The Kenyan Scholar

Ibrahim Traore, a Fulfilment of a Revolutionary’s Enduring Prophecy and the Emerging Face of True Pan-Africanism

  Before his untimely demise, Thomas Sankara changed the name of his beloved country from Upper Volta to Burkina F...

BRICS – Africa’s Salvation or Doom?

  Whoever controls the resources of Africa, controls the World. Studying WW1 and WW2 closely enough, one will fin...

Does Democracy Actually Work?

Looking back before the last three decades, there were approximately 50 democracies by the end of the 1980s. Today, ther...

The Need to Finally Abolish Africa’s Monetary Servitude to France

Looking at the bank note of two Francophone nations, Senegal and Congo, they look nothing like each other, yet they are...

Africa’s Future at the Aftermath of the Shifting Geopolitical Stances

I still belief in a democracy in which all people participate. In which interests of all the people reign supreme. In wh...

Niger’s Successful Coup Continues to Reinforces Africa’s Stance against Western Imperialism

In just a matter of months, 4 African countries have had coups that have seen the ousting of their leaders. Leaders they...

The ‘Silent Genocide’ in Congo: Modern-day Slavery, Forced Evictions, and the Ugly Side of the So-Called Green Energy Technologies

  The ‘Silent Genocide’ in Conngo: Modern-day Slavery, Forced Evictions, and the Ugly Side of the So-C...

Ever heard of the “Gold Trick”?

In the Western world, the prevalence of the dollar as a universal standard of value supplanted the gold standard. Becaus...

Why the Kenya-Led Multilateral Invasion of Haiti Should be Opposed: The Real Issue is the Dismantlement of the Haitian State, Not Gang Violence

The United Nations Security Council approved a "multinational security support mission" in Haiti on October 2 of last ye...

How Kenya is Still Being Used as a Tool for Colonial Imperialism in the Planned Invasion of Haiti

The reasons Kenya, of all nations, has been selected to lead the multilateral effort, at least formally, are clearly mis...

No to Black-Faced Imperialism, Yes to Haitian Sovereignty

On January 26, 2024, Kenya's high court ruled that its plan to offer 1,000 police officers to lead a so-called the UN pe...

Race: Is it a Biological Reality or a Social Construct?

Some people argue that race is a biological reality, while others believe it is a social construct. Fortunately, moderni...

Why the Protests against Finance Bill 2024?

Young people came into the streets of Nairobi on Tuesday, June 18, armed with creative ideas, diverse social media skill...

Kenyan Intellects Driven Out of the Country Because of a Corrupt Employment System.

A few years back, I had a conversation with one of my pals that we used to live together, in Roysambu. A very  inte...

The Ruto Must Go Dillema.

Guys, so yesterday I took time to download the constitution and realized, right now, we are at the crossroads. We all k...

State Capture Pioneered in the Tale of One Nicholas Biwott “The Total Man”

Remember the ‘Total Man’? This was the moniker to a man who made many politicians in Kenya tremble up until...

State Capture in Massive Looting of Public Funds Since Kenya’s Independence

Since Kenya's independence, corruption and politics have always been linked. Paul Ngei, who was the minister for marketi...

State Capture Mechanisms Part 1: The Goldenberg Scandal

Kenya experienced a severe shortage of foreign currency between 1991 and 1992. The government's harsh crackdowns were a...

State Capture Mechanisms Part 2: The Eurobond Scandal

A $2.75 billion sovereign bond was issued by Kenya to the international money markets less than one year after President...

Ruto’s Government Must Move to Prioritize the Grievances following the Gen-Z Protests

Kenya is currently at a crossroads. Discontent with the proposed Finance Bill has generated a new wave of youth-led peac...

Recent Protests Signal a Maturing Kenyan Democracy

In Kenya this past month, three things happened: Senators along with other politicians took a hard look in the mirr...

Urgency in the Need for the Besieged President to Immediately Reconstitute his Cabinet

Pundits have seen President William Ruto's move to disband his whole cabinet as a ploy to salvage his waning popularity...

Reappointment of Former Cabinet Secretaries in the New Cabinet Risks Future Protests

Kenyan President William Ruto dismissed practically his entire government and selected his first group of new ministers...

Kissinger Report, the Diabolical Policy Agenda to Depopulate Africa

The Kissinger report explicitly states, even today, that the goal of African foreign policy was to reduce population. Th...

1984: Is Kenya Descending into Orwell's Dystopian world?

I can’t believe we are actually descending into George Orwell’s dystopian world. Currently, Kenya is slowly...