Tom Maliti has been an editor and reporter with mainstream and niche media outlets. He is multilingual and is comfortable writing on any subject whether it is international justice, international trade, diplomacy or about an election or music, film, theatre or a book. Most recently, he was a trial monitor for about 10 years with the International Justice Monitor (www.ijmonitor.org) where he wrote about several cases before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Among the ICC cases Maliti reported on were that of Uhuru Kenyatta and the trial of William Ruto and former journalist Joshua arap Sang. During these proceedings, Kenyatta was President of Kenya and Ruto his deputy. Before joining the International Justice Monitor, Maliti was an East Africa Correspondent for The Associated Press. In this role, he rotated as the duty editor in the Nairobi Bureau, which was responsible for a network of reporters in 14 countries in eastern and central Africa. Maliti put his French to use when he was assigned to report on developments following two coup attempts in Chad (2006 and 2008) and that country’s 2006 presidential election. His multilingualism also saw him sent to report on the aftermath of the 2009 Yemenia Airways crash in Moroni, the capital of Comoros. Maliti cut his teeth as a journalist at The Frontier Post newspaper in Pakistan.
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Donald Trump’s Moi Tendencies

In both his presidencies, especially in his second term in office, US President Donald John Trump has sought to project himself as a strong, tough leader. To him, this means he’s effective and is getting things done for Americans. To me, the strong, tough character he has displayed so far is more in the mould of a dictator. In fact, Trump is reminiscent of Kenya’s second president, Daniel arap Moi, who qualified to be called a dictator. Here’s how.

Nothing New From Both Ruto and the Opposition

President William Ruto has said his government will implement a more than two-year-old report that was meant to address the issues that sparked Maandamano in 2023. I agree with you if you are befuddled. I agree with you if you conclude that our politics is calcified.

No Escaping the Israel-America-Iran War

I feel as if we are in a slow-motion crash in which we can see what’s coming, but are already in “mid-flight” and cannot do anything to stop it.

Yes, I am talking about the war in the Middle East in which the United States and Israel first attacked Iran on February 28 and now 11 countries are under attack, whether in a one-off strike or daily bombing, and the global economy, again, is on edge.

The Complex Search for Suspected Rwandan Genocidaires 

The prosecutor of a United Nations tribunal has announced that his office has concluded its hunt for individuals who were suspected to bear the most responsibility for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Chief Prosecutor of the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)…

Has The President Jumped The Gun On Shakahola?

From the foregoing, it is clear that the investigation into what exactly Mackenzie was up to and what crimes were committed at Shakahola is, at best, at its halfway point. This is further emphasised by the fact that investigators have begun a second phase of exhumations from Shakahola, raising the death toll and further horrifying an already shocked nation.

No More Police Reforms?

Within weeks of President William Ruto taking office, there were reports of the police being demoralised, disaffected and demotivated. One