Special Report

Tsvangirai

Defying all odds to ‘walk’ down the aisle
An old adage goes: Love knows no boundaries. This seemed to be the case in Mombasa after a couple exchanged their marriage vows. [Updated on July 5, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Turning warped trees into fine art
For timber traders, tree trunks in odd shapes are not good for business. Not so for Nickson Koimur. From warped and twisted tree trunks that most timber merchants would shun, he turns them into complex and mystic artwork. [Updated on July 5, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

How Mboya fought back but lost the battle
In this second installation on the life and times of Tom Mboya, we revisits the intrigues in the first post-colonial Cabinet that primed the former minister for an early grave. [Updated on July 4, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Mboya’s strength lay in trade unionism
Veteran trade unionist Fred Omido, 72, removes his cowboy hat, adjusts his dark-blue neck tie and sinks into an easy sofa when asked about Thomas Joseph Mboya. [Updated on July 4, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Doubts linger on Mboya assassin’s fate
Thirty-nine years after the brutal assassination of Tom Mboya, questions still linger whether his ki [Updated on July 4, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

The historical gem of Rusinga Island
A bloodstained brief case sits on a slab at the Tom Mboya Mausoleum in Rusinga Island, a stark remin [Updated on July 4, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Ramisi sugar factory reborn
Mr Juma Hassan Mboma has lived a hopeless life for two decades. In 1988, he lost 12 acres of sugarc [Updated on July 3, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

The shot that cut short a promising career
July 5, 1969: A hot Saturday in Nairobi and the glowing afternoon sun boiled the city’s thoroughfare [Updated on July 3, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Blackmail dogged Mboya throughout his political life
On July 5 1969, Kenya’s most distinguished and prominent politician Tom Mboya was assassinated by a [Updated on July 3, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Secrets of Kenya’s top assassin
Fresh secrets of assassin Nahashon Njenga have emerged 39 years after he shot Thomas Joseph Mboya, a [Updated on July 3, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Finally, a ray of hope for Nairobi drainage basin
Clogged with water hyacinth and dotted with islands of garbage washed down from the Kibera slum, the [Updated on July 2, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Shallow graves, shattered lives in Uasin Gishu
When things fell apart after the General Election, seeds of sorrow were sown in the hearts of many, [Updated on June 30, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Central reaches out to Raila
THE proposed enthronement of Prime Minister Raila Odinga as a Kikuyu elder has generated more smoke [Updated on June 29, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

The general is down, but not out
General Jackson Mulinge is clearly remembered as a man who was at the helm of the Armed Forces for a [Updated on June 29, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Mbeki’s silence over Mugabe draws criticism
Standing amid the collapsing Zimbabwe appears the dithering and morally compromised figure of South [Updated on June 28, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more

Human parasites perfect survival tricks
They live and move amongst us. But they are not detectable through the human eye. They are blessed w [Updated on June 28, 2008, 12:00 am ] ... Read more