Kenyan politics is devoid of passion and direction. Why is this the case?
We lack patriotism and a sense of mission; something to live and die for. Kenyan politics is the way to wealth and nothing else.
Why can’t we have independent minded politicians within Bunge who stand for truth irrespective of party affiliation?
We are driven by self-interest, not public interest. Self-interest has little room for truth when it contradicts their interests.
This Madaraka Day we’re celebrating, does it still hold any meaning?
Our politics is driven by individual not national interests yet Madaraka Day celebrations concern national not individual interests.
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If Dr Mukhisa Kituyi succeeds in his bid to become Kenya’s fifth president, he will join a small, elite club of leaders whose spouses are freedom fighters in their own right.
His wife, Dr Ling Merete, currently a senior UN official based in Geneva, Switzerland, traditionally keeps a low profile. But she is a giant of the second liberation from the 90s when her husband was among the Young Turks that took on the Kanu regime in fiery calls and protests that led to multi-party politics.
Former Sirisia MP John Munyasia explains that politically instigated tribal clashes uprooted many families from their homes in Bungoma and Trans Nzoia. Forced to seek refuge at market centres, the displaced persons suffered both trauma and physical injuries.