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Vincent Obadha

Vincent Obadha

136 Articles
Kenya's burning schools: A brutal cycle of death, tough talk and broken promises
May 28, 2026 02:27 (EAT) • 1 week ago

Kenya's burning schools: A brutal cycle of death, tough talk and broken promises

The Utumishi Academy fire is not an anomaly. It is, rather, the latest chapter in a decades-long national tragedy that has consumed hundreds of young lives in Kenyan boarding schools.

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Kenya tables a Ksh.4.8 trillion budget troubled by debt burden, Middle East shocks
May 13, 2026 04:36 (EAT) • 3 weeks ago

Kenya tables a Ksh.4.8 trillion budget troubled by debt burden, Middle East shocks

The Middle East conflict stands as a defining new risk, which has seen crude oil trade at USD 100 per barrel.

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France's desperate pivot to Kenya as its grip on West Africa weakens
May 13, 2026 12:05 (EAT) • 3 weeks ago

France's desperate pivot to Kenya as its grip on West Africa weakens

The story of France's collapse in West and Central Africa is one of hubris meeting history. For six decades after independence, Paris maintained what its architects called “la Françafrique,” an informal but iron-clad sphere of influence that kept former colonies within France's strategic, economic,...

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What could be done to contain Kenya’s fuel crisis amid limping G-to-G deal
April 19, 2026 02:06 (EAT) • 1 month ago

What could be done to contain Kenya’s fuel crisis amid limping G-to-G deal

The ever-engaged political opposition in the country has called for the suspension of key levies. Not a single share in these firms is government-owned. It then begs how the contact was a G-to-G deal.

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As pump prices soar, Kenyans unearth old clips of Ruto's rosy promises to cut taxes on fuel
April 15, 2026 01:01 (EAT) • 1 month ago

As pump prices soar, Kenyans unearth old clips of Ruto's rosy promises to cut taxes on fuel

The price of petrol in Nairobi had gone up by Ksh.28.69 to Ksh.206.97 per litre, and diesel had shot up by an eye-watering Ksh.40.30 to Ksh.206.84 per litre.

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The cost of Kenya’s perennial budget deficits
April 14, 2026 03:52 (EAT) • 1 month ago

The cost of Kenya’s perennial budget deficits

Paying government employees consumes a disproportionate share of public revenues, crowding out spending on services and development. 

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How fuel moves from the Gulf region to your vehicle tank
April 09, 2026 11:12 (EAT) • 1 month ago

How fuel moves from the Gulf region to your vehicle tank

The journey stretches thousands of kilometers from the Arabian Gulf to a fuel station near you. 

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Why Easter dates change every year
April 02, 2026 01:53 (EAT) • 2 months ago

Why Easter dates change every year

This year, Easter will be celebrated on Sunday, April 5. 

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How the US-Iran war proved Nigeria's Dangote right and the oil idea Nigeria tried to kill
March 27, 2026 05:30 (EAT) • 2 months ago

How the US-Iran war proved Nigeria's Dangote right and the oil idea Nigeria tried to kill

Successive governments spent $18 billion, or more, trying to repair four state-owned refineries that never meaningfully ran again. Into that landscape of endemic failure stepped Aliko Dangote with an audacious wager: a $20 billion, single-train oil refinery on the Lagos coast that he said would end...

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JKIA Master Plan: Inside Kenya’s skyward ambition to become leading economic hub
March 23, 2026 02:53 (EAT) • 2 months ago

JKIA Master Plan: Inside Kenya’s skyward ambition to become leading economic hub

The JKIA Master Plan arrives at a moment of acute competitive pressure. 

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