By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu COLONIAL OCCUPATION and domination prospered by abducting and liquidating the most vocal Africans. Those whom it drove into exile were lucky. Sir Evelyn Baring invented the manual on this form of predation as governor of colonial Kenya for seven years until 1959. Six decades after independence, the man who rode to [&he...
By Paul Ejime EMBATTLED KENYAN President William Ruto has dissolved his cabinet in response to lingering youth-led national anger against bad governance characterised by economic hardship, insensitivity and extravagance by government officials and police brutality. “Upon reflection, listening keenly to what the people of Kenya have said and af...
By Joke Kujenya SPARING ONLY Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, President William Ruto has dismissed his entire Cabinet in response to the recent youth-led protests against his government. The announcement was made in a televised address where Ruto cited the need for a broad-based government to tackle the country’s challenges. Rut...
By Joke Kujenya VIOLENT PROTESTS in Nairobi have forced President William Ruto to withdraw a controversial finance bill, following the deaths of 22 people. The bill, which proposed steep tax hikes, faced fierce opposition from citizens already burdened by the high cost of living had sparked wild unrest that saw thousands of demonstrators storm...
