There is something particularly bizarre in the way Transport Minister Amos Muhinga Kimunya conducts his official duties. When, as Finance Minister in 2008 he faced a public storm and calls to resign over the apparently irregular and highly controversial sale of the Grand Regency Hotel, Kimunya publicly—and rather arrogantly, I daresay—declared, “I would rather die than resign!”A few days later Finance Minister Amos Kimu...

Two no, Three things have happened recently, which have made my confidence in our politicians hit the rock bottom.First there was the private Member’s Bill that was aimed at taming the constantly rising interest rates charged by Kenyan banks. When the matter came up for voting on the floor of the House, majority of the MPs voted against it.For a moment, in my naivety I assumed that the honourable Waheshimiwas had been driven by patriotis...

The more I read in newspapers, watch on television and listen to radio stories about the controversy around currency printer De la Rue, the more I am reminded of a childhood story I was once told by my grandmother about an ogre, a little boy and a river. The story went something like this. Long, long time ago, there lived a boy who was known as Koome Njue. He lived in a village where nearby there was a big river and a deep forest. Ko...

In the last several weeks Kenyans have been treated to what has fast degenerated to a dangerous game of beating ethnic war drums under the guise of “prayer meetings” for The Hague suspects. Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto have been traversing the country drumming up popular support against the Hague trials. In all sincerity, I sympathise with the two politicians as much as I also greatly feel for the IDPs languishing out in th...