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Mar 28, 20203 min read

Our actions will extend curfew or make total lockdown a must

Good morning all. If you are reading this, I guess you made it through the first night of curfew. The prospects of extending the curfew...

Mar 21, 20203 min read

COVID-19 is a historic threat that needs us all to contain

Even before the Finance Ministry gives its preliminary economic assessment on March 23, we know that the shilling has fallen to the...

Mar 14, 20203 min read

Use resident associations to revamp an ailing Nairobi

Bear with me readers from other counties, I am not yet done with County 047. If the Judiciary doesn’t stop transfer of Nairobi County...

Mar 9, 20203 min read

Nairobians choose carefully and speak up loudly

Transferring Nairobi Government to the National Government is a game-changer. However, the drivers of the crisis remain untransformed

Feb 2, 20203 min read

Civil society is central to our democracy, let's empower it

Reflection on 2019 NGO week and new NGO big data #NGOs #Development

Jan 20, 20203 min read

Tribute to the children who reclaimed Lang'ata Primary School: Five years on

Tomorrow marks five years since the Lang’ata Road Primary School playground was reclaimed. What has happened since?

Dec 1, 20183 min read

Denial will perpetuate deadly poll violence

First published Saturday Standard, December 1, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group The Kenya National...

Nov 24, 20183 min read

Sex education will stem teen pregnancies

First published Saturday Standard, November 24, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group It’s been a while...

Nov 17, 20183 min read

Amidst the chaos, how we can keep our heads

First published Saturday Standard, November 17, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group Several experiences...

Nov 10, 20183 min read

Neither civilians and police officers are safe from unlawful police killings

First published Saturday Standard, November 10, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group Barely sixty days...

Sep 22, 20184 min read

With egg on his face, does Sonko now plan to privatise Pumwani Hospital?

First published Saturday Standard, September 22, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group The pendulum of...

Sep 8, 20183 min read

Where is the rage over these brazen killings?

First published Saturday Standard, September 8, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group The violence on the...