By KPC Reporter The late Raila Amolo Odinga has been posthumously awarded the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya (First Class – Chief of the Order), the nation’s highest civilian honour. The award, conferred through a Special Issue of the Kenya Gazette dated 20th October 2025, was signed by President William Samoei Ruto in […]

By Wesa Sitati The nation has lost a great hinge of its recent history, and with him goes a voice that for decades kept the promise and the pain of Kenyan democracy alive. On the morning of 15 October 2025, in a quiet hospital far from the clamour of Nairobi, Raila Amolo Odinga’s long walk […]

By Dr Reuben Kigame “The years of our life are seventy, or eighty if we are strong; but they are filled with struggle and sorrow, for they quickly pass away.” (Psalm 90:10). I met him only a couple of times, mostly during funerals, and I wish the meeting that was being planned between us had […]

A Tribute by Nyar Murima — Wangari Mwai The quiet waters ofNam Lolwe —They are no more.Only harsh waves of tears,They crush and hurtThe shores ofNam Lolwe. The winds in the waters ofNam LolweCan’t stop their roaring cry.The waves rise and runAcross the ever-dry sandy shores ofNam Lolwe. High waves rise in murmur,Rising and falling,All […]

By Victor Bwire The demise of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, though inevitable in the course of life, came at the least expected time. His sudden death marked the end of a political giant who, for over four decades, stood at the center of Kenya’s political journey and transformation, from opposition icon to prime minister, […]

By Victor Bwire The demise of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, though inevitable in the course of life, came at the least expected time. His sudden death marked the end of a political giant who, for over four decades, stood at the center of Kenya’s political journey and transformation, from opposition icon to prime minister, […]

By Dr. Justus Kizito Siboe Makokha The nation has lost a part of itself, and the republic, a portion of its soul. On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, as dawn broke gently over the backwaters of Kerala, Raila Amolo Odinga took his final breath on the grounds of an Ayurvedic hospital in Koothattukulam. He had gone […]

By KPC Reporter Kenya has declared Friday, 17 October 2025, a public holiday in honour of the late former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, following his death recently in India. A special issue of the Kenya Gazette dated 16 October and signed by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen states: “It is notified for the general […]

By Nanganetvoices A baobab has fallen—and when such a tree falls,the earth trembles,the wind forgets its direction,and smaller trees bow in silence. He stood,a voluble giant,a sentinel of freedom watching over our land.Through betrayals, prisons,pain, and political droughts,he remained evergreen—a reservoir of courage,a phoenix that refused to die. Now he lies still—fallen in foreign lands,surrounded […]

By Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o A powerful man has just rested.A lion has returned to the mountain.The storm has stilled, but the thunder of his footsteps will echo for generations. The sun rose heavy with sorrow, the skies paused in reverence, and the land weeps — not just Kenya, but Africa and the world at […]