Patrick Gathara

The year 2023 will see the Kenyan state set­tle down to its cus­tom­ary role of par­a­site and pro­tec­tor of elite ex­trac­tion.

Kenyans marked the Plat­inum Ju­bilee of the British queen but ig­nored the 70th an­niver­sary of the KLFA re­bel­lion. Why?

Pleas from the Glob­al South will not stir West­ern gov­ern­ment into ac­tion. Only West­ern suf­fer­ing will.

The re­cent racism row in France re­veals much about im­pe­r­i­al ideas of iden­ti­ty among both right and the left.

Queen Eliz­a­beth’s pass­ing should pro­voke a self-ex­am­i­na­tion of our own role in pre­serv­ing colo­nial her­itage.

Democ­ra­cy, rather than a sys­tem for se­lect­ing rulers, should en­able the peo­ple to rule them­selves.

Both have a habit of let­ting sup­port­ers down. But as Kenya tries to move be­yond its lat­est elec­tion, there is hope.

The Au­gust 9 elec­tion was the most bor­ing Kenya has had – but this may in fact be just the thing the coun­try needs.

Pro­fes­sor Wa­jack­oy­ah should not be al­lowed to turn the le­gal­i­sa­tion de­bate into a po­lit­i­cal joke this elec­tion sea­son.

The up­com­ing elec­tion may soon turn into a ref­er­en­dum on Uhu­ru Keny­at­ta and his lega­cy