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<title>Moi University cannot retrench its way out of crisis</title>
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<title>Ruto&amp;apos;s crackdown on foreign hawkers will damage Kenya&amp;apos;s reputation</title>
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<title>Solar the forgotten supply line in cancer war</title>
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<title>Kenyans are drunk&#45;but don&amp;apos;t blame alcohol</title>
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<title>How Ndindi Nyoro&amp;apos;s rise could unsettle Gachagua&amp;apos;s Mt Kenya grip</title>
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<title>How golf is changing conversations in Africa</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Across Kenya, golf is becoming more than a weekend game. It is becoming a platform for business, tourism, networking, wellness, lifestyle, inclusion and opportunity ]]></description>
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<title>Sort out security and corruption to succeed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As President, my hierarchy of needs would start with sorting out security. In the hierarchy of needs, food, shelter and security rank highly. ]]></description>
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<title>Beyond Vision 2030: Case for leaders who were there the first time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Vision 2030 did not lack vision. Its unfinished business lies largely in implementation. ]]></description>
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<title>We have eight weeks to clear our drains and fill food granaries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Floodwater is an honest auditor that finds every shortcut ever taken and reads them back to us in public. ]]></description>
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<title>What Kenya could learn from Zambia polls</title>
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<title>Crisis of state accountability amid meaningless apologies, impunity and abductions</title>
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<title>Whether &amp;apos;one&#45;term&amp;apos; or &amp;apos;two&#45;term&amp;apos;, someone has to pass the baton</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The real issue is that we are a country of magnificent runners who have never learned to pass the baton. ]]></description>
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<title>Building Africa&amp;apos;s pharmaceutical future starts with regulation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ How the African Medicines Agency can reduce regulatory fragmentation, strengthen pharmaceutical manufacturing and accelerate access to quality-assured medical products across Africa. ]]></description>
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<title>Mr President walk the talk of Katiba Day speech</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ President William Ruto&#039;s Katiba Day message against the realities of constitutional implementation in Kenya, highlights gap between 2010 constitution rights and today&#039;s reality. ]]></description>
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<title>Media should heed Hungary&amp;apos;s cautionary tale</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The article warns Kenya&#039;s publicly funded media, particularly KBC, to strengthen editorial independence and credibility ahead of the 2027 elections, citing Hungary as a cautionary example. ]]></description>
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<title>Dolly Parton&amp;apos;s life and the desire to save children from the tyranny of the screen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dolly Parton&#039;s lifelong love of books offers a lesson for parents to balance children&#039;s screen time with reading, helping them develop patience, imagination and sustained attention. ]]></description>
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<title>Resolution of citizens&amp;apos; complaints is a public service leadership responsibility</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Ombudsman is urging public institutions to take greater responsibility for resolving citizens&#039; complaints, improving service delivery and restoring public trust. ]]></description>
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<title>Olara&amp;apos;s UN quest caught between big&#45;power politics and gender push</title>
<link>https://semakenya.co.ke/olaras-un-quest-caught-between-big-power-politics-and-gender-push</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Macky Sall of Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, and Olara Otunnu of Uganda, a former British colony in East Africa, are among the seven people who want to succeed Antonio Guterres. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:03:20 +0300</pubDate>
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<title>Dolly Parton&amp;apos;s coat teaches us to find meaning in life&amp;apos;s scraps</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dolly Parton&#039;s mother made her a coat from pieces of cloth because there wasnt money for anything better, and she wore it proudly as a tribute to the love that went into each stitch. ]]></description>
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<title>No free ride: The likely factors to settle 2027 polls</title>
<link>https://semakenya.co.ke/no-free-ride-the-likely-factors-to-settle-2027-polls</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Coalitions, swing voters, Gen Z, the economy, misinformation and political deals could shape the 2027 election. ]]></description>
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<title>Opposition leaders divisions, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m the best&amp;apos; chest&#45;thumping their greatest gift to a beatable Ruto</title>
<link>https://semakenya.co.ke/opposition-leaders-divisions-im-the-best-chest-thumping-their-greatest-gift-to-a-beatable-ruto</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Opposition chiefs could spend a whole year demonstrating that the mood in the country is awesomely against  President William Rutos re-election, but still go on to lose next years election to him. ]]></description>
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<title>Sentencing of Sharon&amp;apos;s killers will test if justice protects the powerless</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The sentencing of Okoth Obado and his co-convicts for Sharon Otienos murder will test Kenyas commitment to justice, equality before the law and protection of vulnerable victims. ]]></description>
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<title>On Katiba Day, we should audit promises kept and those broken</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 16 years after the promulgation of Kenyas 2010 Constitution, Katiba Day offers an opportunity to celebrate gains in devolution, judicial independence and rights. ]]></description>
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<title>Religion shouldn&amp;apos;t be used as ammunition during elections</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Religious leaders and politicians may contribute to public debate, but blurred boundaries can reduce faith to a campaign tool and erode the independence that gives religious institutions credibility. ]]></description>
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<title>Rising India and Kenya&amp;apos;s resemblance: Can we grow together?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ India (Bharat) and Kenya are tied at the hip through history and, lately, economics, with the partnership on the economic front supported by data. ]]></description>
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<title>Architecture of patronage and political rewards is holding Kenya hostage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Political patronage and loyalty-based appointments are undermining constitutional accountability, professionalism, institutional independence, and public trust. ]]></description>
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<title>CS Murkomen will soon need goons to protect his meetings</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Goons in Kenya are steadily acquiring the capacity to decide when to be violent in the public space and to exercise legitimate violence. ]]></description>
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<title>Victims of enforced disappearance shouldn&amp;apos;t vanish into a black hole</title>
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<title>Homa Bay offers vital lesson on mainstreaming &amp;apos;goons&amp;apos; to national security apparatus</title>
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<title>Inside William Ruto&amp;apos;s&#45;Raila succession plan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ President William Ruto is seeking to win over Luo Nyanza, a region long dominated by Raila Odinga, amid a historical legacy of political rivalry and succession struggles. ]]></description>
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<title>Ol Kalou fallout reveals protocol cracks, bruises presidency image</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kenya is going through a monumental political crisis, way beyond mere presidential politics. ]]></description>
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<title>Kenya&amp;apos;s freedoms requires constant defence, not laxity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Our duty as Kenyan citizens remains to hold power accountable, so that we never return to the dark days from which we emerged at great cost. ]]></description>
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<title>Political violence signals troubled road to the 2027 General Election</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The assault of Senator Osotsi is not just an attack on an individual. It is an attack on Kenyas democratic space.  ]]></description>
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<title>If we can&amp;apos;t face up to the truth in schools&amp;apos; theatre, how about eating cake and having it?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I heard it on the grapevine that mandarins at the schools national drama fest have reportedly moved to censor political messaging in performances. ]]></description>
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<title>Riggy G skins Prezzo Ruto at foot of Mt Kenya, then lays his scalp out to dry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Its a hurt that Riggy G has not transcended, and possibly never will, despite the passage of time. ]]></description>
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<title>Survival tales in the plains of Kajiado, and the making of the new metropoles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I spent the Easter weekend roaming the plains of Kajiado County, marvelling at the brave new world where some friends are inaugurating thriving ecosystems out of almost nothing. ]]></description>
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<title>Increasing political antagonism could push Kenya to the brink</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The flying political jabs we are witnessing as we gear up to the 2027 General Election offer a glimpse of the neck-to-neck political competition ahead of us. ]]></description>
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<title>Ease funding red tape to grow local enterprises</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kenyas entrepreneurs face excessive red tape in accessing funding, limiting the growth of local enterprises despite banks strong profits from loans and government securities. ]]></description>
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<title>Kenya, like other countries, has many religions and a scarcity of faith</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Kenya, widespread religious practice often overshadows genuine personal faith, highlighting the difference between organised religion and individual spirituality. ]]></description>
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<title>Time to race to the moon, not countryside this Easter holiday</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Competition is a great motivator, even in space. National pride, espoused by Trumps America First, is driving the return to the moon. Remember, making America great again?  ]]></description>
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<title>When systems turn: What Tuju&amp;apos;s case says about power in Kenya</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Leaders often view power as permanent, or enduring enough to outlast the consequences of misuse. Political history shows its fragility. Power shifts. Alliances dissolve. Public sentiment evolves. ]]></description>
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<title>Ticking clock to 2027 elections fuels pressure on Ruto&amp;apos;s presidency</title>
<link>https://semakenya.co.ke/ticking-clock-to-2027-elections-fuels-pressure-on-rutos-presidency</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ruto is a man seemingly under pressure always up and about the country as his test of his leadership draws near . ]]></description>
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<title>Major poultry diseases and their control</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Diseases in poultry if identified and controlled can result to high yields for a farmer . ]]></description>
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<title>Literature isn&amp;apos;t dying, it&amp;apos;s our teachers letting its flame dim</title>
<link>https://semakenya.co.ke/literature-isnt-dying-its-our-teachers-letting-its-flame-dim</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ You cannot master English from coursebooks alone. Language is learned far beyond grammar exercises and comprehension passages. Language is mastered through extensive reading. ]]></description>
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<title>Easter, hero&amp;apos;s journey and the invitation to renewal within</title>
<link>https://semakenya.co.ke/easter-heros-journey-and-the-invitation-to-renewal-within</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In my view, whenever a talented writer reads stories by other great writers, these great stories become the key to the main frameworks that characterise all enduring narratives. ]]></description>
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<title>Integrity, good economy and freedoms crucial for a &amp;apos;happy&amp;apos; nation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Active and vigilant citizens must continue to monitor and expose the unfinished health centres, extravagant prestige buildings, trips abroad and allowances for loyalists. ]]></description>
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<title>Five predictions that will shape 2027 polls outcome and beyond</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ With the right projects strategically implemented to tell a performer story, Ruto can define a narrative that is difficult to un-tell. ]]></description>
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<title>In remembering Christ&amp;apos;s sacrifice let us return the nation back to God</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ State House has been reduced into the theatre of all manner influence peddling and the clergy havent been left behind. ]]></description>
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<title>Kenya should hurry up to meet requirements for hosting Africa&amp;apos;s greatest football tourney</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Reports on Kenyas lack of readiness based on Confederation of African Football guidelines have emerged. ]]></description>
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