By Dr. Justus Wanjohi Makokha Who are we who are poets and Black in this new century upon this mother continent of ours? To me, a Black poet is the tongue and ears of society. His mind is the pulse of the community. His third eye is the portal to the metaverse of things. As […]

By Kurian Musa It was a lazy Sunday afternoon when my friend TM “hallas” me, prompting an idle walk that eventually led us into Nakuru’s Afraha Stadium. Shabana FC Women were playing against Mathare United FC Women. TM’s love for football is palpable, a quiet passion that becomes instantly noticeable as he steps onto the […]

By Josiah Kariuki For many Kenyans, the recent wave of unrest sweeping through some of the country’s most prestigious schools is both disturbing and deeply symbolic. The reports emerging from Nyamira County, where students at Nyambaria Boys High School allegedly set ablaze a county-owned tractor and destroyed school property, come at a time when other […]

Gachagua warned that the Bill will deepen the financial burden on already struggling households and businesses.

By Dr. Timothy Ombati Mokua School fires and violent strikes are rarely isolated acts of random indiscipline; they are the tragic, visible symptoms of deep-seated systemic failures within learning institutions. When students are subjected to environments marked by chronic hunger, severe congestion, poor sanitation, and emotional neglect, a volatile undercurrent of frustration builds continuously over […]

By Mandere Onyinkwa The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched investigations into multiple fatalities arising from protests over the recent fuel price hike. The move follows public order operations conducted by the National Police Service on May 18, 2026. In a statement, IPOA confirmed that rapid response teams were deployed to monitor policing operations […]

By Kurian Musa Nyakach Member of Parliament Aduma Owuor has sparked widespread debate online following his announcement of a strategic engagement with Boeing during a visit to Seattle, United States, where he said discussions focused on advancing aviation skills development for young people in Kisumu County. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, the […]

By the Idler-in-Chief There are times when a Nyagenkean of my caliber and standing in society must briefly suspend comfort, postpone leisure, and respond to developments that threaten the balance between celebration culture and goat survival. This is one of those moments because as I write from my office—which is basically a chair placed under […]

By Kurian Musa The promise of Kenya’s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) was noble: nurture practical skills, creativity, critical thinking, and learner-centered education. It sought to move away from the rigid exam-oriented 8-4-4 system and instead produce learners capable of solving real-world problems. Yet, several years into implementation, many parents and caregivers are increasingly asking a difficult […]

By the Idler-in-Chief There are phrases here in Nyagenke that sound harmless until they are followed by catastrophe. Here, when a wife tells her husband, “Sit down, we need to talk,” the man immediately begins remembering all the goats he converted into beer before the year of Korondovirus arrived. Now Nyagenke has discovered another dangerous […]