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The unspoken deal: Trump and Putin have split the world

Trump wants to control the western hemisphere while Putin has interest in Eurasia.

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

Why Adam Smith and Karl Marx's ideologies aren't so relevant today

US President Donald Trump has little interest in Smith's prescription on how to create national wealth or Andrew Jackson's desire to spread 'democracy.'

By Macharia Munene 1 month ago

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Why MPs turned their guns on Ruto-Raila instead of Gachagua

The problem for both Ruto and Raila was that Gachagua, despite being impeached, refused to fade into political oblivion.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants

The New Right wants to reorganise world governance and identifies with Trump in removing immigrants from their midst.

By Crispin Achola, Macharia Munene 2 months ago

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Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties

President William Ruto's missteps reveal ego-driven politics, risking isolation in global affairs.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

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Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed

The 2024 Gen Z uprising showed that Kenya is collapsing due to organised incompetence which generates a sense of hopelessness.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

Trump's hand in relocation of UN bodies from New York to Nairobi

The United Nations, seeking to diversify some functions in New York, turns to Nairobi as a viable alternative headquarters, which makes Kenyan officialdom very happy.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

Why there is no much joy during UN's 80th birthday celebrations

One of the UN's biggest achievements was encouraging the collapse of racism as an accepted ruling ideology, which in turn led to the fall of colonial states.

By Macharia Munene 2 months ago

Clash of desperadoes might help Kenya to wriggle out of current misery

With those holding high offices, in the executive and in the legislature not hearing the cries or seeing the suffering of the people, the country has plunged into a crisis of trust.

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

The uphill task before Ethekon, fellow IEBC commissioners

The challenge before Erastus Edung Ethekon and his commissioners is not the short time in which to deliver elections and boundary delimitations.

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

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Ruto's multiple problems and why they are not likely to fizzle out soon

William Samoei Ruto is a man in trouble because the people who narrowly elected him in August 2022 are very unhappy with his performance

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

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Ex-spy master Boinnet lifts lid on intelligence reform battles

Boinett is candid on Moi's weaknesses. After Mboya's assassination, he writes, Moi blamed the communists "despite lack of evidence to the contrary."

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

Fearless and tribeless spirit of Saba Saba has been rekindled in youths

The Gen Zs, reigniting the spirit of Saba Saba, have attracted admiration for their ability to challenge the excesses of Rutocracy and to ask difficult questions when things go wrong.

By Macharia Munene 3 months ago

Legislators' enhanced interest in foreign policy is good for Kenya

Parliament is in search of relevance in the making of foreign policy through learning from a few 'facilitators' led by former MP and ambassador Mutinda Mutiso

By Macharia Munene 4 months ago

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Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o disappointed Kenyans, Africans in death

In his effort to 'decolonise the mind', he mounted cultural battles to fight mental remnants of colonialism that lingered into postcolonial times.

By Macharia Kamau, Macharia Munene 4 months ago

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Mount Kenya's 'downtrodden desperadoes' looking for a new liberator

Although it is not the first time they have found themselves in such a situation, the intensity of that hostility is relatively new.

By Macharia Munene 4 months ago

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How Ngugi's pen landed him in prison and later sent him into exile

With independence, Ngugi systematically changed into a critic of Kenya as an emerging neo-colonial state.

By Macharia Munene 4 months ago

Why Pope isn't the only one concerned by potential negative impact of AI

AI warriors target the public's souls and minds, particularly the youth, playing on what some people probably want.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

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Detention of six activists in Dar exposes cracks in foreign policy

Kenyan officials have increasingly appeared to fail in their mandate to protect Kenya's interests when dealing with other forces.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

The 14 popes called Leo and the one new pontiff has chosen to emulate

While Leo X watched the breakup of Christendom in Europe and the start of turning Africans into commodities for trade, Leo XIII was different.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

Otieno's 'Inky, Pinky, Ponky' moment that might decide the next poll date

Lawyer Willis Otieno is at it again now arguing that the next presidential election should be in August 2026 rather than in 2027.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

The legacy of the Papacy and Pope Francis

Proper beginnings of papacy can be traced to Leo I, the Great, who issued the doctrine of Petrine Primacy that declared the Bishop of Rome to be head of Christianity.

By Macharia Munene 5 months ago

Types of political power seekers and why youths hold key to better Kenya

Politics, the art of seeking power in order to control and distribute available resources, attracts many players and pervades every aspect of society.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

Trump's 'minerals-for-protection' pact with DRC unlikely to yield peace

Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump's advisor on Africa and the Middle East, was in Africa to meet Presidents Felix Tshesekedi in DRC, Kagame, Museveni and William Ruto.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

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Kalonzo seizes opportunity to ride rising tide opposing Ruto and Raila

He takes every chance to identify with public outcry and to hammer the President's perceived autocracy. he is teaming up with sacked leaders.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

Why 1965 sessional paper on African Socialism is still relevant to date

The most important post-colonial document was the 1965 Sessional Paper Number 10 on African Socialism and its Application to Planning in Kenya.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

NIS boss, Kahariri's objective is achieved; public is talking about security

The two security chiefs appeared relaxed, sharing personal anecdotes and even linguistic challenges they had encountered.

By Macharia Munene 6 months ago

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Universities reawakening after State-induced intellectual slumber

There appears realisation that promoting anti-intellectualism was a gross national mistake and efforts to revive public lectures at the universities is afoot.

By Macharia Munene 7 months ago

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Three types of coups in Africa and the one Raila uses to grab power

By de-legitimising and sanitising, Raila Odinga forces a president to accommodate him as co-president in government.

By Macharia Munene 7 months ago

Raila's handshakes and why he is likely to ditch President in the end

ODM leader Raila Odinga has enticed four presidents to cave into his political desires by making governance so difficult that each conceded powers.

By Macharia Munene 7 months ago

Drama at the Oval Office as Trump sends countries back to the drawing board

The acrimonious exchanges between US President Donald Trump and Volodomyr Zelensky of Ukraine, showed that Trump was changing the way the world thinks about security.

By Macharia Munene 7 months ago

Why Kalonzo and Gachagua are sending coded messages to Raila

Kalonzo Musyoka and Rigathi Gachagua are two politicians in search of each other in the belief that they need each other.

By Macharia Munene 7 months ago

Three factors that led to Raila's loss in the AUC chairmanship contest

It was not the first time that Kenya had sought that post but it was the first time it approached the issue as if it was domestic political campaigns.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

Our leaders excel in setting a bad example for the next generation

The devaluation of education, integrity, and competence is part of growing anti-intellectualism pervading the region.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

Trump is on a mission to reorganise United States, world to his liking

US President Donald Trump is a unique man. He is self-assured and stresses a "Me" philosophy that upsets some people.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

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How government blunders made Gachagua 'people's deputy president'

Few Kenyan politicians are as lucky as Rigathi Gachagua who is riding high on the populist wave despite having suffered the ignominy of impeachment.

By Macharia Munene 8 months ago

Trump's back and is already shaking and shocking America, the world

Whether unconstitutional or not, Trump shakes the world. He intends to shock the United States and the world into compliance with his wishes.

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago

Gachagua and Natembeya's manoeuvres have scared Ruto camp

Rigathi Gachagua and George Natembeya's ability to scare President Ruto's camp into campaign mode has boosted their influence; they appear to be fresh leaders in their respective backyards.

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago

How Jimmy Carter laid the foundation for collapse of Soviet Union

Former US President Jimmy Carter Carter pushed 'human rights' as his tool for discrediting the Soviet Union and also devised ways of tricking the Soviets into Afghanistan

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago

There was little to rejoice about as Kenyans shouted 'Happy New Year!'

President William Ruto started his presidency with a lot of promise only to watch it dissipate in two years mainly because of wrong policy directions

By Macharia Munene 9 months ago