The last time I wrote about Margaret Thatcher, it was the eve of the Kenyan election. She was still alive and the Kenyan question was yet unanswered. As I write this, the Baroness is dead and Uhuru Kenyatta is president….

Unless you’re a politician, you probably think that you are better than one. Everyone knows that politicians are selfish, self-centred and self-seeking, right? We accuse them of being insensitive to the needs of the people. Of being focused on their…

The other day, a public service announcement was pulled from Kenya television because it had caused outrage in church circles and some sections of the public. Predictably, it was a funded message about safe sex that came courtesy of USAID…

Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Former archbishop of Buenos Aires and now Pope Francis the first. He is named for Saint Francis of Assisi and is already evoking his humility. His Holiness is a cool chap and I don’t think he’d mind…

When George W. Bush won his second term in office, he garnered just 51 per cent of the popular vote, against John Kerry’s 48. The American people were split right down the middle, give or take three percentage points. For…

It is indeed an amazing statistic, but 30 per cent of Tanzanian women in the 15 – 49 age bracket believe that a husband is entitled to beat his wife should she refuse to have sex with him. 18 per…

These are entertaining times we live in. We’re making a seamless transition from the dramatic displays on reality television to a strange new breed of drama in real time. This unsolicited entertainment seems to have found a comfortable home within…