Greg Adero

The journey to the second liberation of Kenya was not a walk in the park.  People suffered. Liberators were anguished. Freedom fighters were treated callously and most of them have remained with physical injuries to date. Here are some of the activities that took place inside this torture room that was used to silence any government critique in the 80s.  Stripped Cross-examination After an arrest and taken into the room for examination, the victim was interrogated by the servicemen while naked. During the interrogation, the officers would inflict pain on any part of the body when the victim refused to cooperate. Murky Chambers Poorly lit. No lights. The victims were subjected to several days and months of darkness that some came out visually impaired. This also kept secret the identities of the torture officers whom, to date   have known names but nobody can recognize them. Nobody has their images and nobody can even explain their physical a...

On Friday the 16th December, 2016 at 11.32am is when comrades power was stifled. The exact voice of comrades was throttled. The much efficacious campus politics were tamed and campus politics will never nurture national leaders again. The universities ammendment Act 2016 that directed for Delegate system in electing versify student leaders will forever silence the voices of the majority and ensure that vibrant leaders doesn't lead the students. The first suspicious provision of this ammenent, that is now a law, says that every students council membership shall reflect national diversity and shall not have two-thirds of the same gender. How do you ensure this in a Democratic space? The fact that the National Assembly has been defeated to obey the two thirds gender rule means that it is impossible when democratic elections are held. It is only applicable where appoinnts are done. What will happen when the delegates elect an SGC of the same gender? There is a high possibility t...

Known as the peoples president. An enigma. The father of Kenyan Democracy. Raila Amolo Odinga, the son of Oginga and Mary Ajuma. He has had the most humiliating moments in Kenyan politics since independence. His efforts for good governance has never paid off. He keeps pressing on but what exactly is Raila Odinga made of? What are his proficiencies and inanities? As seen in his unending career, Odinga and other notable elites ensured that Kenya regains multy party democracy in 1991 through dangerous street protests and riots that ensured that Moi gives in to the peoples demands. Devolution that has ensured that development is spread all over regions in Kenya was originally Odinga's idea. It was first crafted in ODM manifesto in 2007 when he promised that he would deliver a new constitution during his tenure. This became a reality in 2010 with the inauguration of the new constitution though under a coalition government.  Apart from these it is Raila who has unearthed several hug...

The country moarns. Communities grief and a national morning day declared. Children remain orphans and young ladies become widows all over sudden. People perceive dark days ahead. But man is so airheaded, amnemonic and amnesic. These are some Kenyan Great personalities who died by gun and justice has gone unserved to date. 1. THOMAS JOSEPH MBOYA Its a Saturday, the 5th day of July 1969. Just 6 years after the country gains self governance. An icon, a bright Kenyan, Kenyan trade unionist, educationist, Pan Africanist, author, independence activist, Cabinet Minister is short dead by alleged one Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoroge who disappeared thereafter. It intensified ethnic rivalry in the 90s but here we are now. Nobody to ask who exactly was the "big man" Njoroge talked about. 2. GEORGE MUCHAI Just two years after being elected as the Member of parliament for Kabete, the body of Muchai was found dead inside his car together with his two bodyguards and a driver...

Universities as established in the 6th century were ment to be the apex of any educational system. They were to be producers of knowledge but not consumers of knowledge. In Kenya, each pioneer university was established with specific goals and objectives that when achieved, would be helpful to the country. However the expansion of university education to reduce wastage rate at form four has done ravage than good. Today, most universities have produced several incompetent graduates. Half baked. Naive graduates who cannot apply the skills that they were taught. Universities are consumers of knowledge. Fake professors who are good only at quoting other scholars yet they do no research and write no papers to contribute in the scholarly world. Universities are making no innovations. We have roadside universities offering fake degree programmes. They have no facilities to offer the intended courses and they are only systems of money making. They lure students with decorated names an...

THE SILENT RIGHT OF AN UNBORN FOETUS . The basic form of injustice in our society today is abortion. Apart from being the cruelest act a woman can do, it’s quite an injustice to the most innocent and helpless creature. In all our communities, we believe that life begins at conception and therefore procuring an abortion is no less than a murder to someone with no mistake, pure, vulnerable and blameless. Abortion can be allowed on medical grounds but unfortunately this does not form the main reason why our ladies do it today. The vague excuses given include unpreparedness to be a mother and wrong pieces o f advice from couples, friends and relatives. Most ladies abort because either they are in conflict with themselves or with the man who made them pregnant. With this, a lady would continue to procure an abortion without thinking of the risks, and effects that would follow. A woman guilty of murder especially of an innocent unborn child can never hide her recreates, shame ...

With the ban imposed on Shisha manufacture, sale and use in Kenya, debates have come up on the exact dangers that shisha users are exposed to. However Medics have confined some of the highly dangerous components of Shisha that are so harmful to human body. They are; 1. CARBON MONOXIDE .  This is produced by the charcoal burnt from the shisha pot. It is a silent killer that when inhaled, it replaces oxygen in the blood hence killing cells and denying important organs of the body access to oxygen. Carbon monoxide can also lead to brain damage, heart problems and major organ dysfunction. 2. NICOTINE . It is produced by the burning tobacco. It is the largest component of tobacco and it is responsible for addiction. When taken in large quantities it reduces immune response and poses negative impacts on the reproductive health. It also affects the cell proliferation, oxidative stress, apoptosis, DNA mutation by various mechanisms which leads to cancer. 3. COBALT METALS . I...