EDITORIAL: Siaya Must Stop Living on Yesterday’s Glory
Siaya has never lacked pedigree. It is the county that has produced some of Kenya’s most influential political leaders, scholars, professionals and public servants. For decades, its name has been…
The Orengo Paradox: Holding Siaya Governor Race at Ransom
The race for the Siaya governorship has reached an unusual defining moment. It is perhaps the only major contest anywhere where the leading candidate has not even firmly declared whether…
Siaya’s Nuclear Future Demands Dialogue, Not Division
The ugly scenes witnessed during the latest public participation meeting on the proposed Sh1 trillion nuclear power plant in Siaya, culminating in violence and the reported shooting of a resident,…
2027 Fault Lines: Ruto’s Path to Survival Runs Through Unity, Not Goonism
Kenya’s political temperature is rising—and the signals from the ground are becoming impossible to ignore. The outcome of the Ol Kalou by-election was not an isolated event; it was a…
Ol Kalou DCP Victory: What You Need to Know — A Defining Moment in Kenya’s Electoral Politics
The July 2026 Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election has transcended the boundaries of a routine political contest to become a powerful statement on the shifting dynamics of Kenya’s democracy. The resounding…
School Day Drama Exposes the Dangerous Drift of Grassroots Politics in West Alego
What should have been a routine education day at Sirinde Primary School in West Alego Ward quickly morphed into a revealing snapshot of the state of grassroots politics—not just in…
ODM Axes Sifuna: A Calculated Purge That Risks Hollowing Out the Party’s Spine
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has now confirmed what had for days lingered as speculation: Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna is no longer the party’s Secretary General. The decision, coming at…
Saba Saba Without a Soul: Kenya Marks a Historic Day in Quiet Contradiction
From the defiant shipyard strikes led by Lech Wałęsa in Poland to the charged clamour of Kenya’s own second liberation, history teaches that every consequential movement has a face, a…
When the Crowd Moves: Power, Perception and a Troubling Political Instinct in Bungoma
Yesterday in Nangata village, Bumula Constituency, what should have been a solemn burial turned into a revealing political moment. Kimilili MP Didmus Wekesa Barasa was reportedly heckled by sections of…
NCIC’s Tough Talk on Hate Speech Sets the Stage for a Critical Test of Kenya’s Democratic Maturity
Kenya’s long-standing struggle with divisive politics has once again taken center stage, with the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) issuing a firm warning to political leaders accused of fueling…
Picketing is Lawful—But Politicized Demonstrations Risk Defiling the Sacred Memory of Gen Z Heroes
By Editorial Desk As Kenya marks the second anniversary of the June 25, 2024 Gen Z protests, a solemn national moment risks sliding into a familiar trap—political appropriation. What should…
Ebola, Sovereignty and Silence: Why Kenya’s Quarantine Debate Is Deeper Than It Appears
The Kenyan state rarely loses. It absorbs pressure, recalibrates, and proceeds. The proposed US-funded Ebola quarantine facility in Laikipia is no exception—likely to be built, yet already costly in public…
EDITORIAL: Orengo’s Warning—and the Dangerous Habit of Turning Luos Against Luos
Siaya Governor James Orengo’s alarm following the violent ambush on the Homa Bay–Rodi Kopany highway should not be dismissed as political theatre. If anything, history suggests his fears are not…
Ruto–Raila Pact: Can Kenya’s Fragile Truce Hold?
The images from the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) on March 7 will be etched in Kenya’s political memory: President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga — bitter rivals…
Blood on the Tarmac: Kisumu Crash, Father Pesa, and the Shadows of August
On the evening of August 8, 2025, the Kisumu–Kakamega Highway became the scene of another mass tragedy. A bus carrying mourners from AIC Naki Secondary School, returning from a burial…
If it Stinks, Wobbles and Looks Corrupt, it Must be Siaya
My attention has been drawn to yet another smouldering fiasco wrongly attributed to the County Government of Siaya. There are claims appearing on certain social media platforms that the County…