Youthful politicians set to win North Rift seats

By Titus Too

Youthful candidates are set to be the first governors and senators in the North Rift if their popularity and that of their parties is anything to go by.

In Elgeyo/Marakwet, Uasin Gishu and Nandi, the frontrunners are candidates in their early 30s.

Majority of the young politicians managed to clinch United Republican Party (URP) tickets during the party primaries.

IMPLICATIONS OF UK ENVOY'S ENCOUNTER WITH KALENJIN ELDERS

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2013 BY JOE ADAMA

A number of tipping-point events of the most tremendous political significance in Kenya have begun by being under-reported by the media. And then they have gathered momentum, acceleration, reached critical mass, and changed the course of history.

Perhaps the best-known such event happened in early 1983 at Kisii, when the then President Daniel arap Moi cryptica...

Kenya’s Election: Brave New World Or Highway To Hell?

By Richard Dowden
January 29, 2013
Everyone is strapped in and the Kenyan election roller coaster has begun. A cacophony of electioneering propaganda is being blasted out through every medium. The political godfathers are flying around the country firing up their supporters, screwing down the vote, constituency by constituency and promising heaven after the March 4th poll. Kenya is poised at the top...

The Framing of William Samoei Ruto: How Martha Karua Made an Ass Out of International Law

By Giles Humphry

I came to meet the honourable William Ruto, the Kenyan MP and (at the time) candidate for president, when he was chosen to be guest of honour at the launch of “Unyielding Hope:the Life and Times of Koitaleel Somoei” a biography of the freedom fighter who led the resistance to the British invasion of Kenya which I had co-authored with a descendant of the subject. The only thing I kn...

KCPE 2012 Results: County order of ranking

POSITION     COUNTY NAME     MEAN SCORE
1     KIRINYAGA     273
2     ELGEYO MARAKWET     272
3     NANDI     271
4     UASIN GISHU     270
4     BARINGO     270
6     MAKUENI     268
7     BUSIA     267
8     KISUMU     264
9     THARAKA NITHI     263
9     WEST POKOT     263
11     VIHIGA     262
11     SIAYA     262
13     KAJIADO     261 13     KAKAMEGA     261 15     NAIROBI     259 16     NYERI     258 17   ...

RUTO, RAILA MEETING LEAVES TONGUES WAGGING

The question is not whether Mr Raila Odinga met Mr William Ruto but what they discussed, what has changed and why. Ruto confirms, Raila has not denied, meaning there is a lot we not being told. Someone here is testing the waters, and another is recalibrating his suspicionmeter.

As someone said months ago, Ruto should not have burnt his bridges with Raila, for the simple reason that politics i...

View The new Kalenjin Dictionary on Scribd

View The new Kalenjin Dictionary on Scribd - Pronunciation class would be precise for Kale’s Words by Cheptiony mutai

Crazy Monday- odds and ends

It’s now clear that many Kalenjins have problem of pronunciation of words, this isaccording to the many callers to the popular afternoon programme in one the vernacular station KASS FM.The music requests show hosted by Trishaw Cherorot seems to more contr... Read more...

Ruto Posturing The Bane Of Kalenjin Progress

It is with awe and consternation that I have continued to read newspaper articles as well as watch TV news clips attributed to Eldoret North MP William Ruto advising Prime minister Raila Odinga to look elsewhere for votes since the Rift Valley people were no longer interested in working with the PM. That was ostensibly Ruto's response to the Prime Minister's latest foray in the Rift...

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Why Ruto/Uhuru Rallies are A Waste of Time

By Dr Kiplege Zochin

It is now a fact that Ruto’s current political strategy is a waste of time, and is increasingly being viewed in bad light by his community. I refer to his so-called alliance with Uhuru and the "prayer" and "peace" rallies the two have been holding, or plan to hold, around the country.

Beware of Plot Brokers around Eldoret

We need more facts on fraudulent land deals in Eldoret. Reading the article begs for clarification why the government and the local authority is not interested in clarifying this matter. The affected family obviously has a case here but so far we are not seeing anything done about it. Instead it seems the authorities are abeting such deals.