Political Analysis and Commentaries
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Editorial: End the funding stalemate before it destroys students’ dreams
Kenya’s public universities are sliding into a funding crisis that the government can no longer dismiss as a temporary inconvenience.…
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Politics of insults: Campaigns turn nasty as Ruto, opposition leaders resort to insults, name calling
President William Ruto and opposition leaders such as former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna have increasingly…
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Massive task ahead in opposition’s bid to make Ruto one-term president
Both the United Opposition and the Linda Mwananchi Movement have made sending President William Ruto home in next year’s elections…
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Nairobi MCAs ditch UDA for Gachagua’s DCP
By Adieri Mulaa Twelve Members of Nairobi City County Assembly (MCAs) and several grassroots leaders aligned to President William Ruto’s…
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Saboti MP Amisi claims Raila backed formation of parallel opposition outfits
Saboti Member of Parliament (MP) and party leader of the People’s Renaissance Movement (PM) Caleb Amisi has claimed he was…
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Opposition leaders rally behind unity to oust Ruto in 2027
Opposition leaders are intensifying calls for unity ahead of the 2027 General Election, urging rival principals to bury personal ambitions…
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ODM puts Sakaja on notice over Nairobi ticket
A section of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leaders has challenged Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to seek the party’s ticket…
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NSSF land scandal: Rogue officials, Sh63million deal under probe
Fears are rife that rogue officials within the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), working with external accomplices, may have helped…
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Abduction of Standard editor raises alarm over state of media freedom in Kenya
The unprecedented abduction of The Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich in Gilgil on Tuesday night, September 1, 2026 allegedly…
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Besigye’s ordeal: Kenya’s secret handover, Uganda’s prison and the price of dissent
From a disputed abduction in Nairobi to a life-threatening health crisis in a Ugandan prison, Kizza Besigye’s case is raising…
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