By Dr. Luchetu Likaka – Researcher and Political Analyst Religion, at its best, should be a moral compass; at its worst, it becomes a profitable enterprise that thrives on fear, ignorance, and blind loyalty. In Kenya today, the church has increasingly drifted from being a sanctuary of conscience to a marketplace of miracles. Like a
By Dr. Luchetu Likaka – Researcher and Political Analyst I find the current wave of presidential opinion polls in Kenya analytically weak and politically overstated. They are being elevated beyond their evidentiary value and, in doing so, risk misleading both the public and decision-makers. To begin with, these polls are conducted outside a meaningful electoral
By Dr. Luchetu Likaka – Researcher and Political Analyst The passing of Cyrus Jirongo closes a chapter written in bold ink, one of ambition and bravado, of dizzying ascents and bruising descents. He lived like a proverb in motion: the river that roars loudest often carves the deepest valleys. In mourning him, we are compelled