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Less than a month after Kenya officially converted its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) loan from the US dollar to the Chinese yuan to cut interest costs, neighbouring Ethiopia has initiated similar talks…
More than 960,000 candidates across the country have officially begun the 2025 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, marking the start of the final stage of their secondary education journey. The…
When Kenya came together to mourn the late Raila Amolo Odinga — a towering figure in the country’s political and democratic journey — one thing became unmistakably clear: the nation was spared…
Owadwa Wuod Nyalego (My brother, son of the daughter of Alego), when we spoke on the morning of your departure to India, you were upbeat and confident we would meet at a…
It’s a shame that we all must bow out. Raila’s turn came on October 15, 2025, in India, far away from Bondo, Kisumu, Nairobi, or even Addis Ababa, Africa’s political capital seeking…
If Rigathi Gachagua were still the Deputy President, Kenyans would likely have witnessed a very different farewell for Raila Odinga. The man whose politics thrives on bitterness and division would never have…
My journey with Raila Amolo Odinga—Jakom to millions of Kenyans—spans forty-four years, beginning in May 1981. At the time, I was a student leader at the University of Nairobi, while he served…
I first had a good “talk” with Raila Odinga at Kilimani Police Station in Nairobi just next to Kenyatta National Hospital in 1982 after he had been arrested by the Kenya police…
The Siaya County Government has announced the suspension of all official functions following the passing of Rt. Hon. Raila Amollo Odinga, describing the moment as one of profound loss and national grief.…
Over 300 residents of Mkocheni in Taita Taveta County are demanding justice after being forcibly evicted from a 1,000-acre piece of land and allocated two-acre plots with defective title deeds. Speaking on…
Politics
ODM is changing its Nairobi 2027 gubernatorial strategy with Makadara MP George Aladwa emerging as the party’s preferred candidate over Governor Johnson Sakaja. The party’s top leadership has moved away from backing…
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta says he has forgiven the Mt Kenya region for rejecting his preferred presidential candidate, the late Raila Odinga, in the 2022 General Election, but has cautioned voters against…
Fresh friction is emerging within President William Ruto’s broad-based government after Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo questioned ODM’s demand for a written pre-election agreement guaranteeing the party an equal share of power…
Wiper dismisses DCP claims of meeting to back Sifuna Cleophas Malala has now declared that Rigathi Gachagua and the DCP have picked Edwin Sifuna as the United Opposition presidential candidate to face…
Raila Odinga Junior on Friday joined ODM luminaries in Kataboi, Turkana North, as the party took its Mwezi wa Baba campaign showcasing its national appeal as he steps up his involvement in…
A few days ago some of us were urging Pauline Njoroge, Edwin Sifuna fellow leader in their new group not to tell Kenyans that Sifuna has been chosen by God to lead…
Edwin Sifuna has reportedly been offered the opposition presidential ticket, while Babu Owino has been asked to reconsider his Nairobi gubernatorial ambitions, laying bare the competing political interests emerging from Tuesday’s meeting…
Raila Odinga Junior is stepping into the public spotlight, with his latest visit to his late father’s Opoda Farm in Bondo, Siaya County, coming amid growing interest in his reported plans to…
James Orengo has been riding on Raila Odinga’s death and everything that has happened since and now it is getting to a point where there is nothing much left to ride on…
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna could be a passing cloud in Kenya’s presidential politics unless he quickly builds the political machinery needed to sustain a national campaign, former Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu…