Democracy 9/11

Dec 3, 20173 min read

Without leadership, hope and constructive non-violent engagement is more difficult

Apologies to my Sunday Standard readership. A tech breakdown stopped this article reaching the newsroom. The column resumes next week. A...

Nov 20, 20173 min read

Partitioning Kenya will not address ills: Upholding our Constitution will

Am I missing something or did Hon Peter Kaluma just pull a stunt similar to Daniel arap Moi and KADU in 1961? The go ahead by the...

Nov 12, 20173 min read

Slow emergency response threatens our lives. Time to fix this.

First published Sunday Standard, November 12, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group The horrific accident...

Nov 5, 20173 min read

National healing can take many avenues

First published Sunday Standard, November 5, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group Our thirteen billion...

Oct 22, 20173 min read

Uhuru and Raila, there is nothing to govern in a divided Kenya

First published Sunday Standard, October 22, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group October 26 looms. It...

Oct 15, 20173 min read

Time for Uhuru and Raila to drop hardline stance, dialogue

First published Sunday Standard, October 15, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group This week I write to...

Oct 1, 20173 min read

Taking mothers hostage in our hospitals must alarm us all

First published Sunday Standard, October 1, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group Ten years ago, reports...

Sep 2, 20173 min read

Court ruling is victory for all who believe in the power of the ballot

First published Sunday Standard, September 3, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group There is nothing like a...

Aug 27, 20173 min read

Bid to overturn SRC pay is an act of corruption

First published Sunday Standard, August 27, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group Coming a week before our...

Aug 13, 20173 min read

Strengthen democracy, promote integrity post elections

Published first in the Sunday Standard, August 13, 2017 I stress, at the risk of boring you, this is yet another provisional opinion....

Jun 26, 20172 min read

Meet Reverend Frank Chikane, Kagiso Trust

Got to meet a leader I have always admired this week at the #KCDFat20 #DurableDevelopment conference. His personal and professional life...

Jun 5, 20173 min read

Electoral commission failed us by clearing tainted candidates

First published Sunday Standard, June 4, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group For some, the Independent...