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Why Kibaki has won the elections already

President Mwai Kibaki this Sunday officially announced his candidature in the upcoming general elections in characteristic style – matter of fact, simple announcement that he is running and that he is running in the new consensus based vehicle, Party of National Unity. The announcement was to ...

Why I am against affirmative action for 50 Kenyan women MPs

Kenya is contemplating having affirmative action for 50 women to join parliament and Martha Karua has even suggested that this be constitutionalised. This is a developing thought but I now know I am against it totally. This is why in a nutshell: It is demeaning. It makes ...

Hillary for President

If it was up to me to set the agenda for Hillary Rodham Clinton's Campaign and it was up to me to write a speech about it, this is it. Interestingly, as far as she is concerned, I atually believe it. This is certainly going to ...

Get of you behind, Africa, and compete

The argument of compensation is a misguided farce August 28, 2006                      By Al Kags As I do every Sunday, I read Prof. Ali Mazrui’s column in the Sunday Standard but having read this Sunday’s edition, I realise that he has brought to the fore my consternation ...