President William Ruto gave his first full media interview as head of state soon after the New Year. Just like in 2018, when President Uhuru Kenyatta’s now-famous exchange with Mark Maasai immortalise…
Did you know that Kenya’s Parliament exempted our first two presidents from having to pay a tax known as estate duty? I didn’t.
In this era of vendetta politics, it is no surprise that Presidential…
I remember the first time I candidly told a friend what I earned. I had received a job offer and was trying to make sense of how it compared to my current role in terms of benefits, perks and base pay…
Those of us who live in Africa know how irritating it is to hear white people say things like, “I’m going to Africa”, when what they really mean is that they are coming to Kenya, Senegal or one of the…
A recent video clip that went viral was at best painful to watch and at worst an unmitigated embarrassment for African audiences. It showed 90-year-old Cameroonian President Paul Biya who has been in …
Today’s Jubilee Party is a far cry from its earlier pomp. Out of government, with its leaders eyeing the governing Kenya Kwanza coalition, Uhuru Kenyatta’s party barely compares to the outfit that gov…
At the beginning of 2021, I was determined to change my habits and emulate that of a Fortune 500 company CEO who is up by 4:00 am taking his morning jog, and who will be seated at his desk by 6:30 am,…
Is the government’s Financial Inclusion Fund, popularly known as the Hustler Fund, a boon for low-income Kenyans seeking to start small businesses? Or is it as predatory and punitive as other digital …
Over the last six years, data collected by the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) puts Ahmed Rashid, a policeman attached to Pangani Police Station, on the defense regarding the deaths of, at least,…
Never before has fact-checking been more popular on the African continent than now. In Kenya, numerous fact-checking reports were written as the 2022 election came and went. Now, as Nigeria, Zimbabwe,…
