

Columnists August 23, 20251 Min Read

African leaders still living in the past must brace for rising youth

Columnists June 8, 20258 Mins Read

Pope XIV takes on a changing world facing complex matters

Columnists May 11, 20258 Mins Read

Prezzo Ruto delivers April Fool's day stunt by taking road to ruin

Columnists April 4, 20252 Mins Read

The Kenyan link in idyllic eMkhomazi

Columnists August 17, 202511 Mins Read

State of Kenya's economy: What's really going on?

Columnists July 28, 20251 Min Read

What Ruto will likely do to win Kenyans' confidence and votes in 2027

Columnists April 22, 20258 Mins Read

Ruto ought not chest thump when Raila's spirit is with us

Columnists November 2, 20253 Mins Read

Get ready, 'Soundtrack To a Coup D'etat' will simply blow your mind

Columnists May 9, 20253 Mins Read

'Ruto Must Go' and Foucault's 'refusal to be governed' counsel

Columnists April 3, 20258 Mins Read

When you thought democracy was growing in EA, dictators sprouted

Columnists May 25, 20251 Min Read

Gen Z must channel grievances through constitutional means

Columnists June 25, 20256 Mins Read

Citizens have power to change wanting quality of leadership

Columnists May 21, 20251 Min Read

Police brutality victims and their families deserve justice

Columnists September 27, 20257 Mins Read

35 years later, Saba Saba continues: Meeting of different generations, same script

Columnists July 5, 20251 Min Read