THE CUTTING EDGE - Daily Nation

PARANOIA: The Moi government of the 1980s must have been so bad that it was apparently even afraid of its own shadow, remarks John Nyaga, in response to a recently republished old photograph of a 'Mwakenya' suspect being taken to court on trumped-up sedition charges. “How else can one explain that poor James Musyoka could have posed a threat to the government and the Commander-in-Chief of its Armed Forces, with battleships, tanks, fighter jets, manpower and an unlimited war chest?” The picture reminded him of captured Mau Mau Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi, who had fought and exposed the cowardice of the mighty British Empire. His contact is

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MUDSLINGING: The idea of giving a dog a bad name before spanking it, John T. Mukui notes, is, unfortunately, taking root in the country as the main weapon of choice in the political toolbox in the run-up to the 2022 General Election. This, he adds, has manifested itself already in the tendency by some politicians to label one another as “a man of riddles”, “empty talker”, or even “untrustworthy”. Once that is done, they will interpret their subsequent words and actions as confirmation of the appropriateness of such labels. “This potent strategy in political propaganda is well-grounded in the profession of social psychology and in our daily experience.” His contact is

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CRY FOR HELP: Water is life, and that is precisely why Willis O. Aguko is upset about the closure of a community project in South Uyoma, Siaya County. That project also serves Buru Primary School and Willis won’t buy the line about illegal connection by some villagers, who hardly even understand this. He wants the contractor to execute the project or be strictly supervised to curb the loss of non-revenue water. If that won’t work, it might be a good idea to reroute the pipeline and compensate the landowner for the damage to his house. His contact is

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SLAPPING A KENYAN: Writing from his base in Washington, DC, United States, Andayi Mushenye wishes he were a foreigner working in Kenya and wanted to return to his country for good. “I would just have paid someone to record me slapping a Kenyan and post it on social media. Kenyans will quickly post angry emojis on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp and the government would buy for me a ticket and put me on the next flight with no punishment.” He is, of course, alluding to the deportation of a Chinese chef shown on a video that went viral caning a Kenyan employee. His contact is

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