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Bizarre leak claims to link Raila, Buhari, Al Shabaab and Boko Haram

A bizarre intelligence report being attributed to the Iranian government claims to link former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Nigeria’s President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari to extremist terror groups that have terrorized their respective countries. The report, written mostly in English,...

Kenyans rally behind activist Francis Sakwa arrest

Kenyans on social media have reacted angrily to the arrest of activist Francis Sakwa. Sakwa, a passionate advocate for human rights and social justice, was reportedly arrested by Flying Squad agents on Sunday evening in the Ngara area where...

Outrage over misuse of chopper in Garissa rescue mission

There is mounting outrage over revelations that the delay in rescuing students caught up in the terror attack at Garissa University College was caused, in part, by the fact that a chopper to be used for the mission had...

No end to crisis at Pumwani Maternity Hospital

There appears to be no end to the troubles confronting Pumwani Maternity Hospital. A day after the Nairobi County Health executive Mercy Kamau took out an advert in the local dailies to announce the end of the strike by...

Run, hide, fight. Fight?

When I was at the local yesterday, the news on TV as has been recently was about Garissa and the atrocious attack that took place there. Everyone watched quietly and when it was all over, an elderly citizen ranted...

Mixed feelings greet Nairobi’s closed roundabouts

Nairobi County’s decision to close five roundabouts in the city has been met with a mixed responses on the first morning that the new system has been put to the test. There have been angry complaints and joyful cheers...

Garissa University attacker identified as former UoN law student

As Kenya continues to mourn the loss of an estimated 147 young students at Garissa University College, there is mounting proof that one of the Al Shabaab attackers Abdirahim Mohamed is a former University of Nairobi law student. The apparent...

Why Kenyatta ticks and why he should do more

The announcement that the American President Barrack Obama will be visiting Kenya in July this year, is the best example of the definition of news in real time. Given the kind of opposition the American government had shown towards...

Corruption: Media and civil society on the cross

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s unprecedented decision last Thursday to call on public officials mentioned in a corruption report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to step aside has whipped the local press into a frenzy. At present 27 percent...

Mixed responses to Kenyatta, Kindiki stand on corruption vs ICC cases

Is corruption a criminal offense and can it be compared to the ongoing case against Deputy President William Ruto at the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Besides, does President Uhuru Kenyatta have the moral stature to ask persons holding public offices...

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