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  • 4 days ago | nation.africa | Macharia Gaitho

    President William Ruto’s public apology for the wrongs committed against Gen Z protestors is an important acknowledgement that his regime is guilty of horrific human rights abuses. However, a vague and generalised apology is worthless unless accompanied by a true and accurate disclosure of all the abductions, illegal confinements, torture, enforced disappearances and murders.

  • 1 week ago | nation.africa | Macharia Gaitho

    President William Ruto leads from the front when it comes to philanthropy, or that grotesque Kenyan version of it. Even when not personally present to dish out wads of cash, influential politicians and aides will be delivering huge amounts in his name. And of course his donations have to be the largest, followed by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, and then Cabinet ministers, apparently in order of the influence and budget of their respective dockets.

  • 2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Macharia Gaitho

    “Any leader who is encouraging early electoral campaigns does not wish our country well. It is unpatriotic to put our country in a perpetual campaign mode.” Those words from the mouth of Deputy President Kithure Kindiki might have been aimed at his ousted predecessor Rigathi Gachagua, but should apply even more to President William Ruto. The ink had hardly dried on his taking the oath of office in 2022, and the President abdicated his core responsibilities to embark on premature electioneering.

  • 2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Macharia Gaitho

    The unveiling on Thursday of former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s new political party brought out the contradictions inherent in launching a movement fixated on capturing an ethnic or regional bloc, while crafting a national image.

  • 3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Macharia Gaitho

    It could be a defining political moment this week if former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua unveils his new political vehicle. That term is used here deliberately, because Kenya has no political parties in the classical sense. What we have is a collection of special-purpose vehicles that powerful ethnic chiefs form solely to gun for power or bargain for positions.

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