The refreshing tales of the best students fete ever at MKU-SoL *Sponsored Post* MR. AND MISS. MKU 2021On the evening of Thursday, November 11, the fraternity of Mount Kenya University School of law constellated at the famous Nairobi Cinema to witness the finals of Mr. and Miss. MKU Parklands, a fete to celebrate fashion and… Continue reading MR & MISS MKU PARKLANDS

The price of historical injustices On the evening of December 30, 2007, I was seven, I sat legged crossed next to my grandfather as we keenly listened to BBC Swahili World Service broadcast that incumbent President Mwai Kibaki had been re-elected, and that hundred were feared dead minutes after the then electoral commission boss Samuel… Continue reading The Kenya 2007 Post Elections Violence

It is that one particular chilly Saturday morning. Nairobi weather can sometimes play games on you. The day before this, the weather forecasts department of a leading media house had predicted an extremely sunny day for this day, but here we are, shivering helplessly like the himalayan goats. That one aside, I am with Mwinga… Continue reading MWINGA MWADZIWE-The promising young politician

The 100 Days Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda Among the most told and notorious history stories in Africa there exists the Rwanda Genocide of 1994. The history of Africa cannot be told without mentioning this scary bloodbath that can only be compared to Hitler’s Holocaust (pundits argue that Genocide against the Tutsis was far… Continue reading 1994 GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA

PRESIDENT, MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION It is a cloudy Tuesday morning. I make my way into The Mount Kenya University , Law Campus in Parklands Nairobi. I walk straight to the office of the students’ President in the Basement of the gigantic MKU Law Complex. After knocking, the ever smiling Jesse… Continue reading JESSE SARUNI- Young Changemakers Edition

For a very long time, the leadership spectrum in this country was dominated by the old people, majority being 50 years and above. The parliament was often referred to as the house of retirees. This name came to be because people were seeking elective positions after their retirement from the public service. The trend was… Continue reading Time to Rethink Youth Leadership?

One of the most difficult things I have ever done was to interview a public figure on a busy road and oh boy, this was tough, and let me tell you why. So it is a cloudy afternoon, I am with the Cinderella hitmaker Abdul Deedat alias Flexboy Deedat, we are walking from the main… Continue reading FLEXBOY DEEDAT ON YOUNG-CHANGEMAKERS-EDITION

It is one of those Saturday evenings where I find myself quite bored therefore I turn to my WhatsApp so that I can read those many unread texts, at least turning some greyticks into blueticks and replying to those that deserve one. As I go through these unread chats, I notice this particular group of… Continue reading THE UNPLEASANT RUSH TO SEEK VALIDATION

What exactly led to crisis in Ethiopia For a year now, the Horn of Africa populous and fast developing country of Ethiopia has been at war by itself, in other words , there has been a civil strife. The conflict is between the government forces led by Prime Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abiy… Continue reading THE ROOT OF THE ETHIOPIAN VIOLENCE:

The history of the people of the United States of America cannot be written without mentioning the Civil War. While indeed there are several other historical events that have taken place within the territory of the US such as the now infamous and abhorred Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the 1776-83 Revolution that led to the independence… Continue reading THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR