Human Rights 10/14

May 23, 20203 min read

Peg new policies on research to help flatten corona curve

The release of two significant national opinion polls and global conversations must inform whether we should ease the lockdown

Apr 4, 20203 min read

Patient confidentiality and the chance COVID-19 offers to redesign our world

I shouldn't, but I blame the reality shows and the lifestyle pages. Patient Zero Brenda Ivy Cherotich and Brian Orinda showed up this...

Feb 24, 20203 min read

Ending violent policing will require relentless vigilance

Ending violent policing requires relentless vigilance. If we snooze, even good Samaritans are not safe.

Feb 9, 20203 min read

It’s time Kenya's private hospitals had a Damascus moment

The Nairobi Womens Hospital faces an existential crisis. What does it mean for the health sector, NHIF and private health insurance?

Dec 7, 20193 min read

There is no reason why home schooling should be deterred

If dysfunctional parenting is eating our investment in public education for breakfast, perhaps we should look to home-parenting as well

Dec 29, 20183 min read

A country or chaos, choose.

First published Saturday Standard, December 29, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group It is exactly fifty...

Dec 22, 20183 min read

Deliver housing plan with public participation

First published Saturday Standard, December 22, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group Christmas is almost...

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 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...

Nov 3, 20183 min read

Hard questions no one is asking about cancer

Having watched two dear ones succumb to cancer in the last sixty days, this public health challenge just got very personal. Cancer stalks...

Sep 15, 20183 min read

Why the police reforms should be supported.

First published Saturday Standard, September 15, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group The courage to...