Reuben Mwambingu

Before he was gunned down in a hail of bullets on August 27, 2012 — reportedly while driving his wife to hospital — Sheikh Aboud Rogo Mohammed had already carved his name into Kenya's list of most dangerous radical clerics.

Mathematics has reclaimed its place as a compulsory subject in the senior school curriculum after the Ministry of Education unveiled a revised framework for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).

The political temperature in ODM leader Raila Odinga's traditional strongholds has gone strikingly quiet—not from apathy, but, according to observers, out of calculated patience.

Since the bitter falling-out between President William Ruto and his former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, the latter has steadily escalated the political pressure.

Kenyans remember ODM leader Raila Odinga's heyday when he stood at the forefront of a historic revolution against President Daniel arap Moi's KANU regime. In his prime, Raila was vibrant, tenacious, and fiercely galvanising, commanding crowds with seemingly inexhaustible energy.

Since the death of Kenya's founding president, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, on August 22, 1978, many Kenyans have harboured a quiet belief that the eighth month of the year is jinxed. The month has, over the decades, witnessed a string of tragedies that have left lasting scars on the national memory.

Anyone familiar with Kenya's fragile frontier politics would wonder why a government that has battled waves of insecurity in border communities and clung to stringent identification measures for decades would suddenly scrap a process as critical as vetting in the very regions where threats remain high.

The fight for Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka's political allegiance is fast emerging as one of the most decisive battles ahead of the 2027 General Election.

President William Ruto's administration has consistently projected a commitment to lowering the cost of university education. But beneath the rhetoric, the administration has refused to soften its stance on a controversial funding model that categorises students by financial need and the cost of their chosen programmes.

By now, the phrase “economic empowerment” must have acquired a new political meaning.