Skip to content

Articles By: Steve Biko Wafula

How Fake Agents and Copy-Paste Till Numbers Are Stealing Trust — and the Four Checks That Can Protect Your M-PESA

A genuine payment request should survive four questions: Who gave me this number? Did I enter it myself? What name

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Jul 15, 2026
THE “PRIZE” TEXT THAT CAN EMPTY YOUR M-PESA

At 6:43 on a Tuesday morning, “Grace” — a fictional composite based on common scam patterns — is opening her

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Jul 13, 2026
The Diabolical Cleverness of Ruto’s Politics of Poverty

For a long time, I struggled to understand why President William Ruto’s regime keeps pushing projects that make little economic

Government and Policy

· Jul 13, 2026
CMA Must Not Fear High Returns; It Must Build A Market Where Kenyan Investors Can Win

The Capital Markets Authority is right to worry when investment products are marketed to ordinary Kenyans with loud promises of

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Jul 13, 2026
Kileleshwa Needs More Than Noise: Why Bob Omamo Is the Resident-First Leader Nairobi Should Watch

Kileleshwa Ward is no longer merely choosing between political personalities. It is choosing between two cultures of leadership: one that

Government and Policy

· Jul 13, 2026
Kenya Is Not Headed For Election Violence By Accident

When a country normalizes goons, intimidation, and police excess, violence stops being a risk and starts becoming a policy outcome.

Government and Policy

· Jul 13, 2026
Africa Is Not Poor But Poorly Structured

The most dangerous lie ever sold to Africa is that the continent is poor because it lacks resources. That lie

Opinion

· Jul 13, 2026
When Shame Leaves Power, Kenya Must Vote It Out

Shame is one of the most important moral guards ever placed inside human beings. It is the quiet alarm that

Government and Policy

· Jul 13, 2026
How Stolen Taxes, Defaults, Corruption & Constitutional Defiance Are Breaking Kenya

Kenya is not collapsing in one dramatic moment. It is being worn down through a thousand daily pressures: a graduate

Government and Policy

· Jul 13, 2026
Kenya’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Now Law: The National Savings Account That Must Outlive Politics

Kenya has finally placed one of the most important public finance ideas into law: a Sovereign Wealth Fund. On paper,

Entrepreneur's Corner

· Jul 10, 2026