Opinion | Irunguhoughton

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...

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 24, 20173 min read

Leadership neglects mother nature’s lessons at their peril

This extended political season has just offended several of our eco-systems. The clearest evidence of this happened during the reading...

Sep 17, 20173 min read

Have we just abandoned our bio-safety?

Oversight is a muscle that requires intensive and regular exercising. Prolonged preoccupation with the Presidential elections may have ...

Sep 9, 20173 min read

Time to revisit the role of citizens and Governments in disasters

The recent spate of accidents, fires and building collapses reflect a country caught sleeping at the wheel. Listening to the...

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 20, 20173 min read

Our continued mistrust for public institutions produces no sense of obligation

With the drama of a high stakes chess game, Raila Odinga has just checked Uhuru Kenyatta. One week almost to the hour the IEBC announced...

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....