OPINION: KENYA MUST REJECT POLITICS OF GOONISM
The recent surge of goonism in our country is not something to be taken lightly. The deliberate misuse of the youth to silence political opponents and intimidate those with differing views is a dangerous trend that undermines our democracy and betrays the very future of the young people being manipulated.Kenya has been celebrated as a rising democracy, a role model across the East African Community and the African continent. Our journey has been marked by resilience: from the struggles of independence, through the turbulence of singleโparty rule, to the hardโwon freedoms of multiparty democracy. These milestones remind us of how far we have come โ and how much we stand to lose if retrogressive politics take root.History offers a sobering warning. The 2007/2008 postโelection violence remains a haunting scar in our collective memory. Over 1,000 lives were lost, hundreds of thousands displaced, and the nationโs soul shaken. That nightmare must never be repeated. To allow goonism to fester is to risk dragging Kenya back into those dark times.We must ask ourselves: what kind of future do we want? A Kenya where youth are weaponized as pawns in political battles, or a Kenya where they are empowered as builders of peace, innovation, and prosperity? For us to grow as a nation, we must embrace political tolerance, respect, and dialogue. We must reject intimidation and embrace the politics of ideas.Our diversity is our strength. From Kisii to Mombasa, Nairobi to Turkana, we are one people bound by a shared destiny. We only have one Kenya. Safeguarding it requires leaders who are accountable, institutions that are strong, and citizens who refuse to be complicit in goonism.Democracy is not just about elections โ it is about how we treat one another every day. Kenyaโs story is still being written. Let it be a story of resilience, unity, and hope. Let us ensure that the next chapter is not marred by goonism, but illuminated by peace and progress.
Mhesh, you have stood with Sifuna through turbulent waters; why abandon your brother now, in the midst of this noble quest for a better Kenya? Do not let the lure of money or the hunger for power cloud your vision. Walk with Sifuna to the very end, for we Kenyans are right behind you.I believe that after the 10/8/2027 elections, Sifuna will rise to the presidency, while you take the mantle as Governor of our great county of Nairobi. And when his journey concludes in 2037, after your two terms as Governor, you will stand as the undisputed successor. Anyway opinions are like assholes everyone has one.
@TimAdams76 Forget doping โ the Brits finally cracked the code. They saw Kenyans train in the Rift Valley, then fly to London to humble them. So in 2029, they thought: why not save airfare and humiliation by importing both the training camp and the beating straight to Nairobi?
Hi, Cyprian.
I wanted to bring an important issue to your attention regarding the recent directive by the President to reduce the tax on imported goods to KSh 2 million.
Despite the directive, the KSh 3.2 million tax is still being enforced at the port. When we raise the issue with KRA, we are being told that if we want to have the assessment done at the KSh 2 million rate, we have to open the container and have the goods inspected item by item.
This is proving extremely difficult and feels like a deliberate way of frustrating importers into giving up on the KSh 2 million option and simply paying the KSh 3.2 million being demanded.
We would really appreciate it if you could look into this and bring the issue to the attention of the relevant authorities. The concern is not just about the amount of tax, but whether the Presidential directive is actually being implemented at the port as intended.
A young woman with an oxygen mask appeared on NTV, begging, pleading, and crying to the Government, Ministry of Health to end the nurses strike because she and others were dying. No medication for 40 days. Yesterday, she died. Nobody in government was moved. As of yesterday, 136 mothers and kids had died, many in waiting areas (and these are just numbers that are known). The President is busy on rooftops of cars, Aden Duale is busy campaigns in North Easter to prove he is the king, and nobody gives a damn anymore... Khabusie!
If you interact with this clip anywhere, share it everywhere including with your family members.
We have a country to fight for. No one is safe in this country.
A few things if Ruto gets the second term.
1. Term limits will be removed. No brainer. Obviously.
2. Some nondescript MP from Sabaot or Taveta will start some serious charge to amend the constitution calling for a referendum to change our constitution. Armed with โgood intentionsโ, a lot of noise about the need to tame the wage bill and overrepresentation, Kenyans will be duped to think that another amending of the constitution will fix our problems. There will be no discussion about the real culprits: corruption and bad governance. Sadder is that the most marginalised people for whom devolution may have been the best shot at fixing the multi-generational inequality will be at the foremost at defending the new consistution that will hoodwink many people but whose sole aim is consilidate more power and resources in Nairobi.
Ruto will not hesistate for a second to mutilate the constitution. When the whole country embraced it, he was the only one opposed to it for no reason at all other than that he hates all that can be good for Kenya.
We forget so easily.
3. It is foolish to think that Ruto remodelled State House so that he can leave power prematurely. Naah. Manโs never played like that. Ever. All that remodelling and building of the chapel are for the long haul.
Remember, regionally Kagame and Museveni inspire him. Suluhu also can teach him a thing or two. So does the Ethiopian guy. South Sudan, Somalia and Burundi donโt inspire much.
4. We have seen the institutionalization of the goon culture. It is a signal of the coming clashes between Gen Zs and Goon Z. Two young people of disparate backgrounds. Goon Z will win the day.
5. In his first term, Ruto survived the Gen Z protests, impeached his deputy with brutal efficiency. Can you imagine what kind of a man he will be when nothing stands out of his way?
6. Ruto swallowed and effectively neutered and neutralised ODM. He will have zero resistance from any quarters. He has quashed and vanquished anything that can stand on his way. Only Richard Onyonka and Edwin Sifuna have some cojones to speak truth to power. Two men against his brutal machinery, tough lucky baby.
7. Mass abductions, cruelty such as never witnessed, and serious crackdown at dissenting voices will be the norm.
8. Kenyans will ever regret laughing at Uganda, Tanzania or those countries ruled by dictators.
We will realise we are not above the program.
9. Current government bloggers will be the most surprised later in 2028. One just hopes they are making enough to prop up this regime. No sensible Kenya I know vouches for this government kabisa. And we all canโt be mad and only six government bloggers be right. And now content creators running low on cash are about to rescue their reputation appearing on popular podcast with very lame talking points. Do people in government read the mood of the country?
10. I have seen that Zimbwabwean dude around State House. And I have watched the company the president keeps. The level of corruption you will witness will leave you poorer than you are now, sadder than you will ever be and super hungry.
Again, all of the above are derived from the observable facts.
In 2030 let no one act surprised.
The economy is collapsing because Ruto is snatching all government business/ doing business with government. He wants to be richer than Kenyatta and Moi families combined. This is immeasurable greed.
STATEMENT BY H.E. DR. STEPHEN KALONZO MUSYOKA
For Immediate Release
August 28, 2026
Seven days. That is what I am giving the National Police Service Commission, the Teachers Service Commission and the Kenya Defence Forces to come clean on who they have recruited over the last five years, how many, on what basis, and from where in this country. Kenyans are waiting.
You cannot dismiss what National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula and Murang'a Woman Representative Betty Maina have said about TSC recruitment letters allegedly coming out of State House as just political noise. When the Speaker of the National Assembly says something like this in public, it stops being gossip. It becomes a matter that this country must get to the bottom of, because it speaks directly to whether our recruitment agencies still answer to Kenyans or now answer to Rutoโs State House.
We have been getting information for months that recruitment into these institutions has stopped reflecting who we are as a country, and that where a job comes from now depends less on merit and more on who you know or who you voted for. That is not how Article 232 of our Constitution was written, and it is certainly not how a republic is supposed to work.
These institutions belong to Kenyans. They are not a basket of favours for Ruto's regime to dish out to friends and reward loyalty. If a young person in Kajiado, Makueni, or Taita Taveta is being locked out of a police or teaching job so that someone connected to State House can walk in instead, Ruto has some explaining to do, and whoever is behind this must be named.
I have already directed our MPs and our lawyers to write to these three institutions within the next 48 hours demanding this information in full, backed by the law that guarantees Kenyans access to information held by public bodies. The seven-day clock starts from when those letters land on their desks. If they choose silence instead of answers, we will go to court and ask a judge to compel them to disclose what they are hiding. I say this plainly: it is not a threat. It is what accountability looks like. Kenyans will get the truth about who is being hired into their institutions, and why, with or without State House's cooperation.