Nairobi, Oct. 14 -- The short rains are due. Across the country, farmers are reading the sky the way their grandparents did. Vuli now. Then the dry months of kiangazi. Then masika, the long rains, in... Read More
Nairobi, Oct. 7 -- Kenya's political season has arrived early, and loud. In under three weeks, the Azimio coalition renamed itself the Ukombozi Alliance. Senator Edwin Sifuna unveiled The Equitable Pa... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 30 -- Yesterday at Lamu, President William Ruto and businessman Aliko Dangote broke ground on a $16 billion oil refinery designed to process 700,000 barrels a day, with a 1,000- megawat... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- On Monday in New York, at an Accra Reset convening beside the 81st UN General Assembly, President William Ruto said Africa must be a builder of the technologies defining this cent... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 16 -- Some of you did. Most did not. This month has handed everyone who hesitated good reasons to feel wise about it. On September 11, a gazette notice recorded the administration of G... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 9 -- A candle loses nothing by lighting another. Everyone has watched it happen at a vigil or a celebration: one flame leaning into a second wick, and the room growing brighter while th... Read More
Nairobi, Sept. 2 -- This week the national carrier announced yet another leadership transition. An acting chief executive stepping down, the company secretary stepping up in an acting capacity, a subs... Read More
Nairobi, Aug. 26 -- This week, stories from inside our workplaces moved through the headlines. I do not know which details are true or noise, and this column will not judge a case it cannot verify. Bu... Read More
Nairobi, Aug. 12 -- Some weeks ago, I watched a problem die inside a bank. It was a critical issue, and solving it would have cost the bank almost nothing. No millions. Instead, it moved from desk to... Read More
Nairobi, Aug. 5 -- Last Thursday evening, in a prime-time address, the President announced that Kenya will begin crafting Vision 2060. A national conversation opens on August 12, aiming at a developme... Read More