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Africans rode into independence weighed down by unrealistic promise and expectations.Freedom fighters crawled out of forests bubbling with excitement. The war was over. Invitations to dine in the sprawling bungalows the colonizer had left in a huff awaited. They were eager to reclaim ancestral lands

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Prophet Victor Kanyari could not stay married to the vivacious gospel singer, Betty Bayo (may her soul rest in eternal peace) resulting in their children calling two men “father”.Kanyari may not be your conventional clergyman, but his divorce signaled the challenges plaguing the institution of marri

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This week, Kenyans on social media laughed themselves senseless, amused that the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) kicked out 1,500 recruits from army training school for walking into a military establishment with traces of marijuana in their veins.The army, they giggled, would quickly run out of recruits

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The performance marks the strongest third-quarter performance in almost 10 years for the financial services holding company following a loss streak between 2018 and 2021.It came on the back of a significant reduction in cost of funds, an increase in interest income and non-funded income.Get Full Acc

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Donkeys are facing an existential crisis. Across Africa and Kenya, the unsustainable and global trade in donkey skins, driven by demand for the traditional Chinese medicine ejiao, is devastating populations and the communities that rely on them for their daily social, economic and cultural activitie

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o departed the earth after 87 years of productive life of writing and popularising the African ways. He then disappointed his global followers, mainly Africans in the continent and the diaspora, by getting himself cremated in America, the headquarters of post-modern colonialism at ti

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Kenya Sevens forward John Okoth and eighth man Samwel Were each scored a hat-trick as Menengai Oilers humiliated Impala 97-6 in what was the biggest scoring game of the 2025-2026 Kenya Cup season that is just two weeks old.The Nakuru-based outfit had kicked off their campaign with a massive 76–16 wi

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The light aircraft that claimed 11 lives on October 28, 2025, may have crashed due to poor visibility along its flight path, according to a preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigations under the Ministry of Transport released on November 28, 2025.The Cessna 208Bwent down at Tsimba Goli

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I live in a world of concentric circles. I occupy the innermost circle, alone with my God. The rest of the world is defined in subsequent circles, beginning with persons I consider to be my soulmates.The rest of society follows, in due course. But the innermost core is my Yasnaya Polyana – my inacce

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It was interesting, recently, to see that Prof Makau Mutua had chosen to address the topic of shamelessness in his weekly column in another Sunday newspaper.Given recent events, one could justifiably say it was an appropriate choice. There has been an outpouring of shamelessness since Raila Odinga’s

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Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i, on Saturday, November 29, took a sly swipe at the government after the chaos that was witnessed during the by-elections in several regions in the coun...

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New Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party leader Oburu Oginga has broken his silence days after jetting back into the country from Dubai. The 82-year-old made his first public appearance on Saturday...

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