Moses Ledama Sunkuli is a seasoned Kenyan electoral management professional currently serving as the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Commission Secretary of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). He stepped into this leadership role on 5 February 2026, just 48 hours after the departure of his predecessor, Marjan Hussein Marjan, and is expected … Read more
Mutahi Kahiga is a Kenyan politician and the current Governor of Nyeri County. He was born in Gitathi-ini, Nyeri County, where he spent his early childhood before his family later moved to Kiganjo. His father worked as a waiter at the Kenya Police College mess, which gave the family modest but stable living conditions. Although … Read more
The Mau Mau uprising (1952-1960) presented an existential threat to British colonial rule. The colonial government’s response was brutal and multifaceted: military operations, detention camps, and villagization. But perhaps one of the most insidious strategies was economic warfare. A special tax was imposed solely on the residents of the so-called “emergency areas”—primarily the Meru, Kikuyu and … Read more