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Dear Oprah, Please run for POTUS

Oprah Winfrey is the one Dem that can unify them all I am an ardent follower of US politics and current affairs because I am not as invested in the US as I am in Kenyans politics. You see, the more invested I am in the ...

Traditions in the future

Of blogging and how past practices could be useful in making a happy future.  I have lately been encouraging many members of my staff to start blogging and to make it a habit to demonstrate their growth by simply documenting the lessons they learn through their ...

SMART TOILET? GOD, NO.

Hello. I am all for gadgets - everyone knows I am crazy about getting the latest of everything. I never thought I might draw the line somewhere but HERE I draw the line. Smart Toilets? No, sir. Suddenly google knows when I take a dump and ...

Naivasha Tragedy: We are full of shit.

40 people lost their lives in one place, at almost the same time - for most of them, minutes apart. Their lives literally went up in smoke at Karai, leaving countless others bereft. From that horrific event, the news took a predictable turn. That road ...

Let’s Get Serious With Posta Kenya

Remember when? For better or worse, we have a new government and almost certainly, we shall see new leadership for many of the parastatals. One hopes that in the new administration, the new leaders will feel like they have something to prove. One specific area ...

Kibaki will probably win this elections

By Udi Kagwe It is difficult for anyone to deny that Kenya is at a good place today. Certainly much better than in years past. A brisk walk around Nairobi reveals working city traffic lights, clean parks (yes, even the Jevanjee Gardens are in impeccable order), ...

WAPI: To one his own

Mzee Kiko | Septuagenerian's view Exactly eighty-nine years after Matthew Murrey's rack locomotive, called The Salamanca started work for the Narrow Guage Midleton railway in the United Kingdom in 1812, The railway line between Mombasa and Kisumu was completed. That railway line, passed not far from ...

Inside Kenya’s Remand Prisons

By Al Kags (First Published in the Standard) Nairobi — Despite the encouraging news about improved conditions, Kenyan prisons still have a long way to go. This verbatim account narrated to AL KAGS by an inmate who spent 12 days in the Industrial Area remand prison, Nairobi, explains ...