Julius Maina, an innocent child from the tiny village of Gituge, Maragua District, Kenya, is HIV positive. He did not get the virus from engaging in sexual practices or sharing syringes. Maina shared a jigger-removing pin with her HIV-positive mother.

It is a beautiful Saturday morning, the kind of day you want to laze around in a nice spot with good food and company. As I stroll from my house into town humming a merry tune, I can see the golfers taking advantage of the striking day at the golf course.

By OKIYA OMTATAH OKOITI
Published August 16, 2009

Even if President Mwai Kibaki, Premier Raila Odinga and their bloated cabinet talk for ages about the crises facing Kenya, it will not do much for the country beyond its political symbolism. The country is broke, and we should cut the costs. Nothing short of radically downsizing the cabinet [...]

Unless one understands the root cause of a problem, the chances of solving the problem are very slim. During the Jomo Kenyatta regime, many tribes in Kenya lived in relative peace.

Her trees are tall and towering, the undergrowth is thick, and the birds sing beautifully; the rains that fell days ago are retained on her heavy and virgin foliage and her children – the monkeys – chatter while jumping from one twig to the other.

Rosa Apiyo from South Nyanza has not had a solid meal for the last two months. She survives on herbs and wild fruits. She gets some hand outs from time to time but they are not enough; not between her and her HIV/AIDS-orphaned grandchildren she has to fend for on no income because the stream where she used to fish has run dry.

International Healthcare Training and Services in Boston, Ma., is a state-registered school that trains Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Home Care Aides. The healthcare proprietors, Kenyan-born couple, Peter and Jane Waihiga, talked to the EAiF spoke about their venture

It is not quite fair to describe Kenya as a lawless country ruled by the whims of value judgment. However, let me premise the piece of tattered cloth, the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya, is no more able than a toilet tissue to complete its purpose and be discarded after a visit to the johns.

Those who have been in Kenya long enough, know or at least ought to know, that the three words: truth, justice and commission do not mix in this Republic.

With the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) having preempted the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo by boldly naming individuals alleged to have incited, financed and fueled the 2008 post-election violence in Kenya, the political temperatures have hit a crescendo.

In his maiden speech to Sub-Saharan Africa, President Barack Obama’s scalpel touched the heart of Kenya’s unlanced boil and exposed the squalidness of its rotten pus. He diagnosed that Kenya’s development can’t be separated from good governance.

When I campaigned for Raila Odinga in the run up to the ill-fated 2007 general election, it was in the faith that he would make a better President for Kenya than Mr. Mwai Kibaki.