Opinion
NATO ran away
Russia has invaded Ukraine, and NATO's full support for Ukraine is far from clear. Muslim Chechen troops in Ukraine are...
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Kanyi’s Kitchen: East Africa’s curated Cuisine
I interviewed the multi-talented Kanyi Muraguri about his numerous and varied creative pursuits that have culminated in the establishing of...
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Miguna Miguna Must Return Home and Court Orders Must Be Obeyed
After careful reflection and following broad consultations with lawyers, human rights and justice defenders, progressive politicians, and Mr. Miguna himself,...
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Tribalism in Kenya—Its Bitter Origins
The US has been grappling with its racist past on more public stages since George Floyd, a black man, was...
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Mourning Zahir Malik; Our ‘Most’ Senior Counsel
Kenya lost a legal pillar as well a distinguished leader of its Asian community as it buried today, Zahir Ahmed...
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The GEORGE FLOYD Verdict: “It was only the first of the thousands of convictions that need to take place” Prof Cornel West
SUMMARY: Police killings constitute the most raw, open, and constantly inflammatory wound of Black oppression in the U.S. Two weeks...
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PRINCE PHILIP 1921-2021: Kenya will share the Queen’s loss
After 73 years of marriage and devotion, Queen Elizabeth has lost her husband and dear companion. The loss must be...
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Salim Lone: Fully reassured after talking with Raila Odinga
After seeing our former Prime Minister yesterday out and about with President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi and Kajiado counties, barely...
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China Rising: Its Quest for Global Domination
History is always repeating itself, with different nuances each time. Individuals and groups seeking global domination emerge in each era....
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Ruto shouldn’t sit on BBI fence
The landslide vote for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum bill by the county assemblies should have President Uhuru Kenyatta...
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Salim Lone: Bhushan Vidyarthi 1937-2021 – Printers to the Second Liberation
The widespread harassment of media and journalists is well known but it was a printer, Colourprint, which was the most...
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Christian Extremism x Trump: The Church in Bed with the State
On January 6, 2021, the world watched in disbelief and horror as the USA skated dangerously close to the edge...
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Salim Lone: The day Larry King called to apologize. RIP
Salim Lone, Raila Odinga’s former spokesman, recalls the day Larry King called him to say sorry; in his words... There...
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How Jerry Rawlings captured Africa’s imagination
The passionate hopes for transformed lives and democracy that swept across pre-Independence Africa were mostly dashed within years. Among the...
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With Nearly 140 million Votes Counted, President Trump Seems Poised to Lose the Election
Nothing was more important than that for those who value human decency, fairness and a more just America and the...
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Journalists Believe News and Opinion are Separate, but Readers Can’t Tell the Difference
The New York Times opinion editor James Bennet resigned recently after the paper published a controversial opinion essay by U.S....
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Shutting Down the Internet Doesn’t work – but Governments Keep Doing it
As the internet continues to gain considerable power and agency around the world, many governments have moved to regulate it....
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