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Jul 17, 20223 min read
Carry the Jubilee scorecard into the polling booth on 9 August
Coming days after the establishment of a Transition Committee overseeing the handover of power by August 23, the 76-page Jubilee...
Jul 10, 20223 min read
How do the party manifestos compare?
Five months ago, this column lamented the absence of a big galvanising idea in the campaigns. With at least five manifestos launched in...
Jul 1, 20223 min read
Let's go beyond 5-minute democracies
By Irũngũ Houghton and Daniel Nyakora Like meals, five-minute democracies have their limitations. We knew this when we voted for Article...
Jun 25, 20223 min read
Without public participation, budget transparency and oversight nothing will work post-election
The Kenya Budget Transparency Survey 2021 comes at just the right time. With elections debates in high gear, it educates voters trying to...
Jun 17, 20223 min read
Kenyans want the death penalty abolished
By Irũngũ Houghton and Maurice Oginga It’s been thirty-five years since the Kenyan state legally executed anyone for a capital offence...
Jun 11, 20223 min read
Will TikTok turn our elections into a war dance?
At the risk of confusing my more mainstream readers, we must talk about TikTok. No, not the clock, but social media’s latest entrant and...
Jun 4, 20223 min read
Not personal, bar tainted aspirants
Last week’s opinion calling for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to bar...
May 27, 20223 min read
It's time to red card questionable aspirants again
The 2003 remake of “The Italian Job” was one of my favourite films of all time. That is, until I started paying attention to the nexus...
May 21, 20223 min read
Time to normalise women's political leadership
Albertina Sisulu, 1984, Johannesburg, More From a gender equality lens, with very few exceptions, the primaries were largely very...
May 14, 20223 min read
Elect governors who can fix housing mess in our towns
By Robyn T. Emerson and Irũngũ Houghton With the Government reporting to the UN General Assembly, Nairobi hosting the first pan African...
May 8, 20223 min read
We all have the right not to be profiled, violated or killed
Two horrific murders over the last two weeks left many angry and depressed. As the law enforcement agencies prosecute these senseless...
Apr 30, 20223 min read
Honour Mwai Kibaki by applying his honesty and decency
The laying of Kenya’s third President to rest in Nyeri today ends the life of an iconic leader and a week of remarkable tributes from all...
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