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23

2025

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Has Raila Odinga Betrayed the Kenyan Struggle? An Ideological Interrogation

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Capitalist Foundations: Raila’s Reformist Mission, Not a Revolutionary Betrayal From a pedestrian standpoint, Raila Odinga has betrayed the Kenyan struggle by failing to join hands with Gen Z to overthrow the government of President William Ruto. However, from an ideological perspective, to accuse Raila Odinga of betraying a revolutionary cause is to misunderstand the class character of his politics. Why? Since entering the electoral arena, Raila has never professed allegiance to a revolution aimed at toppling the capitalist system (the main problem) in Kenya. Instead, his ideological compass has always pointed toward capitalist reform, not abolition. His political project—starting with…

Jul

21

2025

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The Counterrevolution Exposed: Terror Charges Against Boniface Mwangi Dropped

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Manufactured Mayhem: Goons in Uniform, Chaos by Design What began as a grassroots revolt led by Kenya’s disenfranchised Generation Z has morphed into a high-stakes battle between a corrupt ruling elite and a defiant populace. Initially sparked by the draconian Finance Bill and decades of economic misrule, the protests marked a critical rupture in Kenya’s postcolonial order. But instead of meeting the demonstrators with reform or reason, the state responded with violence, subterfuge, and deception. The playbook was familiar: baton-wielding goons in plain clothes, shielded by uniformed police, infiltrated the protests and launched a spree of destruction. Targeted acts of…

Jul

20

2025

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The Tyranny of the Learned: Unmasking Empire’s Legacy in Uganda

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Obote Odora’s Betrayal and Dependency: The Legacy of British Colonialism in Uganda is no ordinary postcolonial tract. It is a fierce reckoning, a meticulously sourced jeremiad, and an eloquent excoriation of the twin maladies of imperialism and elite complicity. In prose that dances between erudition and polemic, Odora accomplishes what few scholars dare: he pierces the veil of nationalist nostalgia. He forces us to confront the post-independence African state, not as a site of liberation, but as a shadow puppet animated by its colonial puppeteer. This book is not content to merely document colonial malfeasance. It seeks, and succeeds, in…

Jul

17

2025

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Tribute to Phoebe Asiyo: The Woman Who Carried a Nation’s Hope

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On July 17, 2025, a mighty soul slipped quietly into the silence. Dr. Phoebe Muga Asiyo—trailblazer, mentor, rebel with a purpose—died peacefully in North Carolina at 93. And with her passing, Kenya lost not just a matriarch of politics but a fierce architect of dignity, service, and change. Born in Kendu Bay in 1932, to a humble Seventh-day Adventist preacher, Phoebe seemed destined for more. She grew up steeped in a moral code as unshakable as it was radical: "Richo iloyo gi ber"—evil is only defeated by good. That wasn’t just a proverb to her. It was her creed. Her…

Jul

14

2025

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The Grand Deception: How Kenya’s Ruling Class Manufactures Ethnic Illusions to Conceal Class Domination

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The Choreography of Power and the Mirage of Change: Kenyan statecraft has long resembled an ever-mutating masquerade, in which a narrow coterie of elites incessantly reshuffles partners, costumes, and slogans, while the material script remains obstinately the same. Presidents and members of Parliament switch from sworn foes to bosom allies with vertiginous speed, baptising each new arrangement as a “national unity” initiative, a “roadmap to peace,” a “national dialogue,” or, more recently, a “broad-based government.” To grasp the cyclical theatrics at play,one only needs to recall President William Ruto’s May 2025 memorandum with perennial opposition doyen Raila Odinga. It was…

Jul

11

2025

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Betrayal, Blood and Blindness: Kenya’s Ethnic Tragedy and the Class War We Refuse to Fight

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When the Hunters Become the Hunted: The Kikuyu Tragedy and the Politics of Amnesia In a cruel twist of history’s irony, the Kikuyu—once custodians of state power and beneficiaries of its coercive arsenal—now find themselves bleeding in the streets, felled by the very bullets that once silenced the cries of others. Today, their youth lie prostrate beneath the boots of the same police force that was unleashed on Luo protesters in Kisumu, Kibera, and Kondele for over a decade. And yet, when Luos wailed over state violence, property destruction was cited as justification, and their funerals were met with indifference,…

Jul

08

2025

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Saba Saba and Gen Z’s Rebellion: The Blood-Stained Birth of a New Republic

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On 7th July 1990, the Saba Saba uprising marked a historic rupture in Kenya’s political order, as mass protests forced President Daniel arap Moi to abandon the suffocating one-party system and concede to multiparty reforms. It was a moment of profound symbolic victory, with leaders like Raila Odinga standing at the forefront of a struggle that promised democratic renewal. Yet beneath the surface of this apparent transformation, the architecture of oppression remained intact. Opposition parties emerged as ideological replicas of the regime they opposed, beholden to neoliberal orthodoxy and foreign financial institutions. The colonial state was not dismantled but merely…

Jun

26

2025

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The Gen-Z Revolution’s Unfinished Symphony: A Post-Mortem of Kenya’s Anniversary Uprising

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One year after Kenya's Generation Z wrote their names in blood across the political landscape, their return to the streets on June 25, 2025, delivered a thunderous encore that shook the very foundations of William Ruto's presidency. Yet beneath the smoke of tear gas and the crimson stain of fresh martyrdom lies a complex narrative of triumph and tragedy, of a movement that has forever altered Kenya's political DNA while failing to deliver the ultimate prize: State House. The Phoenix Rises: Strengths That Define a Generation The sheer magnitude of the anniversary demonstrations revealed the extraordinary organizational prowess and political…

Jun

13

2025

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Voices That Vanish: The Social Media Trail That May Have Led to Albert Ojwang’s Death

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Albert Ojwang was not just another name on Kenya’s growing list of young online voices silenced by state power—he was a symbol of a generation armed not with guns, but with hashtags. A generation daring to ask uncomfortable questions, mock authority, and resist the suffocating grip of a political elite allergic to criticism. His death, shrouded in silence and ambiguity, has now become a disturbing case study of what happens when truth meets brute force in the digital age. A Digital Rebel in a Volatile Climate In recent years, Kenya’s social media scene has exploded into a fiery platform of…

Mar

25

2025

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REST IN ETERNAL PEACE, REV KENN NYAGUDI

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On Sunday, March 23, 2025, former Kisumu Town West Member of Parliament, Reverend Kenn Nyagudi, passed away after a prolonged illness. The announcement came from former Nyakach MP Peter Odoyo, who confirmed that Nyagudi died while receiving treatment at the private wing of Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. His passing marks the end of a journey that saw him transition from political leadership to agricultural entrepreneurship, leaving behind a legacy that spans both public service and community development through innovative farming practices in Nyanza Province. POLITICAL CAREER AND RISE TO PARLIAMENT Reverend Kenn Nyagudi entered the national political stage in…