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Elite Conspiring To Keep Power

Musalia told Uhuru, “You don’t go stealing from a friend.” (The Star, 19 October 2012). He said this after TNA failed in an attempt to get 30 UDF Mudavadi Councillors to defect to TNA. But there is...

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Writer Got Facts Wrong On My Dad

Joyce Nyairo got it completely wrong about my father in her article "When shall we stop judging children by the alleged sins of their fathers" published in the Daily Nation on Tuesday, October 23,...

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Chapter Six Doesn’t Bar Ruto And Uhuru

Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto are not barred by the Constitution from standing as presidential candidates in the forthcoming election. It is an error to think that Chapter Six of the Constitution...

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Why Uhuru Got It Wrong On Annan

Kofi Annan’s book, Interventions (London, Allen Lane/Penguin, 2012) is necessary reading for all Kenyans. More so, as we enter the final stages of the period that he played a large part in bringing...

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Sickening Kanu, Kadu Deal Is Back

The last pact between a Kenyatta party and the Rift Valley was in 1964. It was not to win an election. It was to avoid an election. But it was for the same purpose : domination. At Independence in...

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Some Candidates, Pacts Contrived

In this season of alliances and pacts, it is possible to get puzzled by the passing parade of names and pairings. Names appear before our eyes and ears everywhere. Some pairings appear improbable....

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Treasury Ploy To Derail Devolution

The Treasury wants to scuttle Devolution. Devolution is a central issue in the election in the next few weeks. Over two-thirds of Kenyans voted for it in the Referendum. It is a corrective to our bad...

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Let’s Reclaim Our Great Past In 2013

This election is not about the manifesto of any political party. This election is wider than that. This election is the national debate that has been suppressed for five decades. Now we are free to...

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A Kenyan Manifesto Is What Is Needed

This is the manifesto of the political party we want : “Now therefore the party commits that its decisions and political actions are, and shall remain, governed by its ideals, principles and beliefs...

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The March 4 Polls And the ICC Cases

Now we know why Uhuru Kenyatta is standing in these elections and why William Ruto is standing with him. Uhuru said, “A vote for us is a vote of no confidence in the ICC.”(Daily Nation, 1 February...

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Of Civil Servants And Our Politics

Civil servants cannot enter the politics of the day. Civil servants are not the political spokespersons of the Republic of Kenya. They cannot make political speeches for the country. Yet in the past...

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Why I Endorse Raila For Fourth President

This is a serious country looking to a serious future. It needs a tried and tested leader. Not two apprentices of the Likoni Ferry type – accidents waiting to happen. And further distracted by their...

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Every Registered Person Must Vote

Every registered Kenyan must vote on Monday. Art.38 is part of the Bill of Rights in our constitution. It sets out political rights. Art.38(1) states that “Every citizen is free to make political...

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We Should Not Close Our Eyes To Injustices

In the midst of the voting, the tally, and a long-awaited result, an important book, of great relevance to our elections and the next five years, was published last week. It is The Struggle For Freedom...

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The Supreme Court Holds The Last Card

Is it all over? No, not yet. The process of the presidential election does not end at the declaration of the result. The process also includes the testing of that result. For even more important than...

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Week 25 Gay Parade under the eyes of the pope

Shuffling slowly through the street, the old lady carries a heavy suitcase and a small stool in her hand. She is blind and carefully examines the ground with her long stick before making the next...

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Africa to Brazil week 26: Andean Adventures

Two thousand metres below, a river rages through the valley floor. The sheer cliff next to the road without any shield whatsoever makes my stomach churn — what was I thinking when climbing onto Pele’s...

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Africa to Brazil Week 27 – Through the Inca Land

11pm, it is freezing cold and I am sitting in an internet cafe on the Plaza Central, battling with agonising internet speed. We are in Puquio, a tiny village which sits high up at 3,400 metres in a...

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Africa to Brazil week 28 - In Brazil at last

Day 198 and only 700km to the Brazilian border. Today, we plan to push all the way to the small Bolivian border town, and tomorrow we hope to cross the border to Brazil — four days to go to the start...

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Week 29: Around the World in 200 Days

Some 200 days and 44,000km after leaving Nairobi, we finally reach Rio de Janeiro, one day after the start of the World Cup. With football fans from around the world, we celebrate on Copacabana Beach...

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