Author: Levi Obonyo

MPs’ opulence stuns amid decrepit roads, schools

Reading Time: 3 minutes The protests and other events of this week have starkly illustrated a profound disconnect between the government and its people. […]

New cohort with own script take on officialdom

Reading Time: 3 minutes The discourse around Kenya’s transition politics has just been that: talk. That is until this week when a new generation, […]

Tax plans are unpopular but is Ruto listening?

Reading Time: 3 minutes  As budget week unfolds in East Africa, it’s a pivotal time for the region, economically and possibly politically. Finance officials […]

Symbol of empathy nowhere in our hour of need

Reading Time: 3 minutes One may be forgiven for imagining that Kenya is in turmoil. The land is not at ease politically. Aides to […]

Reversing ‘media apocalypse’ is a task for all

Reading Time: 3 minutes  Imagine it is 2032, a mere eight years from today. The big story in Kenya is the coming elections. All […]

‘Us vs them’ politics threatens Kenyan project

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Limuru III meeting, a pivotal event in recent Kenyan politics, demonstrated the thinking and psyche of luminaries from the […]

What shoddy work says about varsity training

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tragedy helps showcase the expertise of those who work in various fields. Poor workmanship is widespread in recent weeks. We […]

Of tragedy and where the rain started beating us

Reading Time: 3 minutes “Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink,” Samuel Talyor Coleridge wrote aeons ago, and that seems to be […]