By Nyang’au Araka The Kenyan Government has confirmed that it is engaging Moscow to secure the release of Kenyan citizens reportedly trapped or detained in Russian military camps after being lured into the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. In a statement issued by Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi, the Government said it had […]

By KPC Reporter Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i led a delegation of Gusii leaders to Opoda Farm to pay tribute to former Prime Minister (PM) Raila Odinga. The delegation was received by Odinga’s widow, Ida and other family members. Odinga, who died and was buried recently, is considered to be a statesman whose […]

By Courtesy/ SPU National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has defended the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025, saying it seeks to protect the sanctity of the family unit while curbing violent extremism, online exploitation, and the spread of cultism in Kenya. Speaking on Sunday during a church service at St. Teresa’s Isanjiro Catholic Church […]

By Wanjohi wa Makokha The village square waits like a suspended breath,flags now back high on their post, staring limply at the sunset on the low lake of our high ancestors,and I walk between shadowsthat remember his voice before I ever knew mine.Every step is a question,every silence a drum I cannot strike. I touch […]

By Dan Isaac Bw’Onyancha The growing talk of Senator Oburu Odinga’s possible elevation within the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) calls for sober reflection rather than emotional reactions. Leadership in a movement of ODM’s historical and ideological stature cannot be defined by kinship or nostalgia. Raila Odinga’s political authority was not inherited; it was earned through […]

By the Idler-in-Chief At the Nyagenke Group of DEB Primary Schools, academic creativity has reached a level only the angels can interpret. The other day, a pupil was asked to “write a poem in five lines.” The young scholar, driven by Nyagenke literalism, believed that he obeyed the instruction faithfully. He wrote POEM in big, […]

By KPC Reporter The National Police Service (NPS) has announced a series of temporary road closures and traffic diversions in Nairobi ahead of the 2025 Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon, set for Sunday. The measures, aimed at ensuring public safety and smooth coordination of the event, will take effect from midnight on Saturday, 25 October, until […]

By Wanjohi wa Makokha Above the bowed soul, the fly whisk hovers, threads trembling like the last quiver of a star before dawn. The shadow of the patriarch dissolves into the whispering air, his weight folded into the eloquence of silence, and every fiber becomes a conduit through which the cosmos exhales its memories. The […]

By A Concerned Son of Gusii Dear brothers and sisters of Gusii, The political season is gathering steam with the noise and excitement that mark every Kenyan election. This time, however, we find ourselves at a crossroads of pride and peril. Two of our distinguished sons, Dr Fred Matiang’i and former Chief Justice David Maraga, […]

By Wanjohi wa Makokha Now the stately homestead breathes like an emptied elephant drum.The flags that waved have fallen asleep in dusts made by hooves.Their colors bleed into the lost evening wind,and the speeches hang in the bare jacaranda like forgotten promises.All that remains is your grave, my lord,a small island of new stone among […]