In a revealing interview with Debunked Media, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula, the self-styled ‘Papa wa Roma’, details his journey in politics. The man from Kabuchai relives the phone call by which Moi picked him for nomination to parliament thereby forcing him to leave behind a thriving private practice; to his understated role in bringing … Read more
On the morning of 30th May 2022, celebrated gospel musician, minister, speaker and independent aspirant for the Presidency in the 9th August 2022 Kenya General Elections, Reuben Kigame, addressed the press in Nairobi. The night before, 10pm to be precise, the Eldoret based entrepreneur, widely admired for his virtuous public persona and for defying blindness, … Read more
Kenya Kwanza’s earthquake in Busia followed Musalia Mudavadi’s homecoming the day earlier in Vihiga County. ANC Party Leader Musalia Mudavadi, Ford Kenya Party Leader Moses Wetangula among the host of leaders accompanying Deputy President William Ruto on a vote hunt. Among promises made by Kenya Kwanza was scrapping of the controversial CBC education system once … Read more
Baluya Khurukakho is a political contemporary Luhya folk song by Sammy Mangara and Wanyonyi wa Kakai whose sober message is aimed at the political leadership of the Luhya. Released in the run up to the 2022 Kenya General elections, it can only be much needed and timely. Sammy Mangara is a young Bukusu pop musician … Read more
ANC Deputy leader Ayub Savula, Khwisero MP Aseka Miradi and Matungu Mp Peter Nabulindo, signaling shifting alliance were among the host of political leaders drawn from across western who attended a strategy meeting hosted by COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli, at his Muluanda home in Khwisero Kakamega county. The high powered, highly politically significant meeting … Read more
A new stanza in the musical chairs of the latest installment of a long dragging Ford Kenya coup. This time, another battle lost for Wamunyinyi Ford Kenya as Wetangula Ford Kenya win big at the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal (PPDT). Among the Luhya, when one has a dispute with their wife, they cannot just up … Read more
Whichever side you supported, the latest (failed?) Ford Kenya coup was very much phenotypical of the party’s DNA. Such has been the history of Ford Kenya: bloodless coup after bloodless coup. In the recent weeks, we have been treated to the intrigues of the Kutalang’i party, once the vehicle of Bukusu political dreams. Ford Watengula … Read more
The politics of Nabutundu is not equivalent to tumbocracy. Nabutundu politics is not just a selfish nor vain quest. It’s the political equivalent of the concept of BATNA – Best Alternative to Negotiated Agreement. The fierce sibling rivalry within NASA, playing to the public gallery didn’t start today. Neither will it end with Raila’s ODM … Read more
Politics is war. Without the bullets, bombs and hopefully refugees. Nothing epitomized this better than the 2017 Kakamega Governor race. In the land that locals call Shifweye, Mudavadi had Michael Osundwa Sakwa to do a job on incumbent Oparanya. A poor pick it must be said. Moses Masika Wetangula had Khalwale on a similar brief. … Read more
