Vincent Obadha

What's in an outfit? Police take on new clothes, again, as other reforms remain hanging

A new shirt and a new pair of trousers are visible, photographable, and popular with officers who might have genuine grievances about comfort and practicality. Gachagua promised Kenya Kwanza would restore dignity to the service.

Speaker Wetangula exposed how State House has politicised teacher employment

Wetangula did not name any of the MPs he accused, nor did he offer details of the recruitment exercise in question. 

Understanding El Niño: The ocean pattern reshaping East Africa's rainy season

During El Niño, those trade winds weaken or even reverse, letting warm water pool in the central and eastern Pacific instead.

‘Sponsor!’ Uhuru Kenyatta’s shadow looms over Ruto govt as campaigns intensify

The funding allegation, whether or not it is ever substantiated, is doing real political work, for Kenya Kwanza. 

The elephant in the room as Kenya charts Vision 2060

Public procurement scandals, inflated contracts, ghost projects and diverted development funds have shadowed Vision 2030 for most of its life. 

IEBC opens tenders for KIEMS kits, ballot papers and 2027 voter register

The tenders have been floated under open, competitive international procurement, open to both local and international firms.

UN warns strengthening El Niño will be a big threat as Kenya maps high-risk zones

Experts and officials have repeatedly pointed out that the scale of destruction linked to El Niño rains in Kenya is rarely just a function of the volume of rainfall itself. 

Who owns 'Linda Mwananchi' name? High-stakes party registration stirs legal storm

Sifuna's team met the Registrar of Political Parties, John Cox Lorionokou, after the ORPP had earlier rejected an application to reserve the name "Linda Mwananchi Party of Kenya”.The rejection communicated to promoter Charles Wanyonyi held that the name closely resembled an already reserved slogan.

A rogue house for hire: How Kenya's Parliament has sold its soul

Sifuna matrix in Western Kenya and echoes of Kijana Wamalwa, Masinde Muliro

To understand why the region is “Sifunated," it helps to recall what made the late Kijana Wamalwa and the late Masinde Muliro formidable in their days.