Otiato Guguyu, Author at Orals East Africa

GNP+ the HIV lobby that saw Trump cuts coming, is leading PLHIV leaders out of the fog of the funding crisis

The one thing that primarily stands out for me is the why we are doing what we are doing, and we have our why very clear, and that it is for people living with HIV. To get every person living with HIV

April 15, 2025

Finance & Markets

Betting on abbreviations: Absa wows customers and peers with financial engineering

It was intriguing to see how Absa Bank has nurtured the ETF market and invested in the stories of its customers to grow it into a robust segment of the NSE.

March 27, 2025

Events & Travel

Walking with raised skirts over Kisumu’s drainage problem

The infamous violent evening storms with forked streaks of lightning splintering over the great lake INyanza, that rage violently for less than an hour moving like black pillars stretching from haven to earth.

March 26, 2025

Economy & Politics

It is Patrice Lumumba’s 1960 all over again as Kagame dares defy the US empire

The message was crystal clear, to defy America was to choose death, and the inheritors of British empire ramped up the violence to implant this fear in the psyche of a continent.

March 18, 2025

Long Read

Kenya’s politics of ID cards is creating poverty and exclusion

For Kenyans who lack ID cards it is not a matter of mere votes, it is a matter of access to socio-economic well-being and citizenship rights, with the affected members living a life of indignity as they fear being harassed by the

February 11, 2025

Long Read

Africa falls in love with China’s deflation, as US dreams America first

In fact America may just be boxing itself into obsolescence by banning TikTok on grounds that justify isolating US-owned social media abroad

February 4, 2025

Long Read

The great western migration

A festival of sorts is thrown all across its shores from our Isambo festival in Budalangi, Rusinga Festival in Homabay, Piny Luo in Siaya and now the largest RnB party outside Nairobi, Kisumu Old School and RnB Brunch.

December 31, 2024

Economy & Politics

Kenyans are raiding the granary to survive IMF austerity

The survey findings indicate that the main reason for stopping savings is current financial constraints, cited by 90.5 percent of respondents.

December 9, 2024

Long Read

Why banks are finally interested in business

With credit to the private sector having tumbled to 3.7 percent in July from 13.9 at the end of last year, banks are coming to knock on your door, those who cultivate these relationships are the ones that will come out on

November 12, 2024

Long Read

The Battle for Laikipia, a documentary you cannot UNSEE

At the end of the documentary, you feel that something you have seen cannot be unseen. Most of the white people in the audience hurriedly left, piqued.

October 22, 2024

Otiato Guguyu

GNP+ the HIV lobby that saw Trump cuts coming, is leading PLHIV leaders out of the fog of the funding crisis

Betting on abbreviations: Absa wows customers and peers with financial engineering

Walking with raised skirts over Kisumu’s drainage problem

It is Patrice Lumumba’s 1960 all over again as Kagame dares defy the US empire

Kenya’s politics of ID cards is creating poverty and exclusion

Africa falls in love with China’s deflation, as US dreams America first

The great western migration

Kenyans are raiding the granary to survive IMF austerity

Why banks are finally interested in business

The Battle for Laikipia, a documentary you cannot UNSEE

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