Latest opinion stories from across Kenya.
During the 2022 presidential petition, lawyer Julie Soweto projected a Form 34A from Gacharaigu Primary School in Kangema Constituency onto a screen in the Supreme Court. The name Jose Camargo, a Venezuelan employee of IEBC’s technology…
Apple’s iCloud+ bundle undercuts Google One in Kenya by KES 18, and Netflix by more.
Weeks before the 2022 General Election, the IEBC postponed publishing the final voter register. A preliminary audit had identified 246,465 records belonging to people believed to be dead. After further checks, the commission said it…
In recent days, hundreds of Burundians have sought travel documents from their embassy in Nairobi amid fears of a government crackdown on foreign-owned small businesses. The Kenyan government announced a 90-day window for undocumented East…
By Evans Manduku NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 15 – For many Kenyan families, financial vulnerability becomes clearest when illness strikes, income falls or an unexpected expense disrupts an already stretched household…
By Pamela Mutembei, Investment Director, HEVA Fund NAIOBI, Kenya, Sept 14 – Kenya’s next generation of businesses will not necessarily be built around factories, machinery, land or buildings. Some will…
Kenya may be approaching the 2027 election asking the wrong question. We are asking: Who should become president? Perhaps the more important question is: What kind of president should Kenya elect? For decades, our elections have revolved…
On 15 August 2022, four IEBC commissioners appeared at the Serena Hotel while their chairman, Wafula Chebukati, prepared to declare the presidential result at Bomas of Kenya. Vice-chairperson Juliana Cherera, speaking for Francis Wanderi,…
Government officials and nuclear experts often say Kenya is in “Phase 2” of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Milestones Approach. For most Kenyans, that phrase means very little. Here is a plain-language explanation of what…
Before the government spends billions of shillings changing police uniforms, it must answer one simple question: What exactly is wrong with the uniform our police officers wear today? Not what could be made prettier. Not what could be…
On 1 September 2017, Chief Justice David Maraga read the Supreme Court’s decision on the presidential election held twenty-four days earlier. Four judges had voted to annul the result, while Justices Jackton Ojwang and Njoki Ndung’u…
There is a dangerous point in taxation where the government stops collecting revenue and starts destroying the economic activity that generates it. Kenya may be approaching that point. The growing protests among importers over customs…
At the national tallying center in Bomas of Kenya, presidential results initially appeared on a large electronic screen as they arrived from polling stations. Kenyans could also follow the figures on television, radio and online. Then the…
The purpose of education is not merely to prepare children for examinations or employment, but to prepare them to navigate life with confidence, compassion, resilience and wisdom. Education is often measured by examination results, grades,…
On 3 September 2026, at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia aims to make navigation along the Northern Sea Route year-round. In addition, he announced that from 1…
On 30 December 2007, Electoral Commission chairman Samuel Kivuitu announced Mwai Kibaki as the winner of Kenya’s presidential election. The declaration came after two days of disorder at the national tallying center in Nairobi, where…
Young people represent Africa’s greatest resource and a powerful driver of its future. With approximately seventy-five per cent of the continent’s population under the age of 35, Africa’s youth have enormous potential to accelerate…
Kenya’s President William Ruto has received heavy criticism after remarks made during his meeting with MSMEs at State House, which has become the epicentre of his campaign. In the run-up to the 2022 elections, he used the Deputy…
Every so often, a politician says something so extraordinarily revealing that opponents need not embellish it. The statement simply escapes into the public square, acquires a life of its own and invites citizens to apply it to the speaker.…
Imagine taking a flight to a destination, not for a vacation, but for a business event. Upon arrival, you meet people from different destinations, industries and cultures. In one room, startups are pitching to investors. Yet, in another…
President William Ruto has invited Kenyans to have what he calls an important conversation: should citizens pay more taxes, or should the government borrow more money? It is a legitimate conversation. But the way the question is framed…
A powerful leadership principle speaks almost directly to the reforming instinct we have seen throughout President William Ruto’s administration. It comes from the English writer G.K. Chesterton and is known as Chesterton’s Fence. Imagine…
By Lavin Atieno NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept 4 – Upper Hill in Nairobi has long been a business haven away from the congestion of the central business district. Banks set up…
A nuclear power plant is not only an engineering project. It is also a high-value national security asset. As Kenya explores nuclear power, the country must demonstrate that it can protect nuclear facilities, materials and personnel from…
