A child will be born to displaced parents in Mukuru kwa Njenga this Christmas
Like baby Jesus, a child will be born to displaced parents in Mukuru kwa Njenga this Christmas. How the area went from a Jubilee...
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Dec 18, 20213 min read
Schools must become spaces for critical thinking, affirmation, and freedom
Wildfires across our schools has provoked a wide range of policy and procedural proposals from policymakers, teachers, parents, and...
Dec 11, 20213 min read
Listen to human rights champions amidst rising political euphoria
The second week of December annually provides us a moment to reflect on corruption, human rights, and self-governance. These themes found...
Dec 4, 20213 min read
Uhuru must slay dragon of impunity to cement his legacy
Wednesday’s lengthy State of the Nation address departed from past Presidential addresses in two ways. With Orange Democratic Movement...
Nov 27, 20213 min read
Use better ways to convince us to take the Covid vaccine
Last Sunday’s National Emergency Response Committee announcement caught national attention. With vaccination slowing down, it was...
Nov 20, 20213 min read
What Blinken tour means for Kenya and the volatile region
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Kenya this week offers a timely opportunity to review electoral preparedness,...
Nov 13, 20213 min read
Schools must creatively pique boys’ curiosity
By Irũngũ Houghton and Vainola Makan The latest surge of arson attacks across Kenya and South African schools are worrying. Boys are...
Nov 7, 20213 min read
Post curfew, can we create a fistula free nation?
By Irũngũ Houghton and Dr. Elizabeth Ominde-Ogaja While partygoers and the entertainment industry celebrated the end of the curfew...
Oct 30, 20213 min read
Let mother's tears prick the conscience of police officers
Warrants of arrests for four police constables were issued on Wednesday by a Nairobi Chief Magistrates Court. They are accused of...
Oct 24, 20213 min read
Why Kenya and Africa must invest in vaccine manufacture
The lifting of the 18-month curfew may have closed one chapter on the Covid-19 pandemic but is Kenya free from our greatest biosafety threat
Oct 10, 20213 min read
Time for another round of police reforms anyone?
The US Congress blew a historic opportunity by rejecting the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (2021) last month. The law is America’s...
Oct 3, 20213 min read
Don't let rats take over the house
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison sentence is exactly the type of accountability Kenyan legislators blocked by rejecting the IEBC...
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