He argues that the shift has undermined the principles that inspired the fight for multiparty democracy, raising questions about the meaning of democracy in contemporary Kenya.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Ayub N. Gitau said the institution should not merely look backwards at Raila’s life, but turn his legacy into a platform for continued scholarship and public engagement.

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 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 […]