When the Ndegwa Commission Report was finally tabled in Parliament in 1974, three years after it had been written, it marked a turning point in Kenya’s political and economic history. Burudi Nabwera, then…
The death of Raila Amolo Odinga, Kenya’s most enduring opposition figure, has plunged the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) into a familiar storm. One that echoes the political ruptures of the 1990s. The…
Over the centuries, countless young Africans have asked how the continent—once home to some of the world’s most advanced civilizations—became the target of successive waves of conquest, enslavement, and exploitation by foreign…
History offers a mirror, and in that reflection lies a painful truth: civilizations rise not through isolation, but through intelligent integration. The Greeks, once centuries behind the grandeur of ancient Kmt (Egypt), did…
Todays comments by DCP Party Leader Rigathi Gachagua at Dominion Christian Church in Kasarani have once again revived a troubling debate in Kenya’s political culture: the creeping normalisation of ethnic entitlement. Standing…
He was impeached, disgraced, and barred from office. Yet yesterday in Kipipiri, Rigathi Gachagua re-emerged, quoting scripture and claiming prophecy, declaring himself the man to “take Ruto home” in 2027. But behind…
When the Senate voted 53–14 to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, the verdict split opinion and sparked accusations of political witch-hunt. Yet today, with hindsight’s unforgiving clarity, the ruling reads less like…
Nyandarua Senator John Methu Muhia has ignited a storm after accusing President William Ruto of “abandoning” Mt Kenya by investing heavily in Homa Bay County, remarks that critics say mirror the poisonous…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s bid to crown himself Mt Kenya’s “gatekeeper” is fast turning into a political boomerang—fracturing the opposition and jeopardising its 2027 shot at unseating President William Ruto. Matiang’i…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is returning home from the United States under a cloud of humiliation, his two-month diaspora tour collapsing into a cautionary tale of political self-destruction. Billed as a…