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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...

Apr 23, 20223 min read
Break the impunity cycle of violence against journalists
We can measure the openness of societies by the way our journalists are treated. As the world approaches World Press Freedom Day on May...


Apr 16, 20223 min read
Terror guidelines will help State deal better with menace
Launched this week, new Inter-Agency Anti-Terrorism and Terrorism Financing Guidelines signify a new collaborative strategy by key law...


Apr 9, 20223 min read
Africities is here, let's strategise for Africa's cities
Africities 9 provides another opportunity to re-imagine urban governance strategies for Africa’s cities. When 8,000 local government...

Apr 2, 20223 min read
Let's debate safe abortion and reproductive health
A policy storm is brewing at just the right time. Last week, women and youth activists took to Nairobi streets to stop the launch of the...


Mar 26, 20223 min read
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...


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
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