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Nov 21, 20203 min read
East Africas' democratic deficit must worry us
Having worked closely with Hon. Otiende Amollo, I always take what he says and does very seriously. His advice to BBI oppositionists to...
Nov 6, 20203 min read
Rigging elections causes pain and deaths
We have far to go before we truly appreciate the dangerous spark of General Elections for parents like those of the late Baby Pendo.
Oct 17, 20203 min read
With just two years to go and no poll reforms, we are in a fix
Our first pre-2020 electoral violence victims were buried yesterday as the President personally led consensus building within Cabinet and...
Oct 10, 20203 min read
Signs of Kenyan 2020 Electoral chaos are clear, act now
After 8 months of physical isolation, being unmasked in political crowds is fashionable again. Last weekends’ tragic events must provoke...
Sep 23, 20203 min read
Raila Jnr triggered what we need from patriotic youth
Raila Odinga Jnr touched a nerve nationally this week. He reminds us that a single tweet can call a nation to re-examine its’ conscience....
Sep 7, 20203 min read
Citizens must be involved in planning our cities
If public spaces are essential for citizenship and cities, why do we know so little about our parks, playgrounds and forests and engage...
Aug 8, 20203 min read
As the Kenya constitution turns ten, how is the adolescent doing?
August 27 marks the tenth anniversary of the 2010 Constitution. How healthy is this pre-teen and what does it need to make it to adulthood?
Jul 11, 20203 min read
Saba Saba at 30 and signs some things have changed
Celebrating Saba Saba protests thirty years on, it is worth asking ourselves how much Kenya has changed since.
May 15, 20203 min read
Nairobi needs a strong broom, but must military take over?
Senator Kipchumba Murkomen sparked off an important conversation this week. He controversially alleged that with the recent...
Apr 25, 20203 min read
Children are capable of powerful acts of solidarity
I experienced a bold act of empathy between children last week. There may be huge class differences between the nation’s children, but...
Apr 18, 20203 min read
Flattening the curve together key to immunity against virus
Like all life-threatening crises, the struggle to flatten COVID-19 is fundamentally a battle to control our perspective. In this moment,...
Apr 16, 20203 min read
We must also protect our environment at this time
By Irũngũ Houghton and Dr. Paula Kahumbu One of the most beautiful poems of the COVID-19 era starts with the words “we fell asleep in one...
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