Rigathi Gachagua may have made a rather unusual political mistake: he became fully formed too early. There are still eleven months to the election, yet we already know almost everything there is to know about this version of Rigathi. His grievance, his constituency, his party, his enemies, his ambition and,
The rallies are growing. The crowds are impressive. The rhetoric is getting sharper. But one question remains: is Edwin Sifuna ready to take on President William Ruto? Sifuna has emerged as one of the most visible voices in Kenya's opposition politics. His appeal, particularly among younger and urban voters, is
Ruto turned Kenya's largest opposition party into a coalition partner without an election, a merger, or a single fulfilled promise. When the MOU expires on 7 March 2026, ODM's journey from opposition to Ruto's coalition partner becomes official. By Peninah Wangeci Political Strategist and Commentator Stop asking whether ODM will leave Ruto’s government
By Patrick Iraki The mantle that Raila Odinga wrested from Jaramogi’s anointed successor has, by the cruel arithmetic of mortality, found its way back to the Mulembe nation but the young man upon whose shoulders it now rests must understand that a mantle is not a throne. There is, in the oral
By Patrick Iraki The picture from Addis Ababa tells you everything and nothing. It is the most DISHONEST photograph in Kenyan political history since the Handshake. And I will tell you why. Last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stood between two Kenyan men and smiled for the camera. On his left,
By Patrick Iraki The Luhya are the second-largest ethnic group in Kenya. They have 6.8 million people, 2.9 million potential votes when you count the western diaspora in Nairobi, Nakuru and Mombasa, and precisely zero presidents in sixty-three years of independence. This is not, as the conventional analysis insists, because they
By Patrick Iraki The 2022 presidential election was decided by 233,000 votes. Before August 2027, every strategist in Kenya will be asking: where do you find the margin? The conventional answers— consolidate Mt Kenya, split Western, win Nairobi wider — involve contested spaces where every vote won is a vote taken
What Ruto Can Learn From Kibaki’s First Term Let me tell you something about power. Power does not corrupt men. It reveals them. And what Mwai Kibaki revealed, in those final desperate hours of December 2007, was not a criminal — it was something far more interesting. It was a believer.