PM Raila Odinga (left) and DP William Ruto (right) On the eve of the big presidential debate between Raila Odinga and William Ruto, things are increasingly fluid. The Deputy President, who a month ago hovered between noncommittal and reluctant to participate in the debate is now adamant about its (the debate) centrality in the Kenyan …
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Raila Odinga and William Ruto Martin Luther King, Jr., reminded aptly reminded us that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” In our Kenyan context, the post-independence arc has been long and winding, but we have made baby steps toward creating space for the progress of our people. It …
By Geoffrey Mbosero | @geombos In the Game of Thrones final season, after Daenerys Targaryen (the Dragon Queen) has conquered King’s Landing with Drogon (the Dragon), there is a lingering moment between the first time the bells start ringing (signifying the surrender of the City) and the moment she decides to burn the city down. …
Image by bottomupeconomy.org By Mbosero Geoffrey | @geombos It is no secret that, since independence, the Kenyan economy has been top-heavy by design. The country’s economic approach has roughly been styled on the capitalistic structures of the West. I say roughly because the Kenyan economy has always had a significant role for the government to …
Deputy President William Ruto at a Rally Deputy President William Ruto once said, about the Kenyan political opposition, “I warned Kenyans that we are dealing with a "planless" and clueless opposition who have no agenda for our country ahead of the 2022 polls." He meant this as a dismissal of the value that the opposition …
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Image Credits (BBC) - The Iconic Luhya Bullfighting Politics is a tale of ideas, aspirations, interests, hopes, expectations, frustrations, fears, and emotions of individuals, families, fellowships, neighborhoods, tribes, and regions of a nation. Democracy provides a path through which this litany of ideas and emotions can be channeled to shape the direction a country takes. …
According to the Law on Political Parties of 2011, 0.3% of the national government revenue is set aside for financing political parties’ activities. This translates to significant sums of monies released to political parties to shore up their agenda and bolster their abilities to represent the people in the democratic process. In a Kenya Gazette …
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By Geoffrey Mbosero | @geombos In recent elections, the coastal region’s vote, mainly Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu, has gone to Raila Odinga. In the 2017 presidential polls, the former Prime Minister scored a clean sweep of these counties against President Uhuru Kenyatta. As shown in the graphic below, President Kenyatta was shellacked …
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Mount Kenya By Geoffrey Mbosero | @geombos Appearing on Jeff Koinange Live (JKL) on Citizen TV recently, Kabando wa Kabando, the former Mukurweini Member of Parliament sharply lashed out at the Governor of Meru County, Kiraitu Murungi for advocating for the formation of a Meru political party. The sentiments aired by Governor Murungi have been …
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The Handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga By Geoffrey Mbosero|@geombos Raila Odinga has been called many things: tinga, enigma, hammer, but the one that has had meet reevaluating his role in the Kenyan political discourse is, “Kenya’s political Houdini,” which has been cemented by his emerging ideological ambiguity and flexibility …
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