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PREMIUM Kwamchetsi Makokha: Do traitors ever become heroes? Death permits the living to claim the dead without accommodating their contradictions or capacity to unsettle the order.
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PREMIUM Irungu Kang’ata: Kenya needs to bury its coins and notes It is time we made a radical decision: in five years, let Kenya cancel coins and notes and go fully digital.
PREMIUM Makau Mutua: Why 2027 won’t be 2002 redux The dinosaurs will be sent packing with their minions. Even if those minions are in their 40s.
PREMIUM Civil servants face vetting over Sh6.2bn payroll fraud State renews push to identify irregular recruitment and weaknesses in management of public funds.
PREMIUM Mosiria exposes bitter fallout with Sakaja Nairobi County Chief Officer declares intention to challenge Governor Sakaja in 2027.
PREMIUM Junior vs Winnie: Fresh divisions rock Odinga family President Ruto's second term bid divides Odinga family down the middle.
