“Evelyn Mwambe, 37, mother of two and a resident of Kyapaloni, Buseruka village revealed [in a police statement] that her husband vanished into thin air after receiving compensation monies without […]

In this article I summarise some of the points I made in my keynote lecture at the final meeting of the Samosa Festival season, held at the University of Nairobi […]

There has been considerable controversy over the consequences of consuming miraa. For a long time it was consumed in Somalia, northern parts of Kenya, and Ethiopia. With the movement of […]

Two of Kenya’s leading intellectuals, Anyang’ Nyong’o and David Ndii, have been much troubled recently with the contradiction, or at least the tension, between ethnicity and the system of governance […]

Since the disappearance of lawyer Willie Kimani, taxi driver Joseph Muiruri and boda boda rider Josphat Mwenda, there have been numerous calls for the dismissal of Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph […]

In last week’s Star, Professor Anyang’ Nyongo, the distinguished political scientist and politician, asked, “What is in concept “tribe” that causes conflict among us?” He attributes the conflict not to […]

Chief Justice Mutunga leaves office on 17th June. Kenya has been extraordinarily lucky in his appointment. He has carried out major reforms in the judicial system, abolished the pompous practices […]

“To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice”. 801 years ago the King of England was forced by his lords to make that […]