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Politics aside Doctors CBA 7 Have Shown Us What Leadership is About

18 Feb 2017 Loise Mwakamba

The last time Kenyans rallied together for a national political cause was in 2002. We were all excited at the thought of doing away with …

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MPs Behaving Badly, Will Kenyans Say - Enough!

10 Feb 2017 Loise Mwakamba

Kenyans thought they had seen it all, arrogance, selfishness, dishonorable behavior until nominated Senator Paul Njoroge decided to shoot in the air twice, threatening Vivo …

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Post truth politics will be the end of Kenyans

3 Feb 2017 Loise Mwakamba

Our Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary failed to clinch the much publicized African Union (AU) chair position and naturally focus shifted to the millions used by …

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The Mass Voter Registration Campaigns Reveal What’s More Important to Our Leaders

27 Jan 2017 Loise Mwakamba

Drought is ravaging the country. Thousands are going for days without proper food and animals are dying. Yet, our leaders are worried about tyranny of …

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The Electorate Needs to Read the Times Correctly

20 Jan 2017 Loise Mwakamba

A Swahili adage goes that the ear destined to die does not take its medicine. The electorate is the ear in this case. It’s quite …

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How to get it right and put politicians in their place in 2017 elections

13 Jan 2017 Loise Mwakamba

It’s something of a wonder that Kenyans vote once every five years and spend the remaining four or so years complaining about the leaders they …

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Can We Add Building Trust to Our New Year Resolutions?

6 Jan 2017 Loise Mwakamba

New Year is the only time of the year that a wave of hope blows strong. People forgive each other, pledge to be kind to …

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Matiangi proves yet again that corruption and cartels can be defeated

30 Dec 2016 Loise Mwakamba

The release of this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) revealed everything that’s wrong with this country-the potential to defeat corruption but choosing the …

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The Cost of Corruption and why CJ is on track

9 Dec 2016 Loise Mwakamba

273 Members of Parliament were reported to have allegedly looted Sh 4billion from Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in less than one year. Consider that 290 …

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Matiangi restores credibility in KNEC can key institutions borrow a leaf?

2 Dec 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Kenyan celebrated musician Julius Owino aka Juliani in the popular song Sheria by Sarabi Band has this verse where he says, things are so bad …

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Lessons for Kenya from the US 2016 Election

11 Nov 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Donald Trump is America’s president-elect. We need a moment of silent to let that sink. His win has sent political pundits and pollsters back to …

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Weak Institutions are the curse of our democracy

4 Nov 2016 Loise Mwakamba

Last week Kenyans were falling over themselves on social media trying to comprehend how Sh.5billion could disappear at the Health Ministry, following what the government …