Place Jua Kali workers at the center of election manifestos
Ten years ago, I listened to a jua kali car mechanic displaced from the path of a new ring road by my home. A decade on, the nation has...
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Mar 20, 20223 min read
Why Kenyans need NGOs and civil society ahead of elections
Policy sound-bites bullet point campaign billboards and boom from the sunroofs of SUVs. However, as John Githongo notes, these elections...
Mar 12, 20223 min read
Channel national anger to transform the boda boda sector
Sexism, road rage and lawlessness exploded in time for International Women’s Day this year. The stripping and sexual assault of a female...
Mar 5, 20223 min read
Digital democracy or algorithmic authoritarianism, choose.
A Ukraine related twitter spike and UDA presidential aspirant claims that the August elections could be rigged alerts us there is a fine...
Feb 26, 20223 min read
Tribute to Joe, a national hero
By Irũngũ Houghton and Nelson Otuoma It is, primarily, the courage of persons living with HIV that has the AIDS epidemic no longer be a...
Feb 19, 20224 min read
Police must go beyond tear-gas, clubs, bullets as poll nears
Key Cabinet Secretaries spent Valentines’ morning with diplomats and gave their reassurance that the General Elections would be free,...
Feb 5, 20223 min read
AU should back Amnesty report on Israel, revoke status
This week’s Amnesty charge that Israel is an apartheid state and has committed human rights violations must inform this weekend's AU Summit
Jan 29, 20223 min read
Digital lawlessness could threaten our upcoming polls
Global Data Privacy Week 2022 yesterday gives us an opportunity to review the state of public awareness and data protection
Jan 22, 20223 min read
With dumped bodies, Lake Victoria could become one large crime scene
Headlines that up to 30 bodies have been retrieved from the River Yala over the last six months is chilling. As investigators, human...
Jan 15, 20223 min read
Dr Olel’s life should inspire health workers to serve all
The late Odhiambo Olel lived at the intersection of medicine, human rights, and democratic activism. Two memorial services and his burial...
Jan 8, 20223 min read
Signs an aspirant may cheat on you after they get elected
Driving back from the holidays, several political billboards caught my eyes across six counties. The posters reveal much of the...
Jan 1, 20223 min read
Eulogise and emulate Tutu to secure his legacy
A reflection as the world bids farewell to one of the world’s most remarkable human beings Arch-Bishop Desmond Tutu
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