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May 21, 20173 min read
Lamu Coal Project will boomerang on us
A fight has been brewing and it is about to boil over. The issue is coal and it pits powerful business interests and the Lamu community...
May 17, 20173 min read
An Open Letter to Religious Leaders in Kenya
17th May 2017 Your Grace, Imam, Swami, Rabbi and all priests of faith, Why is there such a gap between your vision for our communities...
May 14, 20173 min read
We must act against landgrabbing
This week I was excited to be a guest of Moi Girls High School in Eldoret. Nearly 90 years old, Afrikaans speaking settlers from South ...
May 7, 20173 min read
A value driven society is within our reach
First published Sunday Standard,May 7, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group The search for leadership and...
Apr 30, 20173 min read
Party primaries not perfect, but necessary for democracy
First published Sunday Standard, April 30, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group As the dust settles from the...
Apr 23, 20173 min read
Chapter 6 needs bold interpretation by Supreme Court
The need for a leadership based on integrity is turning out to be the elephant in the shamba in these General Elections. Recently,...
Apr 16, 20173 min read
Time to pull out the red-cards, the party primaries are upon us
First published Sunday Standard, April 16, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group If you are like me, you may...
Apr 11, 20173 min read
Civic Actions in the Public Interest: A 2017 score-card
Walking in the beautiful mangroves of Funzi Island this week, our guide declared he will never vote again. The system is too corrupt to...
Apr 9, 20173 min read
The vicious cycle of urban violence can be broken
We have collapsed violent crimes, mob-justice and extra-judicial killings and our urban cities are traumatized. Last week, the nation...
Apr 3, 20173 min read
No longer winter in America: Lessons for Kenya
First published Sunday Standard, April 2, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group Viewed from Nairobi, North...
Mar 26, 20173 min read
Clean, green and quiet cities is what we need
First published Sunday Standard, March 26, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group The theatre of politricks...
Mar 19, 20173 min read
Auditor General Ouko’s ouster unhealthy for oversight
Born to parents Dr. William and Martha Ouko, the young Eddie was a quiet, introspective child who often kept the peace among his six...
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