Of Indisciplined Forces And The High Cost Of CCTV Cameras
Comedy tends to follow tragedy in Kenya like a dog on a leash and the aftermath of the Westgate terror attack has proved to be no different. Days after the siege ended, tales of heroism and...
View ArticleChinese Told How To Behave Abroad As Man Divorces Wife Via SMS
British Prime Minister David Cameron has failed the ultimate test used to gauge if a politician is in touch with ‘ordinary’ people. In a radio interview, Cameron was asked if he knew how much a loaf of...
View ArticleUS police kill suicidal man as Australia pays to have a fit PM
China’s great firewall has gained the communist state notoriety about the strategies it employs to clamp down on dissent and manage conversation in the country. According to Quartz, an online...
View ArticleWhy God Is To Blame For The Plane Crashes In Nigeria
Politicians are known to say some pretty dumb stuff, I have always suspected it's the excitement of attempting to please when speaking in front of the camera. Nigeria’s aviation minister Stella Oduah...
View ArticleJudiciary's 'Mutually Assured Destruction'
If it is true that brutal honesty is the mark of true friendship then President Uhuru Kenyatta is no friend of the military. In a speech to mark the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Day at the Laikipia Air...
View ArticleA man set to die twice as Zuma tells Jozi not to 'think like Africans'
Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s aviation minister who featured in this column last week after her ludicrous comment blaming God for a recent plane crash in Nigeria, is still in the news, thankfully, for...
View ArticleWhy being KDF means never having to say sorry
After weeks of feeble denials the Kenyan military’s top brass finally admitted this week that KDF officers really did engage in some looting at Westgate. Well, sort of. As confessions go Wednesday’s...
View ArticleAs Botswana woman is fined for 'immorality' Japanese don't want sex
Extra-marital affairs have just got a bit more complicated in Botswana. In a ruling that could set a precedent, a court has ordered a woman to pay £4,000 (Sh540,000) for ‘actively pursuing a married...
View ArticleMan Eats Dog That Saved Him As Morsi Tells Court He's Still The President
A dog in Canada has paid for its loyalty to the owner. The story reported by multiple sources has interesting headlines but I think Gawker had the best, Dog Saves Camper From Bear Attack, Camper Eats...
View ArticleWe're Losing War Against Graft But Cheer Up
Read a story in one of the local rags this week that made me think that perhaps it’s time to throw in the towel on the fight against graft. According to the piece a local company had to pay a bribe to...
View ArticleMan Nails Balls To Protest Impunity, Supremacist Discovers He's A Brother
US Vice President Joe Biden is an ebullient politician. He comes across as an easygoing guy. However, Biden has got a weakness. He has a debilitating reputation for gaffes. To add to his illustrative...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Kenya, May Impunity Be Upon You
Kenya turned 50 this week and as would be expected, our local media did their best to turn back the clock to give Kenyans a picture of from whence we came. Unfortunately, as much I would love to fill...
View ArticleBinyavanga Has Come Out Of Closet And That's A Good Thing
Binyavanga Wainaina, one of the country’s leading authors and the brains behind Kenya’s premier literary journal, Kwani? stunned the nation this week with the admission that he has been living as a...
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[field_converge_image]Concerns rise as President Uhuru delays to act on the bill capping interest rates.
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