The Daily IIJ

Trial for Kenya’s masterminds of post-election violence would start as soon as July 2010. The International Criminal Court (ICC) already set in motion the wheels of justice to try the perpetrators as its Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo indicated President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga had agreed to facilitate arrests of the indicted, irrespective of [...]

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By James Ratemo At last I have a post so dear to my heart in my diary Kenya’s parliamentary attempt to defeat country’s match to enhanced media freedom has been cut short. Mooters of a plan to have a draconian section of law that gave Internal security minister power to storm media houses and confiscate [...]

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BY JAMES RATEMO, In Nairobi, Kenya Corruption is ailing African economies and is keeping off elite Africans out of the continent, US president Barrack Obama has decried. In his anwers to questions from Africa during his Ghana tour, Obama said his foreign policy is going to be emphasizing the importance of governance in Africa. “I [...]

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Kenya’s political crisis has taken a swift turn and now major suspects in the 2007 post-election violence that rocked the country would be headed to the Hague.

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BY JAMES RATEMO IN NAIROBI So Michael Jackson is dead enh? But why? Well I know this is the question that played on many minds and lips.Kenya was not left behind. POLITICS that take centre stage in Kenyan Media and the Somalia crisis was shelved as the country went into mourning for a man who [...]

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Yeah that is how it is exactly, as wavy and full of bickerings as the title to this story. Though designed after Germany’s coalition government, Kenya’s has not matured one year down the line. The two principles differ openly despite their spirited efforts to paint an ‘all is well within’ image. Recently the two guys [...]

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It is the epitome of civilization. Some find it irresistible but for others it can be a thorn in the flesh.

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Tribute to Africa’s fallen Journalists BY JAMES RATEMO in Nairobi, Kenya As the world commemorates World Press Freedom Day, the number of journalists killed in the line of duty is still rising. In the last year, reports the United Nations, 60 journalists were killed around the world and many kidnapped, wounded or threatened.

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They fight for freedom. They fight to bare the dirt of those in power. They are called voice of the voiceless and champions for the weak. But when the guns are tuned in their direction, they fall like flies with nobody to shield them. Yes journalism waters can turn murky. Man have indeed fallen holding [...]

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US President, Barrack Obama now wants Kenyan politicians to roll up sleeves, solve their problems and move the country forward. Obama has raised concerns over the raging corruption in Kenya and threatening scenarios in the coalition Government. Kenya’s coalition Government is designed from that of Germany.  Apparently, over a year since the coaltion was put [...]

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