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KENYA is at it again. No retreat, no compassion. Some say it’s a merciless stand, others see justification in safeguarding the country’s security. At the end of it all, the largest refugee camp in...
There is no greater human right than the right to self-determination and self-rule. All human beings are born free and equal but others have throughout history, made it their pursuit, to seek and...
What Boozers evidenced recently has forced them to say something. For, the first time, boozers are representing themselves after finding their so-called representatives aren’t saying what boozers...
I witnessed a quarrel between a friend of mine and his neighbour and it was all about a fig tree at a corner of my friend’s compound. The tree had been there for about 30 years, growing from a...
Accurate statistics have been an effective tool towards addressing some crucial challenges in the history of mankind; and of late HIV/AIDS statistics have definitely been informative in showing...
THE families of Omar Lukumbi and Hassan Mohamed of Mandawa village in Kilwa district of Lindi region had not been seeing eye-to-eye for quite some time due to disagreement over a plot of land that...
Scene: The Jolly Club
THE date 16 May, 2016 will not easily be forgotten by the residents of Nairobi. On this Black Monday, a rogue police force unleashed terror on peaceful demonstrators, a throwback to the country’s...
Sipping coffee at a Dar es Salaam restaurant recently, some friends and I found ourselves drifting to the touchy question on how to strengthen institutional democracy in Africa as the only way to...
His back hurts. His memory is slipping. He can’t cook, but then he never could. Igloo-making is no longer one of his diversions. The wit is sharp, quick as ever, but now he’s prone to …
SO, we got an invite to the Corruption Conference in London. Us and Nigeria, along with Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, you know all the big boys.
A recent article by a Kenyan columnist proposing the country’s break-up into ethnic enclaves attracted much criticism, but this is a subject that perhaps requires greater scrutiny.
In recent months I have been struggling to make headlines in the media, because my President John Magufuli is becoming a star each time he makes a speech.