By the Idler-in-Chief It is that time of the year again, when Nyagenke vibrates to the thrum of pomp, pageantry, and impenetrable parental pride: graduation season. Across the town, from Nyagenke International School to the renowned Nyagenke Group of DEB Schools, there is a collective preoccupation with ceremony. The smell of splendor and the subtle […]

By Nyang’au Araka “I didn’t even see it coming,” says Teresa Njoroge, her calm voice carrying the weight of old wounds. “One moment I was managing remittances at the bank; the next, I was being led away in handcuffs for something I didn’t do.” Her colleague’s fraudulent transactions had blown into scandal in 2009, and […]

By Janet Nyamwamu Chief Justice Martha Koome has launched the 2024/2025 Annual Report on the Administration of Justice in Kenya, highlighting progress and ongoing challenges in the country’s justice system. The report provides an in-depth review of institutional performance, transparency, and collaboration, with a renewed call for reforms that place citizens at the centre of […]

By Shem Onderi Imagine me flying—Light as a whisper, gliding through the open spaces,High above the noise of humanity,Alone, yet free in my own world. Up there, I’d look down on the houses,Tiny boxes of dreams and secrets.I’d land softly on their rooftops,While their gates stood firmly shut—Barriers meant to keep strangers out. I’d slip […]

By Nyang’au Araka The written word never really grows old but lies in wait; quiet, patient, biding its time until the world circles back to its wisdom or its sting. Years after Dr Bitange Ndemo penned his famous article about “dead capital,” his words have found new life, revived by a cheeky Facebook post from […]

By the Idler-in-Chief The Nyagenke nation has a new darling. The babe on rails is Nyagenke Express, a metallic snake that slithers from the coast of Nyagenke to the capital in fewer hours than it once took to cook proper porridge. It’s shiny, one-metre-gauge, and so sleek I’m convinced it glides on butter rather than […]

By Noah Mukhwana In a high-profile push to close Kenya’s digital divide, Women in Technology & Innovation Africa (WITIA) on Saturday unveiled a Ksh 4.7 million Smart Library at Nkaimurunya Comprehensive School in Gataka, Kajiado County. The facility — donated in full by WITIA Founder and Chair Eunice Pohlmann, a technopreneur and philanthropist — is […]

By Ongaga Ongaga and Courtesy An Osprey, a long-distance migratory bird of prey from Russia, has made an unexpected stopover in Siaya County, drawing excitement among residents and wildlife experts. The fish-eating raptor, identified by a Russian tag attached to its left leg, was discovered early Friday morning after getting entangled in a fishing net […]

By Mandere Onyinkwa Two Kenyan citizens, Bob Njagi and Nicholas Oyoo, are finally free and back on home soil after their release from detention in Uganda late Friday night. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei confirmed the development on X, saying the two were handed over to Kenya’s High Commissioner in Uganda, Joash Maangi, following […]

By Nyang’au Araka Truth be said, the discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure is one of mankind’s most fascinating discoveries. It is a breakthrough that transformed science and forever changed how humanity understands inheritance, identity, and even guilt. The discovery lost one of its architects, James Dewey Watson recently. The American molecular biologist often described as […]