The emergence of presidential candidates like 27-year-old Ms Kingwa Kamenchu and Ms Martha Karua suggests a departure from the past and mirrors the yearnings and aspirations of the youth and women for an end to politics-as-usual. As Kenyans prepare to go

On the national platform, Prof George Saitoti comes across as a self-deprecating if not an irredeemably hesitant politician in regards to pursing the ends of raw politics: ultimate power. Formerly an egghead at the University of Nairobi before the consum

IN our piece last week, Field Ruwe, a Zimbabwean researcher was in a deep conversation with Walter, a white American who was accussing black intellectuals from Africa of laziness. In my view, Walter is right. It is true that since independence we have fa

Mr Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi, the Deputy Prime Minister and also the deputy party leader of ODM, has come out expressing one of his little-known sides. He wants to out-do his boss, the Prime Minister, from the helm of the party and be the party's flag-be

Although it remains one of the best known pro-poor social movements in Kenya, Bunge la Mwananchi faces serious internal challenges that hamper its effectiveness in mounting collective action. The problems need urgent attention. There is nothing uniquely

There is nothing uniquely so human as the meeting of the ordinary minds whose membership base cuts across different social groups and classes and is plural, diversified by gender, ethnicity, cultures, generations and physical capacities. The people meet