PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION Author won the Sankofa Book Awards Kenya 2025 with the novel The Inmate: The Beginning and the End of an Injustice and leads the list of 97 young African literary talents. Nairobi, Kenya — August 15, 2025, 12:00 PM (local time) — Angolan writer Nituecheni Africano has achieved a historic milestone by being ranked …

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By Job Kirwa-Cherangani-own opinion It is time we stop being fooled by televised confessions and staged crackdowns. Kenya does not need a president who plays both arsonist and firefighter. President Ruto’s sudden moral outrage over bribery in Parliament would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerously hypocritical. He now wants the country to believe that …

Ruto’s Bribery Gospel: When the Preacher Turns on His Choir.Read More

By Selugame Daffo| Restore Democracy Group, Kenya. “Africa’s Activists Are Not Criminals – Stop the Abductions. Restore Democracy Now.” The tragic death of Marinos Alexandros, a young woman and supporter of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (NUP), is yet another painful reminder of the brutality opposition activists continue to face under authoritarian regimes in Africa. According …

When Justice Becomes a Crime: The Death of Marinos Alexandros Under Museveni’s Watch.Read More

Editorial | The Diaspora Times “No Jobs. No Medicine. But Grammys? Ruto’s Priorities Are Playing on the Wrong Frequency.” Kenya don’t need global partnerships to be recognized. It needs a government that recognizes its people. In a move that defies the priorities of a suffering nation, President William Ruto has announced that one of the …

Grammy Dreams, Empty Stomachs: Ruto’s Delusional Dance While Kenya BleedsRead More

“Entrusting unqualified individuals with the responsibility of shaping our nation’s laws has proven perilous, as the legislative process has increasingly become a conduit for corruption and a mechanism to advance the interests of the President or legislators themselves, rather than the public good.“ By Arch. Dr. D.K. Gitau In Kenya’s Parliament, laws are passed—sometimes hastily, …

Reclaiming the Constitution of Kenya: Why Kenya Should Remove Lawmaking from Politicians and Return It to the Learned.Read More

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Diaspora Truth: We Live Tribal, Proudly, Because Our Tribes Are Our Homes Abroad – Sudi, Stop Mistaking Community for Division and Leave Gachagua to Mind Kenya’s Real Problems The most disturbing aspect is watching Kenyan leaders like Oscar Sudi travel abroad, from Kenya to other destinations, and still issue statements urging Kenyans to keep Gachagua …

In the Diaspora, We Live Tribal and We Like It – Sudi, Stop Preaching What You Don’t Understand”Read More

PRESS RELEASE-DIASPORA TIMES EDITORIAL|8/11/2025 Running a state—especially one as complex as Kenya’s—requires a level of intellectual rigor, policy literacy, and diplomatic understanding that cannot be replaced by street smarts alone. Kenya’s biggest tragedy today is not simply that we have a President who makes questionable decisions—it is that William Ruto surrounds himself with advisors who, …

From Statesmen to Streetmen: How Kenya’s Advisory Standards Have Collapsed.Read More

By Dr. Jean Wanjira Kamau| Reporting from Kenya “When leaders fear the truth, they call it madness, and a government that silences questions builds its own prison. Intimidation is the last refuge of those with something to hide.“ Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen’s recent threat to admit former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to a mental …

When Truth Becomes Treason: Murkomen vs. Gachagua in the Politics of Intimidation and FearRead More

Progress achieved by silencing those who demand justice and the freedom to speak is an empty victory, for no development can eclipse the sanctity of life. To a grieving mother, a newly paved road to her home offers no solace when it stands as a stark reminder of the son she lost in the Gen …

Paved Roads, Lies, and Buried Truths: Why Ruto’s Development Gospel Cannot Wash Away His Regime’s SinsRead More