Nairobi 2029: The Long Run Home
Kenya has spent decades shaping world athletics. Now its biggest championship is coming home. Nairobi 2029 connects the running culture of Iten with a renovated Kasarani, billions in public investment, a difficult doping record and a government eager to associate itself with national sporting success.
Who Owns Safaricom?
Kenya’s High Court has nullified the government’s sale of a 15 percent Safaricom stake to Vodacom. Because Safaricom and M-Pesa sit so deeply inside everyday communications and payments, the case raises a larger question: when does a private company become strategic public infrastructure?
Edwin Sifuna 2027
Edwin Sifuna has moved from ODM secretary-general and Nairobi senator to one of Kenya’s fastest-rising presidential prospects. His rise raises a larger question: can a politician shaped by Raila Odinga’s coalition politics build support in a Kenya where ethnicity remains powerful but citizenship, economic interests and generational identity increasingly compete with it?