Conspiracy Files-Kenya

  I still maintain that Mike Sonko killed his own career and not the so-called “deep state” that has become part and parcel of our politics. The reasons are two-fold, one is his own personality and two is the Nairobi Metropolitan Services. Sonko is a man any ordinary person can relate to. He came from extreme poverty to make a fortune whatever the means and still make a name and a brand in politics. He was the only candidate to get more votes in 2013 and 2017 outside the two major presidential candidates, a record no other candidate has ever managed to beat until 2022. However, what makes him great is also his major Achilles heel. His trust issues saw him record phone calls and even put his superiors like the president on a full speaker at one time in a bid to stop demolitions. His bellicose nature has seen him engage in dramatic activities in the past like punching walls, insulting his opponents, and even engage in a fistfight with his predecessor Evans Kidero when he was on a...

  Looking back at January 2020 to now where we are less than six days into the New Year, many will find that this year was the moment where giants were felled and political systems took back control after being temporarily knocked out. The USA and Kenya provide good examples for this post. Donald Trump is finally on his way out despite his futile lawsuits trying to reverse the fact that the system he had outsmarted in 2016 had finally returned him the favor. The methods were dirty and unworthy but whoever said that in politics exists angels? Joe Biden is expected to be the 46 th POTUS on January 20 th while Trump retires to Mar-a-Lago to run his businesses. Many people will be in for a rude shock if they think that Biden will prosecute Trump for his supposed crimes because you can bet with your last coins that it will never happen. For all his faults, Trump managed to placate the “deep state” and as such, he is assured of an event-free retirement. Things will still be the same ...

Deputy President William Ruto is a shrewd political operative and a man on a mission: State House 2022. He has shown the willingness to burn bridges and make new ones if it suits him in his quest to be the fifth occupant of the house on the hill. His latest move has been to rebrand himself as the defender of the hustlers-a common tag reserved for the downtrodden in society. The move has won him, admirers and detractors, alike, and they never fail to light up social media with their spats and witty insults. But here is the unpopular truth, the man does not qualify an inch to be a hustler. He was once like you and me but at the moment, he isn’t a hustler. Before you go, allow me to explain my view using Walter Chesang’s analysis of the matter published in the Standard (5-7-2019) Walter describes the journey Ruto took to be where he is right now, right from the moment he joined politics as a Youth For KANU activist back in 1990. He writes that the man has made a fortune from his 29 (Now...

Its no secret that the man from Sugoi wants to be President after Uhuru retires to Ichaweri in 2022. But the son of Jomo hates this fact. He hates the fact that the son of a peasant will succeed a high-born like him instead of another highborn, say Gideon Moi, whose father bulldozed his failed presidential bid back in 2002. So after all the PR bromance of 2013-17, Jomo's son has now bared his ugly fangs to try and scuttle the man's bid for high office and he is borrowing from the Nyayo School of Politics where he took correspondence classes from the comfort of his high-end home on Dennis Pritt road unlike DP Ruto who had to contend with the skullduggery of boarding. The Anti-Corruption War With spanner boys like DPP Hajj and DCI Kinoti, Uhuru has gone after people he would never have dared during his first term. All of a sudden, kamata kamata has become the real fad on Fridays all in the banner of fighting corruption. Most of the targetted people are believed to be ...