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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

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