A time comes when one is called by destiny to sacrifice for the greater good of the people and country.  In the history of Kenya, we know such heroes:  Koitalel Arap Samoei, Dedan Kimathi, Jomo Kenyatta, Jaramogi Odinga, Wangari Maathai, Tom Mboya and the unsung peace heroes who helped victims of post election violence - among others. They all...

In Nyeri County of Kenya, a number of bruised men have come out to reveal that their wives have been battering them, behind closed doors.

One of them looked a bit tipsy as he narrated his story; the other a bit unkempt and in some pain. When a different man, this time from Kiambu County, also in Kenya, appeared on national television with scars,...

A taskforce was recently set up to determine how Kenyans in the diaspora would vote. This is welcome news for this marginalised, yet crucial, section of the Kenyan community.

For the economy, improving the involvement of Kenyans abroad may prove to be a significant boon.

Haemorrhaging human skills through emigration is expensive for...

Nowadays, more people are increasingly accepting and agreeing with those who believe that Raila is a front runner in the race to become Kenya’s Fourth President.  Locally and overseas, political strategists, scholars, and pundits alike are aligned in their notion confirming the formidable force that is Raila Odinga in Kenya’s upcoming elections. One...

In 2007, leading up to the general elections, Kenyans abroad, through the Kenyan Community Abroad (KCA), were busy pursuing the presidential debates agenda, just as they had done in 2002. The presidential debates have for years been one of the Diaspora’s key projects, relentlessly pursued to help elevate politics to an issue-based level and yield...

Once again, the spotlight is on Africa as four Kenyans – three political leaders and a journalist – have been indicted at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Once again, the question that has never been answered is, why Africa? And why the speed? In Anglo-Saxon parts of the world, some leaders are treated with kids’ gloves when they commit ‘crimes...

Dr. Richard Leakey’s conversation with Jeff Koinange on K24 was a  refreshing experience and saddening one at the same time. Dr. Leakey is a man  credited for revamping the Kenya Wildlife service and as Secretary to the  cabinet, introduced accountability into the public service as part of the  dream team launched by Daniel...

I totally agree with ambassador Elkanah Odembo’s (Kenyan ambassador to US) view that Kenya’s new (now not so new) Constitution is transformative especially when it comes to the ‘rights’ and ‘privileges’ it bestows on the Diaspora.

And that many in the Diaspora and the Kenya government itself have neither grasped nor fully comprehended what...

Many people do not understand that settling back in a country like Kenya from an extended stay in a developed country like the USA is hard work and can turn into a career of sorts.

One of the hardest experiences my family and I had to bear was relocating to the USA for a one-year leadership development programme and returning home. The...

A friend alerted me to the fact that I had been adversely mentioned in a column by Rasna Warah (DN, January 23).

The tone of the entire piece was in several respects seeded with unjustified conclusions.

Ms Warah started by recounting a vitriolic response from some Kenyan in Pennsylvania.

The riled responder apparently...

Koech, not his real name is a man who loves politics. I came to know him in around 2002 when I was publishing Eastern Africa Magazine, the days of ‘Moi must go.’ He was a very trusted lieutenant during Moi’s regime, a man who helped Moi invest in Britain.

I like to have a chat with this man who knows Moi men in and out. What we found out early in...

The present day concern raised by the Kenyan Diaspora concerning the upcoming general elections seeking to exercise their constitutional right to vote is a reasonable plea. Just like all Nations world over, the people of Kenya are forward looking, seeking for social, political, and economic progress within the realms of a shared vision and common...

Majority of Kenyans voted over whelming in favor of the new constitution. It is disturbing and annoying to note that our legislators - the so-called parliamentarians are using delaying tactics to promulgate the new constitution in its entirety.

This attitude is a clear betrayal of the electorates’ trust in these people.

Mediocrities...

They call the Third World the lazy man’s purview; the sluggishly slothful and languorous prefecture. In this realm people are sleepy, dreamy, torpid, lethargic, and therefore indigent—totally penniless, needy, destitute, poverty-stricken, disfavored, and impoverished. In this demesne, as they call it, there are hardly any discoveries, inventions, and...

'Gakuru I want to leak the ruling for ICC to you before anyone else,’ a friend of mine rang me to inform me of the ruling at Criminal court in the Hague, Netherlands, ‘Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Francis Muthaura and Mr Sang  are to face trial. Kosgey and Ali are free. Bye.’

I knew who had called me and I was very pleased that our many...

The arguments by Billow Kerow, Standard columnist in his article entitled – Human security agenda to end tribal conflicts in Moyale, is just a scratch on the surface of a boiling volcano, increasingly on the verge of explosion because of the mounting pressure from conflict enablers within Marsabit County and Moyale in particular.

Both Mr. Muthaura and Mr. Uhuru are tied to the Post Election Violence by the two meetings alleged to have taken place at the State House Nairobi on the 27^th of November 2007 and on the 30^th of December, 2007. The first attacks started in Eldoret and Kitale areas of the Rift Valley on 1^st of January 2008. Those attacks...

We often get treated to phony outbursts of ‘patriotic’ concerns for our sovereignty by the predatory political class whenever they feel that their selfish interests are under threat by entities perceived as foreign.

I say selfish interests because the well-documented plunder of public coffers for personal gain and at the expense of national...

The call for a local judicial mechanism for the ICC trials by Mrs. Ida Odinga is an insult to the intelligence and memories of the average Kenyans. Mrs Odinga would have us believe that in a burst of independence, prompted no doubt by the recent announcement by the ICC, she proposes to spare the respective families of the four whose charges were...

In November/December 2011, I travelled to Kenya as I have done for many years as a Kenyan diaspora subject. During my previous visits, I have always felt a wind of hope gauged by the way the ordinary Kenyan people had been innovating and surviving. This time around, the wind of hope faded, and I kept wondering what had happened. I present three different...

The much hyped confirmation of charges decision by ICC Judges has come to pass. Out of the Ocampo six, only two have been dropped while the remaining four are to proceed further with the trial to eventually carry the cross for the injustices of post-election violence or stage a formidable defence to punch holes into the authenticity of the charges facing...

This is a very sad day for many who love Kenya.  Not so much because any individual has been or has not been ensnared in Ocampo's net, but because we have allowed the ICC and its manipulators to take our sovereignty and stack the political deck in favor of people who have already sold our homeland as a price for foreign support.  If we make the...

On Monday, January 23, the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver a ruling that will radically alter the Kenyan political landscape and greatly impact ethnic relations in the country. The ICC will either confirm or dismiss the charges brought against the suspects behind Kenya’s post-election violence in 2007-2008. Whatever the decision, the...

As I think about the year that has just gone by, I am filled with immense gratitude for all that I experienced in 2011. In many ways, 2011 was a life changing year for me. Most importantly, it was the year that my work with "We the Change" Foundation (in the field of early childhood education and care) started in earnest. Mahatma" Gandhi once said that "...

Kenyan people are extremely proud of ICC as an institution for its organizational excellence and standards as an international judicial platform.

Since the opening of Kenya’s cases at The Hague, Kenyans and observers alike have been bombarded with unprecedented levels of propaganda and theories on who should bear the greatest responsibility...

One of the purposes of jurisprudence is to promote justice and therefore peace.  It is therefore ironic that a recent article (Kenya urged to boost witnesses’ security ahead of ICC verdict by Bernard Namunane, in The Daily Nation of Tuesday, January 10, 2012) reported that The Africa Crisis Group, described as an international lobby, had warned that...

I take this opportunity to demand on behalf of all Kenyans and Diaspora, for an Appeal of the High Court Judgement so to have the Kenya's Election Date to remain according to Reform Time-Table which is August this year (2012).

Reasons are: