Vincent Obadha

Who owns 'Linda Mwananchi' name? High-stakes party registration stirs legal storm

Sifuna's team met the Registrar of Political Parties, John Cox Lorionokou, after the ORPP had earlier rejected an application to reserve the name "Linda Mwananchi Party of Kenya”.The rejection communicated to promoter Charles Wanyonyi held that the name closely resembled an already reserved slogan.

A rogue house for hire: How Kenya's Parliament has sold its soul

Sifuna matrix in Western Kenya and echoes of Kijana Wamalwa, Masinde Muliro

To understand why the region is “Sifunated," it helps to recall what made the late Kijana Wamalwa and the late Masinde Muliro formidable in their days. 

The Kipipiri script: How Ol Kalou by-election revived memories of KANU's defeat in 1995

The results have raised hard questions about state resources, voter bribery and the shrinking room for incumbency in Mt Kenya

'Never forget!' Kenyans online revisit 2007/08 Post Election Violence as political tensions escalate

The capacity problem, road safety question and how NTSA is morphing into a revenue collector

Kondiwa himself admitted before the Senate that the authority does not know the precise number of vehicles currently on Kenyan roads. Chirchir told legislators in May 2026 that establishing a single government inspection center costs approximately Ksh.3 million.

To name or not to name? United Opposition's presidential candidate dilemma

Sifuna's political intelligence lies partly in his deliberate ambiguity. He has not explicitly declared a presidential candidacy.The Mount Kenya vote split is probably the biggest factor to be avoided by Karua's corner.

Gifts galore as top gov't officials storm Ol Kalou ahead of critical by-election

For President Ruto, this race is existential in a specific sense: a loss would confirm the narrative, already gaining traction, that his base in the region that swept him to power in 2022 is fracturing dangerously ahead of his re-election bid.

How the James Gichuru–Rironi Highway became a trail of red flags, nine years on

What the original review document reveals, read against the decade of delay that followed, is not simply bad luck. It is a project whose execution problems were visible, in writing, before a single new beam was poured.

Chronic spenders: How gov’t is living beyond its means as Kenyans tighten belts

It shows how the government spent far beyond what Parliament approved in key offices at the center of power.