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Balance of power: Inside Ruto's power date with POTUS Joe Biden
What you need to know: While Nairobi has enjoyed recent visitations from high-level officials from Washington, Prof Monda cautioned that Kenya faces one more risk: A dilemma on running its own foreign policy. Aligning too cl
Dr Ogutu: Strathmore boss takes up running to support needy students
What you need to know: He assumed leadership officially as VC on March 30, 2023, taking over the reins from Prof John Odhiambo and becoming only the second Vice Chancellor at the university. For 10 years, between 1996 and 2006, Dr Og
Uhuru, Karua blamed as Mt Kenya reacts to widening split
What you need to know: Mr Kiunjuri said leaders from Mt Kenya condemn the meeting and the unfortunate resolutions that came out of it. Uhuru needs to emulate (former president) Mwai Kibaki. When Kibaki succeeded Daniel arap Moi, peop
South Africas new MK party seeks majority win in pivotal election, Zuma says
What you need to know: An Ipsos opinion poll published in April showed MK would win 8.4% of the vote, far short of the party's 66% objective. Speaking in Zulu at the Orlando Stadium in South Africa's biggest township Soweto, Zuma pro
NTSA says lenders left out riders in logbooks
What you need to know: A list of 123 motorcycles tabled by the IRA showed 32 had active insurance policy cover, seven had cancelled policies, 51 had expired insurance and 29 had no records of having been insured. Riders who bough
Building airtight case for adoption of e-mobility
What you need to know: Africa produces about 3 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, but we suffer disproportionately from effects climate change. This is among several reasons why we should fast-track the adoption of EVs. First, e-m
Makau Mutua: Why Ruto should sack Linturi
What you need to know: We are way past that question. In political stricto sensu, Mr Linturi wouldve been decapitated in any society with a sense of public shame. At stake here isnt the criminal standard of culpability which requires
Kagwanja: How Limuru III has drawn 2027 election battle lines
What you need to know: Guided by the big tent strategy, the hallmark of these conferences has been an unrelenting quest for near-absolute consensus across the region around vexing national issues. For this reason, previous Limuru con
High stakes US trip only the sixth in Biden presidency
What you need to know: Ruto is increasingly emerging as a new kid on the African diplomatic block, with fresh and revolutionary ideas on how African countries should relate with the rest of the world as partners, and not underdogs, says Prof