The Mandera Tribune

13/08/2026

Why does it feel like the most aware people are often the most miserable? Arthur Schopenhauer, the 19th-century German philosopher, believed that suffering was the direct price of intelligence.

In this world, brave people die, smart people go mad, and the world is full of happy fools.

Schopenhauer was a man who lived his philosophy to the letter. He was notoriously solitary and lived with a succession of poodles, whom he reportedly treated with more respect than his academic colleagues. He believed that the majority of humanity lived in a state of blissful ignorance, driven by a blind, irrational force he called the Will. For those who possess the clarity to see through this drive, the world becomes a much more taxing place to inhabit.

True courage and high intelligence strip away the protective layers of delusion that keep most people comfortable. When you stop being a happy fool, you inherit the responsibility of seeing the world as it actually is, rather than how you wish it to be.

Is ignorance a necessary tool for survival, or is the madness of the wise more valuable?

17/07/2026

VICTORY FOR SELF-ISOLATION AND MAJOR BLOW TO UHURU

FRID JUL 17 2026

TO say that DCP defeated UDA in yesterday's Ol Kalou by-election is one way of looking at the truth.
But there are truths more important than this.
UDA never lost the Ol Kalou seat to DCP for the simple reason that it didn't occupy it in 2022.
The loser of the seat is Uhuru's former ruling party Jubilee Party dealt a crushing, humiliating blow.
In 2022, Jubilee won that seat with 24,058 votes to 19,380 for UDA. Yesterday Jubilee polled a miserable 164 votes to 35,228 for DCP and 5402 for UDA.
DCP garnered 86.36% of the votes yesterday.
UDA polled 40.62% in 2022 but yesterday it got only 13.24% a loss of 31.38%.
Jubilee almost vanished yesterday. In 2022 it polled 55.38% but yesterday got a mere 0.40% - a stunning drop by 54.98%.
Yesterday can only be viewed as the day Mt Kenya voters opted for tribalism over national outlook.
They shoved aside all the developments accomplished under UDA since it took power. They denied the fact that coffee and tea prices are at their highest today under UDA compared to prices under Uhuru's regime.
Hundreds of markets have been built in the region to cater for mama mbogas and small traders but they deny that too. They also ignored the roads built or under construction.
Why ? Because of the presence of Luos in the UDA government they had voted into power. And a bitter pill they are gagging on to this day is that with the help of Luo party ODM, Ruto impeached their son, Rigathi Gachagua. That to them is highest treason.
Not kicking out Gachagua. But using Luos to help remove him. They won't forgive it.
What they are at risk of accomplishing is that the more anti-Ruto they become because of sympathy for Gachagua the more the rest of Kenyan tribes will gang up on them.
Losing Mt Kenya doesn't mean Ruto is losing the rest of Kenya too.
Now there's a new role opening up for Mt Kenya UDA leaders from governors to Senators, MPs and MCAs.
Their chances of winning or retaining their seats 2027 are slim.
They should not despair and dash to DCP because vengeful Gachagua won't welcome them warmly. To him only those who came to him right after impeachment or voted against it matter most.
Remain in UDA and fight back in your new role of resisting the isolation of Mr Kenya by the rest of Kenya.
The biggest loser yesterday was Uhuru and his Linda Mwananchi. He had hoped to win Mt Kenya with it.
But Ol Kalou results is evidence that Kikuyus are with Gachagua not Uhuru.

MOHAMED WARSAMA

15/07/2026

15/07/2026

The High Court has temporarily suspended the implementation of an Executive Order that sought to place the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) under the Ministry of Interior and National Administration.

15/07/2026

The March and March provincial leader died of his injuries in hospital several days after being shot.

15/07/2026

With two late goals in the second half, Argentina stunned England to advance to Sunday's World Cup final where it will play Spain. https://cnn.it/4fmtcwY

15/07/2026

BREAKING: US President Donald Trump says he does not like giving deadlines when asked whether Iran had a deadline before the US begins attacking Iranian bridges.

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15/07/2026

More than 100 House Democrats voted to block billions of dollars in military aid to Israel – an ultimately unsuccessful effort that highlighted the growing division in their party on the issue. https://cnn.it/4vv6zw4