What difference could new Police Inspector General Japhet Koome make?
The fourth Police Inspector General of Kenya was sworn yesterday. As Japhet Koome assumes office, what might he find in his in-tray and...
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Nov 5, 20223 min read
August poll was the most corrupt, let's put the IEBC in order now
Preventing reoccurring electoral nightmares requires work. As national and county administrations hit the mid-point for their 100-day...
Oct 31, 20223 min read
Weak oversight not a "few rogue officers" feeds police impunity
Suspected enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of foreign nationals over the last month has burst one of Kenya’s worst...
Oct 23, 20223 min read
Kenyan leaders, take key lessons from PM Truss quick fire exit
And just like that, the Prime Minister of the sixth richest economy in the world fell to her knees and resigned. What lessons can Kenyan...
Oct 17, 20223 min read
Cabinet Secretaries must come with new and consistent policy options
Tomorrow is World Food Day. With 4.2 million Kenyans facing acute food insecurity and 24 drought-stricken counties there is very little...
Oct 9, 20223 min read
Legal literacy will decongest police stations and prisons
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of legal aid in Kenya. As the Interior Ministry and the Office of the Attorney General reinvent...
Oct 1, 20223 min read
Not the shamba system but stronger forest governance systems is what we need
Last week’s column may have received an indirect scolding from Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Having corrected the Government’s...
Sep 25, 20223 min read
Kenyan state must step up capacity to produce enough food urgently
The global food crisis punctuated most of the heads of states’ speeches to the UN General Assembly this week. The 77th session takes...
Sep 17, 20223 min read
What the 5th must do to deliver 'real freedom' for all
As expected, President William Ruto’s inauguration was powerfully coordinated, attended by thousands, and watched by millions. Not losing...
Sep 17, 20222 min read
The context just shifted, we must also
Anti-slavery campaigner Fredrick Douglas reminds us power concedes nothing in the absence of organised public demand by those most...
Sep 10, 20222 min read
What could civic organisations do in a new political dispensation?
Regardless of the outcome at the six levels of 2022 General Elections, we must remind ourselves that the causes CSOs champion do and will...
Sep 10, 20223 min read
13th Parliament must address the challenges facing Kenyans
The swearing in of 350 Members of Parliament and 67 Senators one week after the Governors inauguration, establishes the second of four...
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