So, all of us would do well to stop fighting each other for our space at the bottom, because there ain’t no more room.” – Cheryl Clarke In Nairobi’s power circles, the air is thick with tension—and danger. Former Deputy President of Kenya, Rigathi Gachagua, has hurled a political grenade, alleging that President William Ruto …

The Al-Shabaab Question: How President Ruto’s War with Gachagua Could Ignite a Political Time Bomb and Trigger a Crisis Worse Than The Watergate Scandal.Read More

History will not remember President Ruto as the leader who lifted Kenyans out of poverty, but as the man who turned the Statehouse into a charity tent for the poor he helped create. There is an old saying—when the gods want to finish you, they first make you mad and confused. Today, that proverb found …

When the Statehouse In Kenya Becomes a Marketplace of Handouts, It’s Not Enough To Say Madness.Read More

“A common language cannot cure a corrupt soul, for justice is spoken in deeds, not words. When the law is broken, it makes no difference if it is in Swahili, Kikuyu, or English—it is still broken. The true national language is justice, and without it, social media debates attacking those who speak their mother tongue …

A Nation Lost in Translation: Why Language is Not Kenya’s Real ProblemRead More

David Odhiambo|Diaspora Times Political Analyst UK Blood Before Bandages: Ruto’s Hollow Promise to Compensate Protest Victims “Like Amin and Pinochet before him, Ruto trades justice for coins, hoping the world mistakes payment for penance.” President William Ruto’s announcement of a formal mechanism to compensate victims of demonstrations and riots, made through a presidential proclamation on …

Ruto Pays for Blood with Coins: A Desperate Bid to Appease Washington DC and Kenyans Over Gen Z Killings.Read More

By Arch. Dr. D.K. Gitau | The Diaspora Times “They will spend their energy fighting dialects while their future is auctioned to Chinese contractors and local cartels. They will become linguistically colonized, politically misled, and economically irrelevant. Let them know: In a country where injustice speaks all languages, no one should be condemned for speaking …

Linguistically Colonized by Its Own Youth: The Hypocrisy Behind (A Section Of Gen Z’s) Attack on Gachagua’s US Tour.Read More

President Ruto’s Speech today sounded like arrogance of Legacy and a Naïve Canonization of Kenya’s infamous Past Despotic Strongmen.” By David Odhiambo| U.K. | The Diaspora Times Evening News, August 4th, 2025 In what was perhaps one of the most revealing moments of his presidency, William Ruto stood before a nation battered by economic despair, …

President Ruto’s Ill-Conceived Glorification of Kenya’s Past Strongmen.Read More

By Arch. Dr. D.K. Gitau | The Diaspora Times | August 2025 At independence in 1963, Kenyans danced in the streets, intoxicated by dreams of freedom, dignity, and justice. The Union Jack was lowered, and in its place, the black, red, green, and white flag of a newly independent nation soared. But as history has …

From Chains to Champagne: How Kenya’s Rulers Inherited the Whip and Called It FreedomRead More

By David Odhiambo, UK CorrespondentThe Diaspora Times In the tapestry of biblical history, few rulers evoke as much unease as King Ahab of Israel. He was a man entrusted with national leadership, yet his reign became synonymous with spiritual decay, political violence, and a calculated assault on truth. Today, as Kenya navigates the reign of …

Kenya’s Ahab Moment: When the Pulpit Bows to PowerRead More