Opinion | Irunguhoughton

Dec 24, 20173 min read

Jobs with justice: A message for county leaders this Christmas

The chickens just came home to roost. Identity based political campaigns just deteriorated into discriminatory employment policies in...

Dec 17, 20173 min read

Sex Abuse has no place in our society

International Human Rights Day last Sunday closed 16 days of public awareness activism against sexual violence. Heightened concerns about...

Dec 10, 20173 min read

Seal cracks in public health to address inequalities

Doctors are clear now that several factors or vectors are responsible for microbes turning into the pathogens that can cripple our...

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 26, 20173 min read

Mugabe’s exit offers Kenyatta’s second and last term some lessons

After a series of trips to Zimbabwe, Uganda and Sudan in 2005, I found myself wondering what happens to leaders who fail to effectively...

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 29, 20173 min read

Common-ground not battle-grounds are what we need to build now

The boil just burst. Like most boils, these presidential elections are a hot mess and have left a gaping wound. With at least ten dead,...

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 8, 20173 min read

Hardline political positions is widening mistrust

When opposing political leaders start to sound and lead like each other, it may be a sign that they have lost sight of their real...