Articles by Waihiga Mwaura

This photo taken March 22, 2018, shows apps for WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and other social networks on ...

Internet access in Uganda restored

1458, January 18, 2021 (EAT)

The digitally isolated country of Uganda is now back on the World Wide Web after the government restored the internet almost one week after it was thr...

Meet Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi, the force behind Bobi Wine

1650, January 17, 2021 (EAT)

I first saw Barbara Itungo Kyagulanyi in person one day before the 2021 Ugandan General election. She stepped out of their Magere home alongside he...

WAIHIGA: No emails or zoom calls, Uganda is voting

940, January 15, 2021 (EAT)

What does it mean to be unable to access online banking for at least four days? What if the only way you could pay for your electricity was online ...

OPINION: Dr. Ken Ouko, slain by disease many Kenyans still don’t believe is real

1732, August 3, 2020 (EAT)

I will not pretend to say that I knew Dr Ken Ouko very well. Those tributes I will leave to his family, close friends, colleagues etc. But the litt...

Death of funerals? Tim Wanyonyi still traumatised after ‘strangers’ buried his brother

1037, June 21, 2020 (EAT)

His name was Antony Waswa, popularly known as Tony. The father of four was 48 years old and had never been hospitalized. Yet on May 15, 2020, he ...

It takes about Ksh.100 billion and 7 years to develop a vaccine – KEMRI

1116, April 27, 2020 (EAT)

Did you know that manufacturing a vaccine that could be widely and safely used by human beings of different genetic makeups could cost nearly one bill...

WAIHIGA: Why Kenya should monitor East Africa’s response to coronavirus

1642, April 2, 2020 (EAT)

One of the earliest known Greek poets, identified by the single name Hesiod once said: “A bad neighbour is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a ...

Mystery of an Army Major, a troubled marriage and missing wife, children

1939, November 14, 2019 (EAT)

It is now 19 days since 31-year-old Joyce Syombua and her two children; Shanice Maua and Prince Michael, disappeared after visiting her estranged part...

Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere

1818, April 7, 2019 (EAT)

I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...

Should private security guards have guns? Sobering lessons from Uganda

1146, January 29, 2019 (EAT)

Debate is growing over whether Kenya should arm its security guards in the wake of the terrorist attack at 14 Riverside Drive. But across the borde...

Theresa May warns Britain will head to the unknown if Brexit deal rejected PHOTO/REUTERS

Waihiga: Kenyan leaders must take responsibility for their actions

2001, November 27, 2018 (EAT)

French novelist Marcel Proust once said: "Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” After 33 years of living in ...

A technician checks the video arbitration system that will be used during the friendly football ...

WAIHIGA: Will technology take your job away?

645, October 23, 2018 (EAT)

Having lived, studied and worked in Kenya all my life, my time in London so far has been nothing short of eye opening. The capital city of England is...

WAIHIGA: Should Kenya’s media invest more in Solutions-Focused Journalism?

1530, October 22, 2018 (EAT)

[caption id="attachment_215892" align="alignnone" width="120"] Waihiga Mwaura in London, UK[/caption] I recently spoke to BBC news anchor...

Major (Rtd) Michael Rotich (Standing Front Row, 2nd R) poses with Team Kenya when President ...

Waihiga: Strange trajectory of Rio Olympics fiasco, but how long will it take?

2001, October 13, 2018 (EAT)

Waihiga Mwaura in London, UK On Saturday, October 13, 2018, the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji stunned the sports fraternity in Kenya...

Shock of young Kenyan entrepreneurs in Ksh.7M tax debt

951, August 4, 2018 (EAT)

Young Kenyans looking to avoid unemployment are often encouraged to start their own businesses but end up a discouraged lot when the taxman suddenly e...

EXCLUSIVE: Aerial video, photos of killer dam in Subukia

1822, May 10, 2018 (EAT)

A spot check by Citizen Digital revealed that the barrier around the deadly dam in Subukia was made of stones, boulders and loose gravel that gave wa...

Former Nairobi Gubernatorial aspirant Miguna Miguna in police custody. PHOTO| COURTESY

TIMELINE: Miguna deportation saga

1154, March 27, 2018 (EAT)

February 7, 2018 - Miguna Miguna deported from Kenya to Canada for 'being in the country illegally.' March 26, 2:30pm – Miguna returns to Kenya ...

Gold medallist Britain's Mo Farah celebrates near the podium for the Men's 5000m during the ...

Somali born Sir Mo Farah slams Trump immigration order

1905, January 29, 2017 (EAT)

Somali born British double Olympics and world distance champion, Sir Mo Farah has hit out at the controversial immigration order declared by US Pres...

Eliud Kipchoge's wrecked car after it was involved in a rear-end collision. (PHOTO/COURTESY)

Olympic champion Kipchoge escapes unhurt in collision

1206, December 9, 2016 (EAT)

The reigning Olympic marathon champion and 2016 Athletics Kenya (AK) Male Athlete of the Year Eliud Kipchoge walked out of a rear-end collision unhurt...

Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump in a past debate. [Photo/Courtesy]

Africa worried about what a Trump presidency holds

1610, November 9, 2016 (EAT)

It is said that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold and as international media houses continue to broadcast the results of the ...