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 […]

By Shem Onderi Nobody needs it.It reflects my inner self—my emotions, poorly.It exposes the part of me that rises beyond normal.My anger lasts only a short while,Too brief, yet it leaves great destruction. It boils beyond measure.I wish I knew where it resides within me,So I could extract it completely—or leave but a tender root,That […]

By Robert Nyasato The exit of Raila Odinga has ushered in a new political dispensation in Kenya. In the last General Election, President William Ruto single-handedly silenced a team assembled by his then boss, Uhuru Kenyatta. It was a rare win by a man running for the highest office on the land for the first […]

By Cde Wanjohi wa Makokha Fellow citizens, scribes, If it were possible to measure the worth of a Kenyan by the ease with which words are found to describe him, I would fear I’ve been tasked by the Muse with praising too ordinary a life. Yet, in standing before the memory of Mzee Raila Amolo […]

By Nyang’au Araka Where I come from, we are told that if the village is on fire, you do not run to rescue your neighbour before rescuing yourself. Yet, as a region bound by history, culture, and fate, Kenya cannot pretend not to notice the smoke billowing from across the border in Tanzania. While we, […]