Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta with the late ODM leader Raila Odinga. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s declaration that the late ODM leader Raila Odinga actually won the 2022 presidential election is not a statement that Kenya can simply swallow and move on from. It demands questions. Four years after the election, Uhuru…
OPINION | Why opposition has grounds to appeal High Court presidential results ruling The 2017 Maina Kiai decision remains highly relevant. In that landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal held that presidential results declared by constituency returning officers are final. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO The High Court’s recent decision upholding the national tallying and verification…
President William Ruto currently on a tour of Nyanza region. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO By any serious measure, Senator Edwin Sifuna has become a problem President William Ruto can no longer laugh away. For months, the establishment treated the Nairobi senator as political noise: an ambitious young lawyer, an ODM firebrand, a man supposedly enjoying…
Nairobi Senator and Linda Mwananchi leader Edwin Sifuna speaking at Jacaranda grounds. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO There are moments in the life of a nation when politics ceases to be merely a contest for power and becomes a referendum on its future. Kenya is approaching such a moment. As the country inches towards the 2027…
Across much of the Western financial press, Africa’s growing use of China’s renminbi (RMB) is often framed through the lens of geopolitics, expanding Chinese influence and shifting global alliances. Yet beneath the political framing lies a far more practical story, one rooted in cost management, efficiency and financial pragmatism. Kenya offers one of the clearest…
Embattled ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino, during a recent political rally. PHOTO/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] As I watch the ongoing political realignments unfold, I can’t help but reflect on one powerful, resounding truth: the young people of Kenya have spoken, and they have chosen their leader. When Edwin…
Human Rights Watch respectfully seeks leave to submit an amicus curiae to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (hereafter the Court) in relation to its forthcoming advisory opinion on the human rights obligations of states in the context of the climate change crisis. Our research shows that climate change already negatively affects communities…
Kinshasa / Paris / Geneva / Amsterdam — • Recommendation based on Phase II/III study demonstrating up to 96 per cent success rates at 18 months across both early and advanced stages of T.b. gambiense, the most common form of sleeping sickness • The therapy, given as a single dose of three tablets, could offer a simpler…
Paul Colmer, executive member of WAPA. After years of planning, trials and technical validation, dynamic spectrum sharing has moved from regulatory aspiration to proven reality – and it happened faster than anyone in the industry expected. In late January 2026, stakeholders gathered in KwaZulu-Natal to witness the culmination of field trials that could fundamentally reshape…
Young forestry champions in attendance at the Zámba Heritage Congress. PHOTO/FSC. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] When delegates from across Africa and beyond gathered in Nairobi between February 10 and 12 for the inaugural Zamba Heritage Congress, the future of African forests felt palpably on the line. I sat through three days of debate convinced that…
