Beware of bills that criminalise people based on their identities
Recent public taunting of the Speaker and the Presidency to have the Family Protection Bill leapfrog other laws before the National...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
Kenya Judiciary child rights reforms on the right track
A decade ago, I found myself on the wrong side of the law and face to face with a child rape case. Monday’s launch of new judicial...
Jun 24, 20233 min read
Don't let shillings tip the scales of justice
High Court proceedings into the near fatal shooting of Felix Orinda a.k.a DJ Evolve by Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino...
Jun 17, 20233 min read
Tell David Sankok rape traps cannot be 'love-nests'
East African Legislative Assembly Member David Sankok earned the nation's criticism this week. Roundly accused of promoting rape culture,...
Jun 10, 20233 min read
Kenyans smell double-speak in government policies and tax plans
Left untransformed, inequalities and exclusion are our greatest threat, our Upper Hill statisticians tell us. In a week where we are told...
Jun 4, 20233 min read
Kenya@60: What youth need to thrive now
Madaraka Day offered us an opportunity to remember Kenya’s painful struggle for political freedom and reflect how far we have come in the...
May 27, 20233 min read
Reform our criminal justice system to spare petty offenders
The launch of the Malalamishi facility by the Director of the Office of Public Prosecutions this week offers another glimmer of hope for...
May 21, 20233 min read
Protect the most vulnerable from hate crimes
The reinvigoration of Kenya’s refugee system offers new possibilities for all those fleeing persecution. A new report reminds the Kenyan...
May 15, 20233 min read
Diplomats must go beyond their policy briefs
Following on the heels of State House led diplomatic initiatives with Germany, World Trade Organisation, Britain, Netherlands, and Israel...
May 7, 20233 min read
Are the new tax proposals equitable or just excessive?
For a change, it may soon be the turn of middle and upper classes to bang sufuria pans. Through the National Treasury, the Kenya Kwanza...
Apr 29, 20233 min read
Shakahola media ban is counterproductive, lift it.
Prof. Amartya Sen’s observation that no famine can take place with a free media took on new significance with the shocking discoveries in...
Apr 21, 20233 min read
Prof K'Olale epitomised academic freedom and fight for a just society
Professor Muga K’Olale (68) rested yesterday. It may be difficult to imagine what life was like for university scholars four decades ago,...
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