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Past articles by Makau:

How dowry fosters marital rape

Many husbands claim “ownership” of their wives. → Read More

Why Kenyan EPL fans are traitors

The Kenyan EPL fans, like those bewitched by kamuti, are enthralled into a state of exuberance and ecstasy. → Read More

Futility of the Twitter politician

They use Twitter and Facebook as a bully pulpit. → Read More

MUTUA: Justice Mumbi a judicial icon

She stands tall in the temple of justice. → Read More

Moses, Musa or Mugo? How our names promote racial inferiority

Africans are walking, talking, breathing human facsimiles and toys of the European and the Arab. → Read More

Somebody thinks I can work for Ruto (excuse me while I laugh)

The answer is nyet. I can’t – and won’t – work with Mr Ruto. → Read More

Raila ranks at the top of the pyramid of Kenyan patriots

Detractors say that he’s one of the “dynasties.” I agree – but he’s an opposition “dynasty.” → Read More

Why Deputy President Ruto has lost fight against his boss

MUTUA: Why Deputy President Ruto has lost fight against his boss → Read More

Busting, for good, the myth of ethnic exceptionalism in Kenya

MUTUA: Busting, for good, the myth of ethnic exceptionalism in Kenya → Read More

Floyd protests are the purging of America’s Original Sin

MUTUA: Floyd protests are the purging of America’s Original Sin → Read More

Taking JSC out of Judiciary will bolster judicial autonomy

MUTUA: Taking JSC out of Judiciary will bolster judicial autonomy → Read More

MUTUA: RIP Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki, a sage for the ages

MUTUA: RIP Archbishop Ndingi Mwana a’Nzeki, a sage for the ages → Read More

MUTUA: Take JSC out of judiciary to free courts from Kanu-era intrusion

MUTUA: Take JSC out of judiciary to free courts from Kanu-era intrusion → Read More

Let’s cut the umbilical cords that connect us to a Banana Republic

All sectors of the country are riddled with corruption while professionals suffer from state capture → Read More

Churches are turning a blind eye to impunity for the love of money

Much of Ruto’s church donations are directed at Central and Western Kenya, two regions that are pivotal in 2022 → Read More

Suicide wave proves we don’t understand the human mind

The most common causes of suicide are guilt, shame, unrequited love, stress, grief, suffering, mental disorders among others. → Read More

National Assembly speaker wrong to feign ignorance over abuse of Kenyans in Saudi

Those fleeing political persecution go to the West. Those running away from economic repression go both to the Middle East and the West. → Read More

Opinion: To lead renaissance, Uhuru and Raila shouldn’t be afraid to fail

Something big – humongous – has happened in Kenya. It’s the March 9, 2017 handshake between NASA leader Raila Odinga and Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta. → Read More

Let Uhuru and Raila dialogue bring transformative change

Last week, ODM’s Raila Odinga and Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta stepped out of Harambee House to a stunned nation. → Read More

State risks sinking unless we exorcise demons of August 8

Kenya is the scion of an original sin. That’s because it was conceived in rape – the plunder of Africa by Europe. → Read More