There is a moment in every political fight when the people stop listening to the noise and make their own statement. In Ol Kalou on Thursday, that moment arrived — loudly, unmistakably, and in a way that should make every…
Picture this: it is early morning in Ol Kalou, a constituency most Kenyans associate with the cold highland air and the mountains of potatoes, carrots and cabbages that keep the country fed. Voters have risen before dawn, queued patiently outside…
A man is dead. Nine motorcycles are ash. A police vehicle is wrecked. And two competing narratives about what happened this weekend are now circling each other like fighters before a brawl. The thesis here is simple and uncomfortable: Kenya’s…
A person is dead. The IEBC has sent investigation teams. Candidates are accused of bribing voters and running illegal midnight campaigns. And the government is handing out gas cylinders and fishing boats days before polling. Whatever happens in Ol Kalou,…
A four-hour Ebola test result. That is the difference between a controlled outbreak and a catastrophe crossing into Kenya. The Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI), working with the U.S. government-funded Strengthening Infectious Disease Detection Systems (STRIDES) programme, has deployed…
Picture this: a court awards Ksh.38.6 million to families whose loved ones were brutalised by police during protests in Kisumu, then issues clear directives to the very institutions responsible — and those institutions simply ignore them. No compliance. No request…
A Construction Site That Became an Economy Something unexpected is happening on the outskirts of Kericho Town, and it deserves more attention than it is getting. The government’s Affordable Housing Project at Majengo-Talai is not just stacking 324 housing units…
A Promise That Hasn’t Reached Everyone President Ruto stood at State House and made a vow to the nation: the government would compensate victims of state violence during the Gen Z protests. It sounded historic. It sounded like accountability. But…
What is actually happening here? President William Ruto is being forced — not choosing — to reshuffle his Cabinet. A court order has made it inevitable, and that distinction matters enormously. This is not a voluntary act of political goodwill…
There is a particular kind of silence that descends on a country before its press is broken. You don’t hear it coming. You feel it — in the hesitation of an editor before publishing, in the self-censorship of a journalist…
