Category: Public Square
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First Ladies and First Gentlemen: Constitutional Intruders or Builders?
“There is no handbook for incoming first ladies… It’s not technically a job, nor is it an official government title. It comes with no salary and no spelled-out set of obligations. It’s a strange kind of sidecar to the presidency…” – Michelle Obama in ‘Becoming’ Seven women were elected as governors during Kenya’s 2022 general…
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Violation of Women’s Rights Goes Beyond Iran
The call by activists to throw Iran out of the upcoming World Cup finals in Qatar due to its refusal to allow female fans to access football stadiums has been welcomed by popular sports commentators and political analysts who have painted the Islamic Republic of Iran as a misogynistic, tyrannical state that oppresses women and…
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Sampa the Great: The Reason I’ll Watch Wakanda Forever
I know that former US President Barack Obama included Sampa the Great’s Energy in his 2022 summer playlist, but he’s really sleeping on Rhymes to the East. It’s Sampa’s only ode to East Africa, beginning with a Swahili hotuba, chaperoned by a mellow beat that carries traces of a 90’s RnB track. If you haven’t…
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The Quickest Way to Get a Married Woman Into Bed? Choreplay.
To clarify, I mean a married woman who you are married to, and you’re trying to get into bed with. The lag could be for many reasons: work is kicking both your arses. You have kids. Everyone is tired at the end of the day. All of the above. But let me tell you something…
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You’ve Seen The Two SGR Contracts. Now What?
Kenya’s Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen posted two 2014 loan contracts between Kenya and the Exim Bank of China onto his Twitter account one Sunday evening and got the world talking. The contracts worth US$ 3.2 billion are for the 500 km Mombasa – Nairobi phase of Kenya’s Chinese built Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Murkomen left out two…
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I Was Enjoying My Time In Victoria Sands Until…
I just spent an idyllic three days in Homa Bay County by the shores of Nam Lolwe, eating fresh fried fish caught from the lake every day, and enjoying magical sunsets. I found my hotel through a quick internet search, Victoria Sands Lodge, and confirmed its existence and quality by scouring through pages of google…
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Kenyans Have No Right To Claim Rishi Sunak
Much has been made of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Kenyan roots, with some comparing Sunak’s rise to the top leadership in Britain to that of Barack Obama, who became president of the United States in 2009. But apart from the fact that both politicians’ fathers were born in Kenya, there isn’t much credit Kenya…
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A Case Against Tampering With Presidential Term Limits
The Constitution of Kenya 2010 provides any Kenyan with the right to propose its rehabilitation. This may be through a parliamentary or a Wanjiku-driven (popular) initiative. The Constitution, however, does not specify the period when or within which this may be done. The success of a proposed amendmendment therefore depends on the alignment of the…
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Degrees and the Degree of Uheshimiwa in Kenya
It must be remembered that vying to be a mheshimiwa is a political right secured under the CoK 2010 (Article 38). As has been shown above, less than four per cent (4%) of Kenyans have university degrees. This number is not expected to exponentially rise in the near future, considering the rising cost of university…
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Detention of Patients Pending Payment of Bills is Unconstitutional
In passing the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Kenyans dreamt of a document that would correct the injustices of the past and build a new Republic which puts the vulnerable and downtrodden (Hohehahe) at the center of statehood and not the periphery.