Dauti Kahura, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/dauti/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:26:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Dauti Kahura, Author at This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/author/dauti/ 32 32 67616479 Newly elected Kenyan MPs demand monthly salary hike https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/newly-elected-kenyan-mps-demand-monthly-salary-hike/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/newly-elected-kenyan-mps-demand-monthly-salary-hike/?noamp=mobile#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:26:02 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71981 The new and old Kenyan MPs elected to the 13th parliament are united in demanding for a “just” pay for the tough work ahead of them. In past years, newly elected legislators have always agitated for higher perks than the previous ones, demanding pay hikes beyond the wildest imagination of the electorate.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/newly-elected-kenyan-mps-demand-monthly-salary-hike/feed/ 0 71981 The myth of Deep State, how Raila’s Canaan dream went blue & other stories in the just ended elections https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/myth-of-deep-state-how-railas-canaan-dream-went-blue/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/myth-of-deep-state-how-railas-canaan-dream-went-blue/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2022 22:37:05 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71902 With Raila Odinga losing the presidency a record fifth time, has the myth of Deep State in Kenya been busted?

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/myth-of-deep-state-how-railas-canaan-dream-went-blue/feed/ 0 71902 How Raila followers drunk the Kool-Aid https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/how-raila-followers-drunk-the-kool-aid/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/how-raila-followers-drunk-the-kool-aid/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 10:49:46 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71851 Raila Odinga’s followers didn’t start drinking Kool-Aid in 2022. To many of them, William Ruto was simply unelectable and victory was palpable, but Ruto delivered a shock win. For Odinga voters and strategists, they face Ruto’s victory with grief, anger, disbelief and perhaps a twinge of envy.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/how-raila-followers-drunk-the-kool-aid/feed/ 0 71851 The Kenyatta family’s hubris https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-kenyatta-familys-hubris/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-kenyatta-familys-hubris/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:23:04 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71754 In the Aug. 9 Kenyan polls, Azimio coalition backed by Pres Uhuru Kenyatta was whitewashed in the key Mt Kenya region. Prior to the elections, the chickens had already been counted — Mt Kenya would overwhelmingly vote blue. The Kenyattas costly assumed that victory was certain but were left smarting, asking “why have the Kikuyu people turned against us?”

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-kenyatta-familys-hubris/feed/ 0 71754 New Nairobi County Governor Sakaja has his work cut out https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/new-nairobi-county-governor-sakaja-has-his-work-cut-out/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/new-nairobi-county-governor-sakaja-has-his-work-cut-out/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 30 Aug 2022 11:30:35 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71641 New Governor Johnson Sakaja faces a daunting task to restore Nairobi to its glory days of “Green City in the Sun”. Governor Sakaja inherits a City Hall riddled with Mafia cartels of the New York city type or of Sicily’s Palermo.

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