Kenya’s GEN LAZARUS SUMBEIYWO was in May recalled from retirement to lead the mediation between the government of South Sudan and the hold-out groups. He talks about the progress and challenges of the Nairobi Mediation, commonly known as the Tumaini Initiative. Why…
Kenya has again found itself at the centre of a major international investment as India’s Adani Group secures a significant $736 million contract to build and manage power transmission lines and substations across the country for 30 years. This Public-Private Partnership (PPP)…
When Kenya promulgated a new constitution in 2010, there was widespread celebration that the country had the best constitution in Africa, if not the world. But it has not been seriously tested like now when the Senate on October 17 the Senate…
The Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) of 2010 officially came into force on October 13, amidst continued objections from Egypt and Sudan. This means that colonial agreements of 1929 and 1959 that previously gave Egypt the veto power to receive 55.5…
For six long years, the opposition in Ethiopia’s Somali Region has attempted to oust President Mustafe, tirelessly battling with words, protests, and political stratagems. Yet, their efforts have resembled a Sisyphean struggle—an almost surreal attempt to push a camel through the eye…
It is now real that the difference between President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua is irreconcilable. More than two-thirds, 281 members of parliament (MPs) out of 349 on October 8 voted to impeach Gachague in one of the most significant…
While Kenya’s president William Ruto had hoped that public participation on October 4 was going to legitimise his desire to impeach his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, it turned out to be an anti-climax. In almost all the venues in the 47 counties where…
Disenchanted young Kenyans came out in number in June and July to say no to President William Ruto’s 2024 Finance Bill and the general style of his governance. He was rattled and did not travel abroad for at least a month. However, Rutohas retaken to the skies in what looks…
By Charles Omondi and Fred Oluoch Kenyans in the next three weeks will find out whether the rift between President William Ruto and his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua is real or an attempt to divert national attention from many ills that have been…
On September 25th, 2024, a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Red Sea State of Sudan and Lamu County of Kenya. This MoU, signed at the Sudan Embassy in Nairobi by Samia Ali Ahmed Oshik, Secretary General, Council of…
