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House of Cards: A Marxist Dissection of Kenya’s Bursary Scandal

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Corruption as the Logic of Capitalist Rule The revelation that Members of Parliament in Kenya cannot account for Sh 4.1 billion in bursary funds is not an isolated scandal, nor a mere case of mismanagement. From a Marxist perspective, it is the naked expression of the capitalist state in a dependent, neo-colonial economy. In capitalism, the state is never neutral—it is an instrument of the ruling class, a machine for managing the affairs of the bourgeoisie. The bursary funds, ostensibly created to serve the poor and ensure that children from working-class families access education, have become yet another trough from…

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…

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…