By E Njega The CBD matatu ban is just another brainless and reckless policy by an incompetent and clueless government. These ad hoc policies by Jubilee have intoxicated the business environment and massively disrupted honest paths to a living. The transport sector has faced recent disruptions though high fuel taxes, enforcement of strict regulations without […]

By Gabriel Oguda I finally finished Becoming Michelle Obama, and you would know because I am about to tell you what I make of this book, so turn off the gas because I wouldn’t want to be blamed for your fire alarm going off. This is the story of a black girl living in white […]

Candid Advice For Job-Seeking Youths Friends and relations have requested me to advise the job seeking youths of this country especially those unemployed graduates. This comes after their very own President called them thieves while buttressing his choice of a 91-year old nonagenarian to head a youth fund because the youth would steal it. Nonetheless, […]

By Wandia njoya via fb I know that the NMG Leadership Forum is just a sophisticated laundromat for government policies. So I didn’t attend yesterday’s forum with different expectations of GoK or of NMG but of myself. I thought I had seen it all and I would be pleasantly surprised. I was surprised, but very […]

A couple of days ago, a Masters student (who was known to me personally) at UoN’s School of Law committed suicide. That very day, a gentleman made a casual post on Facebook asking if anyone knew the most potent poison that could take his life quickly. Some thought he was bluffing. A few hours later, […]

Edited by Milton Were My name is Erik Meza, I’m 28 years old and I live in Dakar. A week ago I bought a new Porsche Panamera, as it’s six months since I worked at the car wash and barely had enough to feed my family. Now I’m going to tell you how a casual […]

By Dorcas Sarkozy OPEN LETTER to Professor Washington Yotto Ochieng: Head of the Centre for Transport Studies and Chair of Positioning and Navigation Systems in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. Professor, I hope this letter finds you and yours in good spirits and even better health. Bw. Ochieng, I […]

By Ekakoro Emm KENYA: AFRICA’S IDIOT-EAT-IDIOT SOCIETY The other day I came home to the village to find that my mother had brought home a young Ugandan lady to help her with bits and bits of work. Most of you know what I’m going to say next. The famous kneeling regime…. Never greets you while […]