Sam Gituku
150 Articles
SAM’S SENSE: Register, vote or shut up
I look at the Constitution of Kenya, which has defined our aspirations for the last 15 years. And in it, you will see the word democracy mentioned six times.
SAM'S SENSE: In sickness and politics
Fascinating how every politician who found a live microphone rushed to tell their version of the truth; most of it less about healthcare, more about scoring points against former president Uhuru Kenyatta.
SAM’S SENSE: Education- Cry Kilifi County
The reality is that 72 per cent of KCSE candidates of the year 2024 scored a D plus and below, a record 10 per cent posting grade E, way higher than anywhere else in the country.Only 10 per cent of the class qualified to join universities, which is significantly below...
SAM'S SENSE: The national counting problem
The government has been emphatic on how it has made progress, especially in turning around the economy. How the inflation rate has fallen from 9.6 per cent in September 2022 to 4.5 per cent this August 2025.
SAM’S SENSE: 13th Parliament turns 3
To its credit, the 13th Parliament has been a loyal ally of the Kenya Kwanza administration. It has passed bill after bill to advance the government’s agenda.The House has also endorsed new taxes, fresh monthly deductions, and the establishment of more state corp...
SAM'S SENSE: Where’s the sense of empowerment rallies?
We’ve seen the spectacle: politicians dancing in town centres, crowds cheering, and cameras capturing images of motorbikes, carwash machines, water tanks, cash in baskets, and most recently at State House, thousands of plastic chairs stacked high. All paraded as proof of a bottom-up economic transfo...
SAM'S SENSE: Sense is suspended...till 2027
It’s been about Wantam, Tutam, noma is noma – or is it noma si noma, Tribalist, nationalist, tutaiba kura, tumejipanga, what’s your plan? And of course, the clarion call to the youth to register as voters.It’s all good to fight the good fight, as Paul once told Timothy. But how about finishing the r...
SAM'S SENSE: Where are the adults?
As a nation made up of communities rooted in culture, tradition, and belief systems, we know what references to adulthood sound like.
SAM'S SENSE: Parliament - Power to greed
An impressive 304 Members of the National Assembly turned up for the second reading. 298 stayed to pass the bill at the third reading—meeting the two-thirds constitutional threshold at both stages.
SAM’S SENSE: Budget? Let it dance
You see, Parliament exists for many reasons—but perhaps most crucially, to appropriate public resources. That is its institutional duty.So when MPs decide that dancing on a podium and distributing politically charged donations is more important than listening and deliberating on how to share the nat...