A road named after Kibaki? Not exactly
So, I have seen interesting conversations all over on why a major road should have been named after Former President Mwai Kibaki before Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga got one. Well … Well …. To begin […]
Articles by alvankinyua
Kibiru’s crowning as County Spokesman; the flipped Kirinyaga equation
In the ongoing ~ already heated ~ debate of President Uhuru Kenyatta succession, no Mt Kenya county has dominated the conversation than Kirinyaga. The bitter rivalry between powerful Interior PS Karanja Kibicho and the current […]
Kiambu Gubernatorial Race ~ An analysis
James Nyoro ~ Good brain but wrong work station. Excellent agricultural economist only that, Kiambu transitioned ages ago from agriculture to more complex and serious things like being a bedroom and that paradigm seems to […]
Gwata Ndai – Christians showdown completely unnecessary
Folks, in the past few days, an interesting conversation has emerged in which, the digital and social media space has played host to a bitter, faith-fueled war of words pitting staunch Kikuyu traditions hardliners under […]
“Daddy, what is politics?”
A curious small boy once asked his father what exactly politics is. Dad replied, “Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I’m the breadwinner of the family, so let’s call me Capitalism. […]
Lazy in the farm, almost a soldier, eventually president; this man Mwai Kibaki
It is never a shocker whenever you realize that this or that prominent man or woman has that bit of untold story, chronicling their struggles and their humble beginnings. As a matter of fact, many […]
No hugs, masking up and empty pockets; 2020 lessons
What a year! Yes. Just what a year that was 2020. When the usual fireworks graced the skies of each corner of our republic at 0000EAT on 1st January 2020, as we ushered in a […]
TARI NDUÎKU: The mysterious new and bustling town where life never stops
It never used to exist just a few moons ago. Personally, I got to hear of it early this year, yet it is just less than 5 kilometres from my rural village home, where I […]
Maruki: A tale from the dying sights and sounds of our adolescence
At Difathas, actually in the very homestead of Difatha himself, lived a man simply known as Maruki. His real name, as we came to realise later, was Maluki. His aboriginal home was somewhere in Ukambani. […]
RE~IMAGINING OUR REPUBLIC; Rewriting the Nanyuki railway story
For decades, since its map mysteriously went missing at Nanyuki in 1931 (as the tale goes), the iconic Nairobi~Nanyuki Meter Gauge Railway was a key driver of Mt Kenya region’s socio~economic boom. The signature diesel […]