Linus Kaikai

June 25, 2026 11:55 (EAT) • 2 days ago

KAIKAI’S KICKER: Martha Karua ban - Why Kenya needs a spine

A year ago, precisely on the 18th of May last year, Martha Karua was stopped at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, interrogated for several hours and forced onto a flight back to Nairobi on the same day.

June 18, 2026 11:54 (EAT) • 1 week ago

KAIKAI KICKER: Yes compensate, but what about impunity?

What happens to the elephant in the room? What happens to the deep-rooted deplorable culture of impunity that generates such victims almost every election since 2007? What happens to the offender now that the victim is compensated? What should we do about the impunity that creates the environment fo...

June 04, 2026 11:51 (EAT) • 3 weeks ago

KAIKAI’S KICKER: Cheer Arsenal, remember Shabana!

That was unmistakable passion and commitment; without a doubt, Arsenal fans love the club. Similarly, Kenyans who don’t like Arsenal, love other clubs like Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and few other English teams below that.

May 29, 2026 12:35 (EAT) • 4 weeks ago

KAIKAI'S KICKER: Prayer? Give me breakfast!

Ostensibly brought together by well-meaning religious intention, political leaders proceeded as if nothing had happened. This, hours after they all knew of a school dormitory fire that had killed more than 10 girls.

May 14, 2026 11:56 (EAT) • 1 month ago

KAIKAI'S KICKER: Talk Africa, talk.. but act!

Every major world power wants a summit with Africa. By a casual count, there are at least 12 such summits.

May 08, 2026 12:04 (EAT) • 1 month ago

KAIKAI'S KICKER: Let the Supreme Court remain Supreme!

It is painful when Supreme Court interviews are seen from the simplistic point of how a judge would vote in a presidential election petition, for example.Ultimately, the JSC must embrace its independence and aim to make the Supreme Court a 100 per cent merit-based institution....

April 30, 2026 11:45 (EAT) • 1 month ago

KAIKAI'S KICKER: Haiti: What about officer Kabiru?

The mission is over, but not for one family whose kin, a police officer, went missing in Haiti. To this date, the family of police officer Benedict Kabiru Kuria remains in the dark over what really transpired in March last year, when Kabiru allegedly disappeared during an attack by a gang in Haiti....

April 03, 2026 12:01 (EAT) • 2 months ago

KAIKAI'S KICKER: Easter - Say hi to your Barabbas!

The entire story of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ sounds like a Kenyan fable, complete with Kenyan characters of diverse political and ethnic backgrounds. Do you remember some fellow called Barabbas?

March 19, 2026 11:40 (EAT) • 3 months ago

KAIKAI KICKER: Dear leaders, acheni ujinga na utoto!

Despite concerns of society-minded, right-thinking Kenyans, political leaders particularly President William Ruto and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua have persisted on this embarassing path of low-grade discourse.

March 12, 2026 11:40 (EAT) • 3 months ago

KAIKAI'S KICKER: RSF passports: Uta do?

The silence could mean many things. First, and I offer this as the worst-case scenario, the silence could mean that the government or the particular authorities concerned, including the Ministry of Interior and National Administration and the Directorate of Immigration Services, do not care about th...