Wanjala Nasong'o

In a country characterised by identity politics, to have the President, the Chief Justice, the Attorney General, the Chief of the Revenue Authority, the Director of the Central Bank, and the Chief of the Defense Forces from the same identity group is highly problematic.

My recently published book featured in Survival, a journal of the British Institute for Strategic Studies.

@FNasubo @TheStarKenya These guys might be planning on giving IDs to foreigners en mass to secure votes in 2027. A birth certificate is the primary document of citizenship allover the globe.

@TheStarKenya Birth certificate is mandatory for applying ID. It is also required when applying for passport. It is the major proof that you are a Kenyan before ID. Why not include the nationality of the parents in the ID for it become proof of citizenship?

Immigration PS Bitok has said a birth certificate is not an entitlement to citizenship, National ID is what entitles one to be a Kenyan citizen. #starkenyanews

@TheStarKenya What kind of fallacy is this? A birth certificate is the original primary document proferring citizenahip by birth. An ID comes later in life and is based on a birth certificate as proof of citizenship. What is cooking given such statements?!

What's the state of political science in Africa? How is it practiced at African universities? These are questions asked – and answered – in the book Political Science in Africa: Freedom, Relevance, Impact. As of today it is #OpenAccess #OAWeek @LaaksoLiisa nai.uu.se/stories-and-ev…

Here's our author Wanjala S. Nasong’o posing with his latest book Kenya and the Politics of a Postcolony #AnthemPress #Kenya #Kenyanpolitics #anticolonial_nationalism Click here to purchase your copy bit.ly/3Mk5ByJ

This idea of bursaries from the MCA, MP, WR, Governor, etc, is a political ploy to keep Kenyans in a servitude position relative to politicians. Consolidate all the cash, direct it to schools and make education free in Kenya.

The book is out, it resonates powerfully with the GenZ concerns: anthempress.com/politics-and-i…

Ruto was given a Carte Blanche by the Gen-Zs to reset everything, but bungled it. He should have reconstituted a lean cabinet of 14 composed of non-political experts, slashed the salaries of top government officials and banned first class air travel for government officials.

Out now! Kenya and the Politics of a Postcolony by Prof Nasong’o examines the governance and politics of Kenya since independence with a particular focus on the betrayal by the political class of the aspirations of anticolonial nationalism #AnthemPress #Kenya #AfricanPolitics

President @WilliamsRuto is a disapointment period.

@Steve_Momanyi21 @MutahiNgunyi Fake title kama ya Prof. Hamo the comedian.

@swnasongo @MutahiNgunyi He says he's a Professor

@MutahiNgunyi I really question education a lot because of men like this one.

@ComanderJeremy @MutahiNgunyi A professor of what, where?

@MutahiNgunyi I wonder how you became a professor. People like you are the ones who make us feel like education is useless

Dear Ruto: You can NEVER please Kenyans. GOD was once PRESIDENT of Israel. One DAY, the people got TIRED of him. They PROTESTED. "...God MUST go". And God left. Israel is still at WAR to date. Because you are NOT God, do not make the SAME mistake. You are a MAN. Act like a MAN.

@GodwinSiundu Correct. Otherwise it boggles the mind why he didn't seize the opportunity to remake his administration.

Prof @swnasongo I think he is beholden to some forces that have threatened to mess him up now and in 2027, which he hopes to win. Clearly, though, it is not working. And the 'handshake' man may not be of help this time around. In all, we need our country back!

@FelixMutunga11 @GodwinSiundu @paul_wambua1 @OtienoOtieno92 @kimothofrederi1 @syokimondiu @ElvisSalano Exactly. The guy is tone deaf.

@GodwinSiundu @paul_wambua1 @OtienoOtieno92 @kimothofrederi1 @syokimondiu @ElvisSalano @swnasongo Thank you Prof. This is a thought provoking read. Interestingly, or not, his recent cabinet positions are a sign of absolute lack of imagination outside transactional leadership. And the fact that politicians are at loggerheads about positions tells us all we need to know.

@paul_wambua1 @OtienoOtieno92 @kimothofrederi1 @FelixMutunga11 @syokimondiu @ElvisSalano for a quick view of Ruto's transactional politics vis a vis what was hoped for, see @swnasongo At theelephant.info/analysis/2024/…

President Ruto blew up the opportunity to demonstrate seriousness in responding to the Gen-Z demands. He could have constituted a lean cabinet of 14 composed of new faces of experts in each portfolio. Why recycle 6 out of 11 appointees? Why 56% from the same community?

@MigunaMiguna @WilliamsRuto @MigunaMiguna Keep quiet, sir... Let Gen Z do the job. Your revolutionary zeal ended with Ouru.

A response to ⁦@WilliamsRuto⁩: Pack up and go. Withdraw #FinanceBill2024 and resign, or we will remove you from power, in exercise of our sovereign rights under clause 1 of the Constitution. #RutoMustGo #FreshElections

Interesting how a KJ who satarized Moi turns out to be a Kariuki Chotara of the Zakayo epoch... wallowing in power and wealth changes character that much? Or is it the former that shows one's true character?