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How to Stand out as a Woman MP; a Few Lessons from Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

April 16, 2018 Loise Mwakamba

"When the public opinion decides it wants to hate a woman, it's always much, much worse than when they decide to hate a man," remarked …

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Uhuru, Raila handshake good for stability but MPs should remain on course

March 19, 2018 Loise Mwakamba

The statement, there are no permanent enemies, and no permanent friends, only permanent interests finally sunk in for majority Kenyans after President Uhuru stood on …

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Victim blaming culture encourages impunity and entrenches tribalism in politics

February 5, 2018 Loise Mwakamba

"What has happened today is a travesty of justice and we shall not relent until we, the bonafide officials of KANU, are recognized; it [Kibaki’s …

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Curriculum reform should tackle integration as a challenge for our time

January 4, 2018 Loise Mwakamba

Some clever person once said a country that mistreats its children will reap their wrath in future. Considering we stood on the edge of the …

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Anything to smile about after 54 years of self-rule?

December 11, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

Our country Kenya turns 54 on the 12th of this month and like every birthday we have plans to throw a party on the Jamhuri …

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How to heal our nation; lessons from Zimbabwe!

November 27, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

The world’s most quoted (unfairly mostly) and oldest president resigned this week-under duress. Robert Mugabe who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years finally called it quits.

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Constitution and laws were made for Kenyans not the other way round

October 20, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

Lately it seems as though we are operating on auto-pilot. And the last few days have been something akin to the Biblical Armageddon. There appears …

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Kenya is an unpleasant marriage, let’s make it work!

October 14, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

Renowned Economist David Ndii opined a widely read article on the Daily Nation with the title: Kenya is a cruel marriage is time we talked …

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This Parliament looks rogue; we must now put pressure on them to focus on our priorities

September 15, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

It’s sad when people elected to represent and make laws on behalf of the people swear an oath to conscientiously guard and protect the constitution …

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Forget Politics! We must learn to demand value for our money

September 9, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

The bungled August 8th elections was one of the most expensive elections in Africa at over Sh.40 billion. The expected repeat elections is expected to …

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Can we count on the youthful MPs-elect to heal our country?

August 17, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

The just concluded August 8th General election has left part of the country limping. The ugly underbelly of our collective mistrust of other communities was …

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Dear UhuRuto, to him who much is given, much is expected!

July 20, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

By Loise Wanjiku