Author: Mwaura Kamau 

FORMER Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has joined other leaders in mourning opposition leader Raila Odinga who succumbed to cardiac arrest today Wednesday, October 15th, 2025. Following is his condolence message; Raila Odinga, may you rest well. To the family, your spouse Mama Ida Odinga and your children, my family and I join you in prayer during this difficult moment. My deepest sympathies to you and to the people of the Republic of Kenya. The enigma Baba, the father of our democracy and a formidable hero of Kenya’s 2nd liberation, you stood tall and strong in intellect, knowledge and quest for…

Embattled Kiambu governor Kimani Wamatangi is a cornered man, more so over his failure to end the ongoing stalemate between his administration and striking doctors. Though he has persistently accused his political rivals of orchestrating the stalemate to destabilise his administration, Wamatangi is being accused by officials of the doctors unions of grandstanding and chest thumping at the expense of helpless patients. The county boss is facing impeachment threats for the second time but it remains to be seen whether members of the area County Assembly can garner the requisite numbers to impeachment him. There are 60 elected members of…

DEPUTY PRESIDENT Kithure Kindiki has affirmed that no region in the country will be left behind in the sharing of the national cake. The DP says that the President William Ruto government has no sacred cows in matters development and that every region across the country must be developed equally regardless their political inclinations. He noted the Kenya Kwanza government development record is unmatched and challenged opposition leaders to get ready to account for their time in public service when the time comes. The DP who was flanked by the National Assembly Leader of Majority Kimani Ichung’wa and a host…

When Githua Wamacukuru, the current Kabete Member of Parliament was elected in 2017, many people who didn’t know his development nature took him for granted. Much to their chagrin, he has since made significant strides in transforming his constituency through numerous development initiatives. Some of his notable achievements include infrastructure development where he has prioritized road construction and rehabilitation, with notable projects including the Kibiku-Gathiga-Njathaini road and the Wangige-Ngecha road among tens of others in the sub county which neighbours Kenya’s capital city Nairobi. “These projects aim to ease transportation bottlenecks, reduce travel time, and promote economic activity between us…

WHEN I assumed office in August 2022, I swore by the Bible and committed to focus on development in education, healthcare, infrastructure, water,agriculture  and youth empowerment. These are words of Kiambu county governor Kimani Wamatangi who says that his commitment was against the backdrop of evident political challenges, scrutiny and hurdles set by his political detractors from within and outside the devolved unit. Known during his tenure as the area Senator for his frequent appearances on radio and televised interviews, the governor has now traded the spotlight for the trenches of governance embodied in actualization of his manifesto. “I used…

Kiambu governor Kimani Wamatangi has proved to be a hard nut to crack when it comes to cornering him. Even as local legislators and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) gang against him over alleged death of newborns occasioned by the on going doctors’ strike, the governor has stuck to his guns and affirmed that he won’t negotiate with the union, “until all the doctors who are on strike goes back to their work stations’. “Let those who are paid to go to the street go ahead and do it but it should dawn on them that my…

Corruption has become a norm, Chief Justice Martha Koome says, urging Kenyans to always speak against it. She notes that the vice is so ingrained that Kenyans perceive it as normal, carrying bribes to courts like offerings to church. Koome spoke at St. Paul’s University, Limuru, during the institution’s 5th Annual International Research Conference, themed “Re-conceptualizing sustainable development goals for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s possibilities.” Koome attributes the slow realization of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals to corruption and inequality in Kenya and globally. She opines that Kenya and the world are not on track to achieve the…

The apparent grandstanding between the Kiambu county government and the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has continued to confuse the nation by the day. Conflicting information regarding the provision of health services in the county’s health facilities in the past four months has caused uncertainties and confusion among patients. The county government maintains that there is no health crisis in the county and that claims of the same are a fabrication of the union and a section of politicians. Wamatangi says that his administration won’t be intimidated by outside forces, adding that he doesn’t run his government through…

THAT the Kenya society has gradually shifted its focus from the boychild to girls thereby making the male gender seem like a species undersiege is an open secret. The same is amplified by some outrightly biased provisions of the Sexual Offences Act,2006 which critics say is skewed against boys with girls being portrayed as victims and boys as villains. The apparent discriminatory application of the law has prompted civil society groups to describe the Act as insensitive, offensive and atrocious to the boy child. One such civil society lobby group is Sauti ya Wanaume na Watoto whose CEO James Mumbi…