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The Mass Voter Registration Campaigns Reveal What’s More Important to Our Leaders

January 27, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

Drought is ravaging the country. Thousands are going for days without proper food and animals are dying. Yet, our leaders are worried about tyranny of …

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The Electorate Needs to Read the Times Correctly

January 20, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

A Swahili adage goes that the ear destined to die does not take its medicine. The electorate is the ear in this case. It’s quite …

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How to get it right and put politicians in their place in 2017 elections

January 13, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

It’s something of a wonder that Kenyans vote once every five years and spend the remaining four or so years complaining about the leaders they …

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Can We Add Building Trust to Our New Year Resolutions?

January 6, 2017 Loise Mwakamba

New Year is the only time of the year that a wave of hope blows strong. People forgive each other, pledge to be kind to …

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Matiangi proves yet again that corruption and cartels can be defeated

December 30, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

The release of this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) revealed everything that’s wrong with this country-the potential to defeat corruption but choosing the …

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Showdown over Election Laws Setting Stage for Chaotic Polls?

December 23, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Members of Parliament engaged in physical fights leaving a number nursing injuries, including women MPs. Needless to mention the demeaning insults traded at each other …

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Of Jamhuri’s Castles in the Air and Reality

December 16, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Politicians are known for doublespeak and our President is as much a politician as any other. His Jamhuri Day speech was clouded with a lot …

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The Cost of Corruption and why CJ is on track

December 9, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

273 Members of Parliament were reported to have allegedly looted Sh 4billion from Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in less than one year. Consider that 290 …

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Matiangi restores credibility in KNEC can key institutions borrow a leaf?

December 2, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Kenyan celebrated musician Julius Owino aka Juliani in the popular song Sheria by Sarabi Band has this verse where he says, things are so bad …

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Rid Kenyans of Patriarchy and women will have a chance at politics

November 25, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Eleanor Roosevelt, perhaps America’s most outspoken first lady did say that, women were like tea bags. That you wouldn’t know how strong they were until …

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Don’t play land politics remain focused on the leaders you want

November 18, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Recent opinion polls have shown that the country is deeply divided as we head for the 2017 elections. The war of words between the government …

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Lessons for Kenya from the US 2016 Election

November 11, 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Donald Trump is America’s president-elect. We need a moment of silent to let that sink. His win has sent political pundits and pollsters back to …