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Jan 23, 2025 | 
tnx.africa | Vincent Ongore |Patrick Beja |Josphat Thiong'o |Edwin Nyarangi
No one has encapsulated Raila Odinga’s complex persona better than Badejo Babafemi in Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Politics. Indeed, Raila’s latest moves highlight his status as an unpredictable figure in Kenya’s political theatre. Following his narrow loss to President William Ruto in the August 2022 elections, Raila has oscillated between opposition and collaboration, leaving pundits and citizens equally perplexed.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Vincent Ongore |Patrick Beja |Josphat Thiong'o |Edwin Nyarangi
Raila Odinga’s name is synonymous with liberation struggles and multiple attempts at the presidency. Loved and loathed in equal measure, the second-born son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya’s first Vice President, evokes passion on both ends of the spectrum. The late Vice President Wamalwa Kijana once remarked that those who despised Raila did so with fervor, while his admirers were willing to die for him.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
nation.africa | Vincent Ongore
Moi University was launched in 1984 with pomp and high expectations as the second university in Kenya. Until then, Kenya had only one university, the University of Nairobi. As the population grew exponentially, there was a need to expand opportunities for university education to accommodate the thousands of students leaving high school every year.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Fay Ngina |Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki |Vincent Ongore
Ruth Kamande, a convicted murderer serving time at Kamiti Maximum Prison, has graduated with a Law degree. The ceremony, held on Wednesday, 27th November, celebrated inmates and wardens who completed their studies through the University of London. In her speech, Kamande highlighted the transformative journey of studying while in prison. “We are here to celebrate this new chapter with a new story which all of you have participated in rewriting. We are here to celebrate graduands,” she said.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki |Vincent Ongore |Peter Muiruri
I love village burials. I do not look forward to people’s deaths just so I can attend their burials, but when they happen, as they always do, it is only fair to look for the silver lining in them. The world we live in today, the one of chasing the shilling and constant rat race, dictates that family and friends no longer meet as often as they used to. We rely on social media to catch up, because we have become lazy in even making phone calls.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Vincent Ongore |Jacqueline Mahugu |KIrsten Kanja |Philip Muasya
Time flies. One moment you are powerful and vibrant; the next, a pale shadow of your former self. Then, you’re gone. This reality resonates deeply as we mourn Peter Castro Oloo Aringo, a Kenyan statesman whose journey was as impactful as it was misunderstood. It feels like only yesterday, in August 1990, when Oloo Aringo, then the Minister for Education, stole the show during a graduation ceremony.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
nation.africa | Vincent Ongore
By anchoring his campaign message around the economy and family values, Trump was able to strike a fatal blow to Kamala's political jugular. It was as if Americans were waiting for someone to tell them how to navigate their way back to roots. The November 5 US presidential election was a contest between conservatism and liberalism. Kamala Harris was the face of liberalism. She eloquently articulated why Americans must be allowed unfettered freedom to make rational choices.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Boniface Mithika |Fay Ngina |Vincent Kejitan |Vincent Ongore
Mumbi Georgia, is a musician from Embu. She is also the CEO of her own company, MG Ushering. Her musical journey began in childhood, inspired by her father’s soulful singing. In 2022, she released her debut single, marking the start of her solo career. Like many artists, Mumbi faced challenges that led to a brief hiatus. However, she remained undeterred and returned to the studio in 2023, releasing a powerful cover of Nina Siri in Kiembu.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Vincent Ongore |Jacqueline Mahugu |KIrsten Kanja |Philip Muasya
National Treasury CS John Mbadi is working under very precarious circumstances. As the CS burns his midnight oil to streamline Kenya’s fiscal landscape, it is must not be lost on him that any reference to the rejected Finance Bill 2025 might reignite the ire of the Gen-Zs who frustrated implementation of the earlier one that went to National Assembly in June.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Vincent Ongore |Patrick Beja |Josphat Thiong'o |Edwin Nyarangi
I have been in the US recently for four straight months at the height of the presidential campaigns pitting Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, two candidates who are diametrically opposed to each other in nearly everything that should matter to the electorate. Donald Trump is an old White Supremacist business tycoon with a privileged upbringing, but lacking in sophistication and intellectual flamboyance despite having Warton School of Finance in his resumé as an Alma Mater.
