Columnist for Citizen Digital writing on Kenya's electoral integrity, political polarization, and governance issues.
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… By Sam Gituku July 30, 2026 11:39 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize On my Sense, I focus on the importance of citizen participation in the political direction of the country. …
SAM'S SENSE: Politicians are ready, are you?Citizen Digital
SAM'S SENSE: Money for the vote By Sam Gituku July 03, 2026 12:05 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize It's just about 13 months to the General Election, when millions of voters will troop to t …
SAM'S SENSE: Money for the voteCitizen Digital
SAM’S SENSE: Public projects, private praise By Sam Gituku June 25, 2026 11:40 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize This week, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) directed state an …
SAM’S SENSE: Public projects, private praiseCitizen Digital
SAM'S SENSE: The sense in tolerance By Sam Gituku June 18, 2026 11:44 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Tonight on My Sense, I want to speak about tolerance.For the past many months, the spa …
SAM'S SENSE: The sense in toleranceCitizen Digital
SAM'S SENSE: Education, mind the gaps By Sam Gituku June 05, 2026 12:05 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Last week, during the Elimu Mashinani show at Wagberi Primary School in Wajir County …
SAM'S SENSE: Education, mind the gapsCitizen Digital
Inside the 10,000-seater stadium in Wajir set to host Madaraka Day celebrations By Sam Gituku May 31, 2026 11:01 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter An image of the Wajir stadium under construction. …
Inside the 10,000-seater stadium in Wajir set to host Madaraka Day celebrationsCitizen Digital
SAM'S SENSE: Gimose - some sense By Sam Gituku May 29, 2026 12:15 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Recently a member of parliament spoke to UDA delegates in Western Kenya and told them they …
SAM'S SENSE: Gimose - some senseCitizen Digital
SAM'S SENSE: Hey, hey listen By Sam Gituku May 15, 2026 12:00 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize Earlier in the week French President Emmanuel Macron ordered an audience at the University of …
SAM'S SENSE: Hey, hey listenCitizen Digital
SAM’S SENSE: Numbers: Gov't-to-Govt clash By Sam Gituku May 07, 2026 11:53 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize For two weeks now, the country has been embroiled in a debate. …
SAM’S SENSE: Count the differenceCitizen Digital
… By Sam Gituku April 30, 2026 11:59 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize A week ago, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah revealed several things he has encountered during his tim …
SAM’S SENSE: Ichung'wah's millions: Gift or graft?A columnist urges citizen participation in Kenya's political direction, noting that with the next General Election roughly one year away, politicians are intensifying campaigns through rallies, slogans, and social media displays of crowd sizes, while the political class trades barbs and claims about legacies.
11 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
A columnist urges citizen participation in Kenya's political direction, noting that with the next General Election roughly one year away, politicians are intensifying campaigns through rallies, slogans, and social media displays of crowd sizes, while the political class trades barbs and claims about legacies.
11 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
Sam Gituku writes that Kenya's political class has systematised the practice of paying stipends to voters during campaign visits, a manipulation tactic that he argues undermines democratic processes ahead of the 2026 General Election.
3 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has directed state and public officers to ensure that no public projects bear the names, images or identities of public officials or their political parties. The columnist argues this directive is overdue, noting that politicians have long branded public infrastructure and programmes with their names and images, from cattle dips to school feeding schemes.
25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Sam Gituku writes that Kenya's space for freedom of expression has been shrinking as political polarisation divides citizens, with social media fighting, regionalism and tribalism intensifying months before the General Election, harming ordinary Kenyans unable to distinguish truth from propaganda.
18 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Following a fire at Utumishi Girls Senior School that revealed the institution had admitted 715 students despite a 650-student capacity, questions have emerged about communication breakdowns between the ministry headquarters and schools, including delays in admission reporting and uncertainties around capitation disbursement and textbook distribution.
5 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A 10,000-seater stadium in Wajir County has been completed in just over 100 days under Kenya Defence Forces project management, featuring a water purifying system and enhanced electrical capacity. The stadium will host the 63rd Madaraka Day Celebrations and is the first of more than 20 stadiums the KDF is expected to implement across the country.
31 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Charles Gimose, a 13-year UDA MP and lawyer, told delegates in Western Kenya to "make high-quality repairs" at polling stations during elections, prompting opposition parties to accuse the ruling party of intending to rig the election, while UDA leaders defended the party as democratic.
29 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A columnist reflects on French President Emmanuel Macron's ordering of a noisy University of Nairobi audience to keep quiet during a culture and creative industry presentation, using the moment to argue that Kenya has become an intolerant society that prefers speaking over listening.
15 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Analysis of Kenya's GDP growth statistics: the government statistician reported 4.6 per cent growth, and budget estimates for 2026/2027 set the economy at more than Ksh.20.8 trillion, a figure used to calculate key metrics like the budget deficit-to-GDP and public debt-to-GDP ratios that affect borrowing decisions.
7 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah revealed in an interview that he received Ksh.5 million in cash from then Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, with Ksh.1 million later donated at a harambee. The disclosure has prompted questions about money exchange procedures in government and whether the funds were private or public.
30 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →