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May 17, 20173 min read
An Open Letter to Religious Leaders in Kenya
17th May 2017 Your Grace, Imam, Swami, Rabbi and all priests of faith, Why is there such a gap between your vision for our communities...
Apr 30, 20173 min read
Party primaries not perfect, but necessary for democracy
First published Sunday Standard, April 30, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group As the dust settles from the...
Apr 16, 20173 min read
Time to pull out the red-cards, the party primaries are upon us
First published Sunday Standard, April 16, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group If you are like me, you may...
Aug 18, 20161 min read
Presentation to the Mwamdudu school community, August 8th
Hii mapambano ilianza na wanafunzi wa Langata road primary school. Mimi na wengine hapa tulikua huko. Viongozi wa Serikali kutoka pande...
Mar 31, 20165 min read
Thoughts ahead of the 2016 State of the Nation Address, Kenya, 31 March 2016
This blog draws on the points made on Citizen #Cheche breakfast show, 30 March Part 1: https://youtu.be/XW76YtgIH-0 Part 2:...
Oct 26, 20152 min read
Statement at the funeral service of Alex Madaga, Saturday 24th October 2015
The statement was on behalf of the Health NGO’s Network (HENNET), Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN) and the...
Mar 7, 20149 min read
Raising Voices for Peace in Kenya: A Personal Reflection
“When the spider webs unite, they can tie a lion” African Proverb My mobile rang incessantly the morning after Mwai Kibaki was sworn in....
Dec 9, 20136 min read
Learning the art of building community in Kilimani
In November, reporter Mark Namswa of Nairobi’s UP Magazine interviewed me for their special issue on community policing. Below is the...
Oct 1, 20121 min read
Published Land Grabs Letter to the Financial Times
Response to Monday’s FT article “Palm oil producers face challenges in Africa” 24th September 2012 http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4389d42-07db-...
Sep 12, 20123 min read
The Challenge of Unequal Growth and Exclusive Governance
Comments to the AU Conference of African Union Ministers in charge of Youth Development, 12-14 September 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
Aug 23, 201214 min read
Three years before the deadline for realising the MDGs: What needs to be done to powerfully complet
Presentation to SIDA Annual Conference, Stockholm, 23 August 2013 By Irũngũ Houghton[i] Introduction As the cocoon regularly whispers to...
Jul 11, 20127 min read
Press release July 11th: SOTU to name and shame Governments who fail to implement AU standards
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 11, 2012 “We will mobilize millions to name and shame African Governments who fail to implement AU standards,...
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