People like John Mbadi, Gladys Wanga, and the so-called pro–broad-based government knew how to influence William Ruto. This was the time they could have accepted ODM leadership under Babu Owino, Edwin Sifuna, and James Orengo.
What political analysts aren’t telling people is that William Ruto has realised Luo Nyanza may be unreliable for his 2027 re-election. That’s why he’s putting on a tough face and returning to the mountain, but on closer inspection, he’s still kneeling for their backing.
Nothing pains me more than spending 18 years chewing books like yams, hoping to build a better future, only to see primary school dropouts securing top jobs. The saddest part is watching educated yet unemployed Kenyans support such mediocre decisions.
Lack of money on campus can make people do anything. I remember one time when my roommate and I, Dr. Gedion Onyango (Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi), had to eat plain cabbage with only salt and millet ugali.
A frail Raphael Tuju in Kisumu after he met with the luo Council of elders with Deputy Ker Ogaye Peter Ayaga and Luo Council of Elders Organising Secretary Vitalis Awandu!
Makerere in its heydays.
It was the pride of East Africa and the envy of many African countries.
Known as the Harvard of Africa in those days , it remains one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in East and Central Africa.
Generations of prominent Africans and early political elites of Kenya and Tanzania, pursued their higher education at the institution right from the time it opened its doors as a technical school in 1922.
The early motto of Makerere in 1922 was ”Let’s be Men." This was in recognition of men's effort in building the campus by providing labour . In 1945 the motto was changed to “We Build For the Future,” to make it more inclusive and education centred.
This was also the same year Makerere College began admitting female students. The only problem was finding girls who could pursue higher education there.
Mary Stuart, the wife of Anglican Archbishop Simon Stuart, travelled throughout East Africa looking for girls to join Makerere, with very little success.
This was because early secondary schools had been constructed for the education of the boy child as girls were required to remain at home and be taught housekeeping by their mothers.
Kenyan students came from Alliance and Mangu Boys, while Tanzanian students came from Tabora boys and Zanzibar secondary.
The first female students at Makerere were Ugandans and they included Catherine Senkatunka and Sarah Ntiro in 1945. One of the first Kenyan girls to join the prestigious institution was Agatha Mawondo Nimrod Mboje from Mbololo Taita Hills in 1954 .
She had pursued her African Preliminary Education at the Coast Girls' School ,Wusi , and then attended the African Girls' High School at Kikuyu ,where she obtained her Cambridge School Certificate in 1953 .
The following year she entered Makerere College on a Kenya Government bursary.Two years later in 1956 she gained her degree in Mathematics English and Sociology, becoming the first Kenyan woman to obtain a degree.