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Petty greed and holding education at ransom

By The Editorial Board • 05 December 2025, 8:00PM

The Magiagi Primary School dispute between the school committee and teachers put at risk the education of children. It was petty and driven by greed.

By The Editorial Board • 05 December 2025, 8:00PM

No excuse for unsafe and dangerous behaviour

To parade or not to parade, that is the discussion that most are having. Some are ...

By The Editorial Board • 02 November 2025, 9:00PM

Keeping the cops clean and the laws needed for it

It is good to have a policy in place before the random drug testing of police offi...

By The Editorial Board • 07 November 2025, 9:00PM

The reason for poor governance and reduced accountability

The prevalence of vote-buying is widely identified as a cause of poor governance, ...

By The Editorial Board • 22 November 2025, 8:00PM

Future of press freedom at the crossroads

Freedom for people depends on freedom of the press. The government needs to accept...

By The Editorial Board • 07 December 2025, 10:00AM

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