Linus Kaikai

Linus Kaikai

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  • Rita Tinina, This Is It! - A tribute by Linus Kaikai

    Rita Tinina, This Is It! - A tribute by Linus Kaikai

    Nevertheless, I will always hold to many great memories of one of the kindest and finest human souls.A good attitude matters and Rita always displayed the finest. This made her the jewel of the newsroom. In a reporter, EVERY newsroom leader looks for reliability and Rita personified reliability. She...

  • KAIKAIS KICKER: International Day of Happiness  Why government owes Kenyans happiness

    KAIKAIS KICKER: International Day of Happiness Why government owes Kenyans happiness

    If as a Kenyan you are hearing about the International Day of Happiness for the first time, dont worry we are a nation of nearly if not over 50 million souls; meaning there is a very good chance of a critical mass that is not very familiar with the day.

  • KAIKAIS KICKER: Like colonialism and racism, tribalism is futile

    KAIKAIS KICKER: Like colonialism and racism, tribalism is futile

    Judge William Musyoka found that out of the 1,406 KRA recruits, a whopping 785 came from two communities the Kalenjin and the Kikuyu. The judge observed that in a country of over 40 tribes, this constituted a 56 percent lion share for only two communities.

  • KAIKAI'S KICKER: DPP Withdrawals

    KAIKAI'S KICKER: DPP Withdrawals

    Now just sample this; earlier Thursday, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission clashed in court over an application by the DPP to withdraw an ongoing corruption case at the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi....

  • KAIKAIS KICKER: Degree of fake swallowing Kenya

    KAIKAIS KICKER: Degree of fake swallowing Kenya

    On my Kicker tonight, a Public Service Commission (PSC) report has dragged the skunk back to the centre of the Kenyan house.And the stench is not just unbearable but cruel in its nasal reminder of the reality that our nation Kenya is a country in the grip of the fake.

  • NEWS GANG: Law or moral cowardice

    NEWS GANG: Law or moral cowardice

    In what we can call a season grand finale for the hot and cold war on corruption, the Arror, Kimwarer corruption case has ended in apparent futility. 

  • NEWS GANG: Exams fiasco, we are burning the future

    NEWS GANG: Exams fiasco, we are burning the future

    First, really, as a country, we cannot proceed as if nothing just happened. We think the fiasco over the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results is a big deal; indeed a grave matter.

  • KAIKAI'S KICKER: Let us value and protect the civil service

    KAIKAI'S KICKER: Let us value and protect the civil service

    Earlier this week, I spent a lot of time with former Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura, a career public servant who spent nearly 50 years in the civil service.Muthaura has just penned his memoirs and joins some of his predecessors such as Duncan Ndegwa and the late Jeremiah Kiereini who have s...

  • KAIKAI'S KICKER: Small fish, big fish-bottom-up graft war

    KAIKAI'S KICKER: Small fish, big fish-bottom-up graft war

    In a decisive step on Wednesday, President William Ruto ordered the removal from the government payroll of names of forest officials he termed as, "Saboteurs who are encouraging the destruction of our environment

  • KAIKAI KICKER: View of Cabinet through Governor Kahigas regional telescope

    KAIKAI KICKER: View of Cabinet through Governor Kahigas regional telescope

    From the outset, Governor Kahiga sees the Cabinet changes entirely through the regional lens and more aptly, what we can only call Governor Kahigas narrow and long Mt. Kenya telescope.Now, for a country as diverse as Kenya, Governor Kahigas telescope should be found disturbing....