All articles in 'Democracy'


Africa: Victim of Bad Structures

Much of African culture has to change fast. Outsiders cannot help us find our collective identity an...

22nd May 2007
Slavery: Africa Cannot Eat Apologies!

The slave masters who benefited from that crime against humanity have been given reparations for los...

29th May 2007
Foreign Aid Damages Democracy

One of the political conditionalities imposed on African governments by the IFIs and the “donor-comm...

12th June 2007
Africa’s Unity: Arabs Have a Hidden Agenda

African Arabs never regard themselves as Africans but rather as Arabs living in Africa. This stand i...

31st July 2007
Development and Good Governance: Which Comes First...

Are we independent when the first thing we do after winning elections is to fly to Europe to open ba...

7th August 2007
Zimbabwe: Is Government and Opposition Finally Agr...

The opposition introduced the Gorbachev Factor to our political climate and that will ultimately be...

13th November 2007
Political Hippos Must Go!

Throw every single one of them out and vote in fresh new faces or the Cheetah generation: the young...

20th November 2007
Majimbo Debate: What’s in a Name?

What Kenyans want can assume any name so long as in principle, they have an effective say in the way...

27th November 2007
Political Hippos Must Go!

Kenyans go to the polls on Dec 27, 2007. The mood of the electorate is one of betrayal, disappointme...

27th November 2007
Hippos Must Go!

Kenyans liked to joke that the letters in Moi's name stood for "My Own Interest." After he succeeded...

4th December 2007
Namibia’s Rally for Democracy and Progress: Old Wi...

It is essential that political parties strategically think about structural reorganisation in order...

4th December 2007
Democrazy and Prosperity

Democracy as we know it in Kenya, offers ventilation on what politicians do over the five year perio...

11th December 2007
Hippos Must Go!

Reform requires democratization, market liberalization, decentralization of power, and repair of dys...

11th December 2007
The ‘Solomon Option’: Will it Work for Kenya?

Let us face it. No price tag can be put on human life. Kenya is more than ODM and PNU, Kibaki, Raila...

11th February 2008
Tribalism in Africa: A Western Creation?

The bloodlettings in Kenya, Chad, Congo, and elsewhere are but the warning tremors of the very thing...

12th February 2008
Dr. Simba Makoni Might be Clean But…

There's something about the deficiency in public service in 'independent' Africa that drives citizen...

18th March 2008
The Fallacy of Political Pluralism in Zimbabwe

Proliferation of political parties will have no bearing towards a transformation to free market exce...

25th March 2008
Uganda: The Battle for Democracy Continues

For two decades, Uganda has operated without political parties. These were suspended when President...

31st March 2008
Zimbabwe Elections: Tsvangirai and Mugabe Dig Own...

Zimbabwe's electoral system is so discredited that no amount of demagoguery by SEOT can sanctify the...

1st April 2008
Zimbabwe Elections : Out of the Frying Pan into th...

I am uncomfortable with what I believe to be the MDC’s old-style client-patron relationship with the...

1st April 2008
Truth about Genocide still Haunts Kagame

Several underlying issues about the genocide still need to be unearthed. The world deserves to know...

7th April 2008
External Pressure Unnecessary On Kagame

Sovereignty demands that a state be free from interference from external forces and one that is inde...

14th April 2008
Zimbabwe: Thabo Mbeki Loses Final Test on Politica...

If not announcing critical results after an election is “a normal electoral process according to the...

15th April 2008
Large Cabinet is Good for Kenya

If the size of cabinet increases, then there is less national cake to be shared privately among his...

15th April 2008
China’s Hand in Zimbabwean Gridlock

When Chinese President Hu Jintao promised five billion United States dollars in loans and credits to...

22nd April 2008
Jendayi Fraser’s Utterances: A Prescription for Ch...

This is an incurable habit of the West: the inability to stop condescending, directing and ordering...

28th April 2008
Malawi: Will Bakili Muluzi be Recycled?

What new thing will he do for Malawi that he failed to do for two terms in office? If anything, M...

28th April 2008
Press Freedom Wanting In Africa

Africa will not experience democracy if the Press is not allowed to keep the populace informed and h...

6th May 2008
Is the Political Terrain too Rough for Women in Af...

Since changes in society normally come through the political process, the need for women to be among...

13th May 2008
Zimbabwe: Does Mugabe Have Another Face?

Doesn’t the winning by the Zimbabwean Opposition of more votes in both parliamentary and presidentia...

27th May 2008
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