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On 15 November the Kenya Forum posted an article on the subject of what Deputy President William Ruto did, or did not say in a speech to ‘African media leaders’ in Addis Abba (‘What did Ruto really say on press freedom in Addis Ababa?’). Originally it was envisaged that the article would be an attack […]

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Mr William Ruto is the Deputy President of Kenya. Mr Macharia Gaitho is the chairman of the Editors Guild. Both men attended the 6th Annual Africa Media Leaders Conference on ‘Press freedom and Freedom of Expression’ held last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr Ruto was in attendance to address the conference, Mr Gaitho to […]

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Mr Philip Ochieng writes the weekly ‘Fifth Columnist’ article in the Sunday Nation. His articles are nearly always worth reading, being very well written, cogently argued and most often thought-provoking. Mr Ochieng is a ‘veteran journalist’ who has been about a bit and been around a while (he was part of the Mboya/Kennedy ‘airlift’ in […]

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Free speech comes at a price but it is a price worth paying if you want to live in a democratic and free country. Here follows an oddly heartening but concerning story of police corruption: heartening in that it has been uncovered in one of Kenya’s leading newspapers; concerning that it reveals rampant police corruption; […]

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It has been described as ‘an unending circus’ and ‘possibly Kenya’s most intriguing family dispute’, either way the 32-year legal battle to decide who gets what out of the multi-billion shilling estate of the late  former Cabinet minister Mbiyu Koinange is a sorry tale in which ultimately probably only the lawyers will benefit. SH10 BILLION […]

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