Sam Gituku
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SAM’S SENSE: State House happy hour...
Just as is often the case, the majority of state departments and entities had under-implemented their budgets. On average, departments absorbed 47 per cent of the Ksh.4.69 trillion expenditure plan.
SAM'S SENSE: KPC IPO: What are Kenyans saying?
First, the privatisation of the Kenya Pipeline has been a topic that dominated public discourse for the better part of 2025. Many questions were posed, many loaded with suspicion that particular government functionaries were intent on cutting a piece of the KPC cake.
MPs clash over proposed National Infrastructure Fund amid oversight concerns
Proponents of the bill say it is the surest way for the country to unlock trillions of shillings needed to develop previously neglected areas.The bill has divided the House between those in support of President William Ruto’s “Singapore dream” and those sceptical of i...
SAM'S SENSE: Miracle stadiums, in darkness
Let me tell you a story of the quest for stadiums. Kenyans love them. Even the ones they don’t have, they aspire to have. In the villages it is not unusual to find a dusty beaten patch being nicknamed Old Trafford.
SAM'S SENSE: IEBC - Now, fix the Secretariat
Now, Sunkuli’s ascendance follows the recent termination of Marjan Hussein Marjan’s contract. He was to serve until March 2027, with the possibility of contract renewal for a further five years.
SAM'S SENSE: Day schools or D schools?
Statistics show that the class of 2025 produced the highest number of quality grades in comparison to previous cohorts. 27 per cent of those graded qualified to directly join universities whose minimum is C plus.
SAM'S SENSE: Heckling choirs for hire
In Kenya, leadership often exists more in theory than in practice.But what level of confidence — or arrogance — does it take to ferry a heckling crowd into a church event attended by the Head of State, certain there will be no consequences?
SAM'S SENSE: Inequality: Kenya's two worlds
It makes no sense that in one household there is plenty to fly a family member abroad for specialised treatment, while in the neighbour’s, they have no Ksh.300 to pay SHIF subscription. This inequality is unsustainable.
Data Point: Fact-checking President Ruto’s State of the Nation address
Ruto cited major sectoral reforms, and outlined an ambitious new roadmap to transform Kenya into a developed country modelled after the Asian Tigers nations; a plan he said will require at least Ksh.5 trillion.
SAM'S SENSE: Lessons after Adani
There was fierce excitement on the floor of the house as members of parliament, some of whom had spent weeks defending the Adani-GoK arrangement, hailed the president for being a listening head of state.