William Ruto just got embarrassed in Ol Kalou, and every political strategist in Nairobi knows what that means. The President, who built his brand on hustler energy and grassroots momentum, watched helplessly as Rigathi Gachagua’s Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP)…
Picture a room in Toronto, Canada. Legal scholars and political thinkers sit around a table, debating the architecture of global justice. Among them is Makau Mutua — SUNY Distinguished Professor, international law heavyweight, and a man who has spent decades…
Another Injury, Another Question Mark Kaizer Chiefs confirmed this week that defender Paseka Mako fractured his forearm during a pre-season friendly against Al-Kholood in Spain. He has already been sent back to South Africa for specialist assessment. This is not…
Here is the uncomfortable truth nobody in power wants to say out loud: if your history, your language, your land don’t exist in the data, they don’t exist to the machine. And right now, the machines are winning. Africa has…
The Money Was Supposed to Go Elsewhere Kenya’s National Treasury is facing serious scrutiny after it emerged that Sh30 billion borrowed through a Eurobond issuance last year was quietly redirected to cover shortfalls in domestic borrowing — a move that…
Voters Defy Chaos to Deliver a Landslide The people of Ol Kalou spoke — loudly, clearly, and in defiance of everything thrown at them. Opposition party DCP’s Douglas Kamau Waweru won the constituency’s parliamentary by-election with 35,440 votes, crushing UDA’s…
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…
A Contract, A Promise, and a Country Watching Closely Picture this: you land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya’s supposed crown jewel of aviation, and you are immediately greeted by overcrowded terminals, ageing infrastructure, and the quiet humiliation of watching…
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…
Let’s be honest — nobody who watched this match will sleep easily tonight. Argentina, the reigning world champions, did what Argentina always seem to do: they waited, they absorbed, and then, when England dared to believe, they struck with the…
