Tag Archive: Raila Odinga

Matiang’i: Uhuru’s Middle Finger To The Constitution

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s recent elevation of Fred Matiang’i to “chief” of the Cabinet Secretaries has been widely interpreted as a swipe against his deputy,...

The Outlook for Kenyan Politics in 2019

For Kenyans, 2018 begun on a knife edge. The final months of 2017 had been dominated by a dispute over the annulled August presidential...

Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Crusade, Genuine Graft Purge or Political Duel?

For the first time in independent Kenya’s history, the country is seemingly tackling corruption in high places. Over the past few months, senior government...

‘The Handshake’ – Kenya’s Sweet and Sour Political Deal

On 9th March 2018, history was re-written in Kenya. President Uhuru Kenyatta and hiss arch nemesis former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition...

Innocent Victim? Not Exactly

The last few weeks have been rather trying for Kenyan media. The government’s criminal overreaction to the mock swearing in of Raila Odinga did...

Kenya’s Future Increasingly Looks Like Its Past

In early 1965, after just a year of independence, Kenya’s first President, Jomo Kenyatta suspected Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was planning a coup...

The 55-year Fight For Kenya

Two elections in two months has not settled Kenya’s political crisis. But the impasse is not really about who will sit in State House....

The “Independent Revolution” – Will it Save Kenya from Tribal Politics?

Politics in Kenya has from late 70s been a game of ethnic numbers. This game was perfected by the advent of multiparty democracy in...

Why the opposition may not be best suited to rescue Kenya from lootocracy

Kenyans are tired. Their country has been up for sale since the white man’s administration. They took the most fertile lands for themselves and...

Kenya’s Crisis of Memory and Imagination

Kenya today finds itself in the throes of a crisis. In the run up to next year’s scheduled general election, weekly opposition protests and...