Sam Gituku

February 19, 2026 11:52 (EAT) • 5 days ago

SAM'S SENSE: Miracle stadiums, in darkness

Let me tell you a story of the quest for stadiums. Kenyans love them. Even the ones they don’t have, they aspire to have. In the villages it is not unusual to find a dusty beaten patch being nicknamed Old Trafford.

February 05, 2026 11:31 (EAT) • 2 weeks ago

SAM'S SENSE: IEBC - Now, fix the Secretariat

Now, Sunkuli’s ascendance follows the recent termination of Marjan Hussein Marjan’s contract. He was to serve until March 2027, with the possibility of contract renewal for a further five years.

January 29, 2026 11:46 (EAT) • 3 weeks ago

SAM'S SENSE: Day schools or D schools?

Statistics show that the class of 2025 produced the highest number of quality grades in comparison to previous cohorts. 27 per cent of those graded qualified to directly join universities whose minimum is C plus.

December 18, 2025 10:40 (EAT) • 2 months ago

SAM'S SENSE: Heckling choirs for hire

In Kenya, leadership often exists more in theory than in practice.But what level of confidence — or arrogance — does it take to ferry a heckling crowd into a church event attended by the Head of State, certain there will be no consequences?

December 11, 2025 11:55 (EAT) • 2 months ago

SAM'S SENSE: Inequality: Kenya's two worlds

It makes no sense that in one household there is plenty to fly a family member abroad for specialised treatment, while in the neighbour’s, they have no Ksh.300 to pay SHIF subscription. This inequality is unsustainable.

November 21, 2025 01:24 (EAT) • 3 months ago

Data Point: Fact-checking President Ruto’s State of the Nation address

Ruto cited major sectoral reforms, and outlined an ambitious new roadmap to transform Kenya into a developed country modelled after the Asian Tigers nations; a plan he said will require at least Ksh.5 trillion.

November 20, 2025 11:41 (EAT) • 3 months ago

SAM'S SENSE: Lessons after Adani

There was fierce excitement on the floor of the house as members of parliament, some of whom had spent weeks defending the Adani-GoK arrangement, hailed the president for being a listening head of state.

November 13, 2025 11:57 (EAT) • 3 months ago

SAM'S SENSE: Leadership - The real test

Take a ride across the country and you will see it for yourself; mixed fortunes everywhere. Some areas are better equipped for life than others. Some have better roads than others. Some constituencies have better schools than others. Even the price of land change...

November 06, 2025 11:52 (EAT) • 3 months ago

SAM'S SENSE: Millennials, Gen Zs- Let’s fix the politics

In my Sense, I focus on the role of the youth or the youthful in shaping the future of this country. I do this because of the rising hopelessness you can see everywhere: in our streets, classrooms, lecture halls, shopping malls, stalls, village pubs, places of worship, and even living rooms.

October 30, 2025 11:45 (EAT) • 3 months ago

SAM’S SENSE: What are you saying, Felix?

The head of public service Felix Koskei was in attendance and had a field day speaking to what he believes is a roadmap to making Kenya a first world country.

Sam Gituku

SAM'S SENSE: Miracle stadiums, in darkness

SAM'S SENSE: IEBC - Now, fix the Secretariat

SAM'S SENSE: Day schools or D schools?

SAM'S SENSE: Heckling choirs for hire

SAM'S SENSE: Inequality: Kenya's two worlds

Data Point: Fact-checking President Ruto’s State of the Nation address

SAM'S SENSE: Lessons after Adani

SAM'S SENSE: Leadership - The real test

SAM'S SENSE: Millennials, Gen Zs- Let’s fix the politics

SAM’S SENSE: What are you saying, Felix?

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