Ethiopians have shown us how to market and romanticise coffee. Let's do the same with our tea.
Kenya must rethink education to tackle credential inflation, inequality, outdated curricula and underinvestment in research.
Ruto's angry rhetoric risks alienating voters and strengthening his opponents.
Mashujaa Day should honour forgotten freedom fighters, scholars and nation-builders through better historical documentation and preservation.
Back to the Nobel: who are the winners in 2026, and why did they win? Before getting academic, let's say something about the laureates. Clearly, Africa is missing.
The opinion piece warns that sidelining critical thinking, underfunding universities and undermining intellectual disciplines threaten Kenya's education system.
A president who dismisses an opponent as empty should welcome the opportunity to expose that emptiness through argument.
We are allowed to label our President's behaviour and, if need be, find out if he is still fit for office.
Ruto is a habitual liar, a trait the two of them share, with Uhuru well-known among his friends for being the master of doublespeak, bluff and dissimulation.
As we remember him, the true measure of Raila's legacy, lies in whether the freedoms he fought for will be preserved and institutions strengthened.
Raila's compassion grew from his own experience. He knew what it was to be hounded and terrified and in fear of his life.
Raila did not exactly inherit his greatness from his father, Jaramogi. If Jaramogi's greatness had been something to be passed on, then the baton should have gone to Oburu Oginga.