2013

• May 17^th FLY ON THE WALL: What Did President Museveni Tell Kenya Chief Justice Mutunga At Uhuru Swearing In? Leave a Comment
• May 17^th LETTER FROM A FRIEND: Not Until Kenya’s New Chiefs Have Eaten Enough… Leave a Comment
• May 16^th The Untold Demons Of African Journalists, And Living In Water With Crocodiles (Part II) 1 Comment
• May 16^th The Demons That Torment African Journalists; To Run, Or Stand And Fight? (Part I) Leave a Comment
• May 6^th The End Of Press Freedom Is Here; How It Was Killed By Both Its Friends And Enemies 3 Comments
• April 3^rd Kenya Election 2013: Raila Odinga And The Vaclav Havel-Lech Walesa Problem 9 Comments
• February 27^th A Farewell: Kenya’s Kibaki, And The Making Of An African ‘Minimalist Presidency’ 4 Comments
• February 27^th Escape From Kenya, And Why With Election Jitters, It’s The Right Time To Buy A House 6 Comments
• February 20^th Why Male Golfers Hate Women, And That Little Matter Of The Castration Complex : Outrage At Kenya’s Limuru Country Club 14 Comments
• February 13^th As Kenya Elections Near, Some Struggle To Find Their Place In The Homeland – It’s A Story Well Told 1 Comment
• February 1^st Africa Used To Be A Continent Of 50 Plus Nations, Now It’s Becoming One Big Messy But Delightful Country 13 Comments
• January 23^rd A Military Coup, The Fruits Of Democratic Rent, And The Curse Of Euripides In Uganda 4 Comments
• January 21^st Kenya’s Tribalism And Other African Madness; Why Ethnicity Is A Myth And Voodoo Political Science 4 Comments
• January 11^th The Story Of Kony, Pol Pot, Gangnam Style, And Why The End Of The ‘Abominable One’ Is Near 4 Comments
• January 1^st Meles Zenawi, A Retrospective: Why Ethiopians Eat Raw Meat, And One Man’s Struggle To Be A Modern Emperor Menelik 8 Comments

2012

• December 27^th An Afternoon With A Nairobi Manicurist, Men’s Bad Nails, And The Comeback Of An Expiring Progressive 7 Comments
• December 21^st Why Kenyans In London Love ‘Uncle Bob Mugabe’ And Wish Him A Long Life Leave a Comment
• December 13^th Music, Miniskirts In Africa, And Why It Is All About The Politics Stupid 3 Comments
• December 11^th What East Africa’s Cows And Their Milk Teach Us About Why Reform Fails 4 Comments
• December 9^th Why East Africa – And The World – Can Chill A Little As Kenya Leaders Cook Up Political Deals 1 Comment
• December 9^th Africa’s Slums, Leafy Suburbs, Its ‘New’ Children, Music And Beautiful Future 4 Comments
• November 27^th Goree Slave Trade Island: A Tragic History, Beggars In The Water, And The Shame Of Africa 4 Comments
• November 27^th The World According To Kagame: People Who Have Power, A Lot Of Power, Should Use It Wisely (And Who He’d Like To Succeed Him) 5 Comments
• October 23^rd OCTOBER MADNESS: Can Stolen Elections In Africa Ever Be Better Than Clean Unpredictable Polls? Yes And No Leave a Comment
• October 3^rd The Story Of A Great Kenyan Polygamist, Uganda’s Warrior Queen, And African Chiefs And Big Men 6 Comments
• October 3^rd Political Bribes, Bishops And Prostitutes’ Money, Plus Other Wages Of Sin In Africa 1 Comment
• September 20^th Why We Are Happy To Confront Jesus And Mohammad, But ‘Fear’ Photos Of Breastfeeding Mothers 3 Comments
• September 8^th Like Others Before Him, Meles Failed To See That There’s A Smarter Way To Be A Dictator In Africa: The Limits Of The ‘Authoritarian Bargain’ (Part II) 3 Comments
• September 4^th Singer Seal vs. Supermodel Klum; The Case For Sleeping With The Housegirl And The Gardener – A Rogue African’s View 7 Comments
• September 2^nd Somalia’s Meat Could Be East Africa’s Poison; And The Rise Of A ‘Smart’ Spy Agency From The Ashes Of War Leave a Comment
• August 31^st Meles Zenawi; Encounters With The Good, Bad, And Ugly Faces Of African Power 3 Comments
• August 31^st Uganda’s ‘Great’ Independent Monitor Lives To See 20: We Fought The Good Fight, Lost Many Battles, Won The Big Wars 19 Comments
• August 5^th Behind Uganda President Museveni’s Political Kissing And Makeup: An African Big Man Searches For His Legacy 13 Comments
• July 27^th EPISODE 2: ‘Peeling Back The Mask’ – How The Book Miguna Did Not Write Offers The Best And Most Accidental Insight Into How The Kenya Political Class Divides The Groceries And Survives 9 Comments
• July 26^th Why Africa’s Dictators Live Long While Its Democrats Die Off Quickly: The Political Gods Have A Naughty Sense Of Humour 9 Comments
• July 19^th ‘Peeling Back The Mask’; Why An Angry Aide’s Book Might Be An Unlikely Early Christmas Present For Kenya President Kibaki And Prime Minister Raila (Part 1) 8 Comments
• June 18^th From Central, East To The Horn Of Africa, It Has Been A Fast And Furious 20 Years Leave a Comment
• June 13^th A Strange New Uganda Is Rising, Thanks To Lousy Rulers In Kampala: When Bad Political Housekeeping Breeds ‘Good’ Outcomes 2 Comments
• June 12^th How Guns And Bombs Dramatically Redrew The Economic And Political Map Of East Africa And The Horn 7 Comments
• June 12^th With Kenya Election Around The Corner, East Africa Steps Into A Make Or Break Season Leave a Comment
• June 6^th Text Messages From Central Africa: The Oil Curse, And Where All You Can Eat Is Lots Of Meat 7 Comments
• June 4^th Cloak And Dagger Politics And War: How The ‘New’ East Africa Was Born From The Fires Of The Old 2 Comments
• June 4^th Torn Between East And The Horn: The Tale Of Kenya, A ‘Two-Axis’ Nation And The Changing Strategic Realities Along Africa’s Indian Ocean Belt 2 Comments
• May 15^th POLITICALLY INCORRECT: Why Africa’s Cities Are The Dirtiest In The World, And ‘City Peasants’ Make For Lousy Town Folk (How It Will End) 11 Comments
• May 14^th POLITICALLY INCORRECT: Why Africa’s Cities Are The Dirtiest In The World, And ‘Village Food’ Is Bad For Towns (How It Began) 14 Comments
• May 9^th Armies, Trade, Refugee Camp ‘Imperialism’ Turning Somalia Into An Anglo-Kiswahili State 4 Comments
• May 9^th The Empires Strikes Back: President Museveni Fires Hot Shots At ‘NRM Enemy’ Over Somalia Report 17 Comments
• May 9^th Article That Annoyed Uganda’s ‘Great’ Revolutionary: In Somalia The UPDF Finally Found Its Freedom And Peace 3 Comments
• May 1^st In 2007 Kenya Election Museveni Put His Money On Kibaki; Now The Changing Game In The Greater Horn Of Africa Presents Him With Tough Choices 4 Comments
• April 24^th The Moi Hand In Museveni’s Kenya Game; And The Political Tremors Shaking Up The Greater Horn Of Africa (Opening Shots) 11 Comments
• April 17^th Why America’s Kim, Not Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Deserved To ‘Eat’ The World Bank Job, And Dlamini-Zuma Should Be The African Union’s Next CEO 11 Comments
• April 6^th Malawi’s President Mutharika Dead; Was He Hero Or Villain, And What Did His Re-Election In 2009 Tell Us About Democracy In Africa? 5 Comments
• April 2^nd Disease, The Clock, The Gods, Greed – And The Wisdom Of The People – Have Saved Africa (Reflection on Mkandawire’s Story) 7 Comments
• April 2^nd Disease, The Clock, The Gods, Greed And Stupidity Have Helped To Change Africa As Much As Democrats, Generals (The Sequel) 16 Comments
• April 1^st ‘Democracy’ Is Dying Or Dead In Africa; The Continent Is Being Torn Apart – Yet That’s One Of The Best Things To Happen To It (The Prequel) 7 Comments
• March 25^th A Fly On The Wall In Kigali Says President Kagame Has A ‘World Bank Headache’ – And There Is No Cure In Sight, Yet 8 Comments
• March 22^nd Senegal: The Politics Of Death, The Sweet Memories Of Diouf’s Graceful Exit, And Why Abdoulaye Wade Could Win Election Because He Is The Worst Candidate 5 Comments
• March 21^st Africa Doesn’t Have An Image Problem; It Has A Reality Problem; Plus The Story of Rwanda’s ‘Small’ Money And How The World Doesn’t Owe Us Anything 22 Comments
• March 17^th KONY 2012: The Story Of The ‘Evil One’ Has Done Something To The Children’s Hearts; How We Got Here (Part 5, The End) 35 Comments
• March 16^th KONY 2012: With Enemies Like These Kony Doesn’t Need Any Friends. How We Got Here (Part 4) 11 Comments
• March 15^th Kony 2012 Video, Demons And The Beast, And How We Got Here (Part 3) 4 Comments
• March 14^th Kony 2012 Video, Sowing The Seeds From Which The Nightmare Was Born, And How We Got Here (Part 2) 17 Comments
• March 13^th Kony 2012 Video, The Brouhaha, The Long Hunt For A War Criminal, And How We Got Here (Part 1) 10 Comments
• February 28^th The ‘Pussy Whipped’ And Battered Men Of Central Kenya: What Capitalism, Mau Mau War, And The Free Market Have To Do With It 10 Comments
• February 27^th Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi Smile Like Siamese Cats At London Somalia Meet; But What The Hell Is Going On In Kismayu? 8 Comments
• February 16^th The Story Of An Elephant, A Village, A Sharp Shooter, And Big Meat Day In Zimbabwe 3 Comments
• February 7^th Capitalism Has Failed – And That Is Why It Is So Great: From Mother Africa Sweet Words For Free Enterprise 4 Comments
• January 30^th Fish Men vs. Fishermen: A Tale Of How Chinua Achebe’s Gods Got Tired Of Dishing Out Free Goodies 4 Comments
• January 24^th Kenya Media Sinned But Hides Its Head In The Sand And Won’t Learn The Right Lessons From 2007/2008 Madness: A Self-Criticism 24 Comments
• January 19^th Burundi: A Nation Trapped By A Crocodile, Its Born-Again Track-Suit Addicted President, And The Mountains 8 Comments
• January 17^th Why Digital Thieves Are Good For The Future Of Online Business; A View From The Equator In Africa 2 Comments
• January 16^th Martin Luther King And The Case For Enlightened Cowardice; Obama Is Eating The Fruit 8 Comments
• January 13^th Let The Nigerian And Ugandan Protestors Burn Down Their Cities…But Should First Stop Being Jokers In The Rulers’ Circus 1 Comment
• January 11^th Social Media, The ‘Leapfrog Effect’, Cappuccino Democrats, And Anti-Politics In Our Side Of The World 3 Comments
• January 10^th ‘Black Man’s Time’ Can Drive You To Suicide, But There’s A ‘Good’ Reason Why Africans Excel At It 11 Comments
• January 8^th ANC Celebrates 100 Years…And The Tyranny Of ‘Acknowledgement Politics’ In South Africa (A Nation Still Uncomfortable In Its African Skin) 15 Comments
• January 6^th Somalia Doesn’t Have To Fight To Conquer: Somalis Are Already Africa’s Small Kings And Queens 3 Comments
• January 6^th The United Nations Lives Fat And Large In Nairobi; But Is It Crooked Too? 5 Comments
• January 4^th Dictatorship, War, Hunger, Disease Have Messed Up Africa – But Will Also Save The Continent! 1 Comment
• January 2^nd Record 17 Presidential Elections In Africa In 2011, 78% Of Them Disputed: Are Free Polls UnAfrican? 3 Comments
• January 1^st The ‘Dark’ Continent: Africa’s Energy Pain Could Be Ended By Decentralisation And More ‘Tribalism’ 5 Comments

2011

• December 31^st Why This New Year Is Al Shabaab’s Last Chance For A Big Kill in Kampala Or Nairobi 4 Comments
• December 30^th Zambia’s President Sata: A Populist ‘Clown’ With Interesting Off-the-Wall Ideas 12 Comments
• December 29^th Christmas Thoughts (Part 2): Why ‘Big Breasts’ And ‘Large Buttocks’ Are Bad For Trees 5 Comments
• December 25^th Christmas Thoughts: One Hole Could Save My Village – And 7 Billion Africans Too 6 Comments
• December 24^th Africa Is World’s Recyle Capital, And Could Use A Second-Hand Bill Clinton and Lee Kuan Yew 2 Comments
• December 24^th ‘Comrade’ Mugabe Has Worked Out A Clever Plan For His Funeral 4 Comments