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 […]

By Ken Bosire The two-day Africa Forward Summit closed yesterday in Nairobi with two irreconcilable verdicts. Inside the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, a communiqué spoke of co-investment, partnership of equals, and €23 billion in pledges to reshape Africa’s economic trajectory. Outside, on the pavement, the air carried a different message: tear gas and chants of […]

By the Idler-in-Chief People whose mouths currently smell their mother’s milk may not appreciate that there was a time in Nyagenke when a family photograph was a serious affair. I am referring to those days when photographers were a rare species and attracted the admiration that is now given to people who fly here in […]

  By Nyang’au Araka When Kenyans today scroll through breaking news alerts at midnight or tune into live global coverage from their phones, it’s easy to forget there was a time when news had a closing hour. For Ted Turner, that gap wasn’t just inconvenient—it was an opportunity that would change the world. Turner, the […]

By Nyang’au Araka Kenya is facing a critical shortage of medical specialists, leaving patients across the country without access to life-saving care, a leading doctor has warned. In a detailed opinion, Dr. Cheptinga K. Philip, Chief Nephrologist and Head of Transplantation at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), said the country’s health challenges go beyond […]

By Josiah Kariuki One year after Stephen Isaboke took office as Principal Secretary for Broadcasting and Telecommunications in the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy, his tenure offers a moment to assess both progress made and the work that remains in advancing Kenya’s digital agenda. Isaboke’s transition from the private sector into government […]

By the Idler-in-Chief I am here to tell you that in Nyagenke, we do not believe in Google Maps. You see, Google Maps has never harvested maize, attended a harambee, or negotiated right of way with a stubborn goat. So when a four-year-old boy, Mose Morara, ama ukipenda MM, or better still Double M instructed […]

By Shem Onderi This is business moneyIt is huge or little depending on where it is putIt is colossal at the startSometimes tempting to divert into other usesThe temptation to maul it Capital remains just that; it must serve its original purposeIt will either multiply, make the owner rich—With stomach and buttocks protruding from the […]

By Josiah Kariuki Politics, at its best, is not theatre—it is translation. It translates policy into lived experience, budgets into dignity, and leadership into measurable change. That is why President William Ruto’s four-day development tour of the Gusii region deserves close attention. On the surface, it may look like another round of inspection visits, ribbon […]