PRIME After 60+ years of self-rule, it’s a shame we still resort to begging Is it fathomable that we should still be asking people with less natural endowments to help us feed, clothe, house and educate our people?
PRIME Donald Trump the invincible, or a stranger America getting born? Trump must know that American politicians have never respected people’s wishes, so why should he, Trump, respect such wishes when they don’t sit well with his desires?
PRIME A little bit more ‘hating’ from Trump II could just do Africa a lot of good Trump’s African supporters love him not because he did and will do good things, but precisely because he won’t, and despises the continent.
PRIME Were ‘Bean’ East African, he’d be a child born of Ugandan and Kenyan parents Ugandan-Kenya subversive caricature and fake news are emerging from specific political realities in the two lands.
PRIME Africa already has AU; it need not choose between Bretton and Brics Africans no longer believe the colonialists' lies. If there are to be economic blocs, Africa should create its own.
PRIME Femicide is a national crisis The Kenya police must move with speed to arrest the growth of gangsterism before it becomes deeply entrenched in the national social fabric.
PRIME Don’t give in to cynicism or even detachment; register then vote When the government violates our social contract so crassly, I fear it encourages us to degenerate as well.
PRIME Politics aside, we do not live like we plan to recreate life Our town planners are without a job because our towns plan themselves without needing those ancient skills, basically because we live in glorified villages we call towns.
PRIME Answer to crisis of democracy, African state lies in Arusha. Will region take it? Mozambique's opposition party rejected provisional election results, saying the country was in a "revolutionary" atmosphere.
PRIME Go on, register and vote; we may just get leaders who deserve us Dar es Salaam is growing at an astonishing rate and you can feel it even if you live here.
