Raila foes lick wounds after by-election losses

Opponents of Prime Minister Raila Odinga are now engaged in a blame game after losing two constituencies where by-elections were held in the past week. Raila now feels vindicated in his earlier claims that he can ignore disgruntled legislators and work directly with voters.

Raila was in an ecstatic mood over the weekend after his ODM [...]

Has census really succeeded?

The government has expressed satisfaction with the conduct of this year’s census but many households remain uncounted a week after the census began.

Kenyan National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) Director, Anthony Kilele, has said that most households were counted by Saturday the 29th of August. The census began on Monday the 24th and is due to [...]

Cattle invade Nairobi National Park

A KWS warden has admitted that the numbers of cattle in the Nairobi National Park has reached record levels. Many die in the park due to walking hundreds of kilometres in search of grazing.
In a meeting this weekend with the warden of Nairobi National Park Mr. Michael Wanjau, other government officials as well as residents [...]

The meaning of tribe and tribal statistics in Kenya

By Samuel Abonyo
“Tribalism will live for at least another fifty years”, Daniel Arap Moi said in 1957, historian Keith Kyle tells us in “The Politics of the Independence of Kenya.”
Moi’s prophesy has been fulfilled, and his contribution to its fulfilment is huge. In the 1950s, his construction of the Kalenjin tribe had begun in earnest, [...]

Raila intellectuals angry with NGOs, diplomats and media

Pro-Raila Odinga intellectuals are accusing Western powers of funding the civil society movement and Kenya’s media in a plot to cut short the ODM leader’s political career.
“It seems these foreign interests don’t mind an openly concerted effort to mobilize a youth-initiated, well-funded, grassroots-based, gender-inclusive movement to stir rebellion against the Grand Coalition Government led by [...]

Kimathi Statue defaced in Nairobi

A monument built in honour of freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi has been defaced by leaflets denigrating his legacy. The authors of the leaflets are as yet unknown.
The leaflets read: DEAR GOD, PLEASE REMOVE SUCH DEFILEMENT.
The leaflets were placed on the night of 20 – 21st August. By this evening (21st August), neither the Nairobi City [...]

Raila, Ruto clash not surprising at all

Deep ideological differences between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Agriculture Minister William Ruto are responsible for the split in the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM).
In their eagerness, or perhaps desperation, to win power in the 2007 General Elections, Raila and Ruto disguised their personal differences to unite under the ODM party. Both men knew that they [...]

Mutula Kilonzo an agent of confusion

Typical of Kenyan politicians, Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo is sowing seeds of confusion in a vain attempt at winning popularity. Mutula’s history, however, suggests that he has little empathy for ordinary people.
Professionalism in Kenya is fast declining, and nowhere is this more evident than in the Grand Coalition Cabinet. The principles of confidentiality and collective [...]

Windows XP: outdated software prone to viruses

Computer users formerly using Microsoft Windows XP are now resorting to alternative operating systems after suffering incessant attacks by viruses. Hefty software fees charged by Microsoft for its products have not made matters any easier.
When it was launched in 2001, Windows XP truly put Microsoft Corporation way ahead of the pack. The soft, rounded appearance [...]

US police blame Kenyans over cold murder case

A homicide detective in the United States has criticized the Kenyan community for failing to provide crucial information that could lead to the arrest of persons responsible for killing a Kenyan woman and her two daughters in August 2007.
“We strongly believe the Kenyan community in metro Atlanta can be invaluable in helping us unravel this [...]