Linus Kaikai
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KAIKAI’S KICKER: Yes, Mr President, protect the military…but other institutions and the Constitution too!
It should be extremely disturbing for a majority of Kenyans to wake up to revelations that some Ksh.6 billion collected for the national government in the Electronic Travel Authorisation charged on visitors entering Kenya ended up in Swiss accounts and that onward remissions to the national governme...
KAIKAI’S KICKER: Drama - But where are the adults?
In his address at the Annual General Meeting of the Association of National Government Administrators of Kenya, Interior PS Dr. Raymond Omollo lamented what he termed a culture of disorder and challenged the administrators to look inward and reflect.
KAIKAI’S KICKER: Don’t lecture youth, address the issues they raise
There is no denying the Kenyan social media space is a rough, ungoverned territory where, literally, anything goes. But there is also no denying that social media has grown into a ruthlessly effective space for alternative voices, especially in Kenya’s increasingly formless political landscape...
KAIKAI KICKER: IEBC - Time to end electoral paralysis
With due credit to the undoubtedly able selection panel chaired by Dr. Nelson Makanda, the interviews for the position of chairman concluded on Wednesday, and the long process of interviewing candidates for the position of commissioner began today and will run all the way to the last week of April.
KAIKAI’S KICKER: Kisiangani era - 'Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short!'
One very loyal viewer once confronted me with the question, “Is there no good news in this country?”Well, the next day, the same viewer called me about the day’s newspaper headlines, and we had a perspective-changing discussion as I took the viewer through the thorough newsroom processes and the dee...
KAIKAI’S KICKER: VIP protection Is not above the law
VIP protection is a highly complex area of expertise, and the men and women who practice it go through rigorous training that includes driving at extreme speeds. VIP protection is, in fact, considered the elite space reserved for the best-trained security officers. And more so, the presidential guar...
KAIKAI'S KICKER: Benni McCarthy pre-briefing notes
Without a doubt, McCarthy comes with impressive personal credentials both as a coach and as a former striker. I particularly have fond memories of him and his generation of the South African national squad, Bafana Bafana.
KAIKAI'S KICKER: On diplomacy, the mask of neutrality was our strength
The statement, I am afraid, opened on a misleading note, giving the impression that there is some peace initiative in Nairobi bringing together the warring parties in Sudan.
KAIKAI'S KICKER: Diplomacy - From Washington Okumu to Mark Too
Washington Aggrey Jalang’o Okumu, a Kenyan from Nyang’oma Village, Siaya County, went down in history as the man who saved South Africa’s all-race elections in April 1994.Mark Too told me how President Moi dispatched him to look for Mozambican rebel leader Alphonso Dhlakama, who was dragging his fee...
KAIKAI'S KICKER: Wetangula’s burning bush moment
Wetangula, is in his own right a consummate lawyer with a solid background in Kenya’s legal landscape. It is back in my schoolboy days in Kilgoris, in the early 90s, that i first heard of Moses Wetangula.