Let boda boda associations regulate sector for safety
Listening with journalist Amina Abdi-Rabar to students and teachers in the fertile county of Kisii this week, we were troubled by many...
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Mar 9, 20193 min read
Spare us the state violence
A casual look at the news headlines has probably left you wondering whether Kenya faces an existential threat. Police indiscriminately...
Mar 2, 20193 min read
Violent Policing Sabotages the criminal justice system
Welcomed by the poetry of Anthem Republik, over 500 men, women and children crowded into Kayole’s social hall on Thursday. What happened...
Feb 23, 20193 min read
How to save NIIMS and Huduma Namba
Stirred into action by a Presidential Executive Order, the Interior Ministry just touched another live-wire among most Kenyans. The...
Feb 16, 20193 min read
Caroline's death will remain controversial
After a week of anxiety driven by the fear of an execution, human rights defender Caroline Mwatha was found in the Nairobi City mortuary....
Feb 9, 20193 min read
Lets embrace a humane immigration system
Kenyans living abroad are increasingly becoming more nervous and I don’t blame them. Immigration politics and policies are rapidly...
Feb 2, 20193 min read
Giving has power if targeted strategically
I am reminded often, that everyone of us is wired to be safe and look good. Many of us also want to make a difference in the world around...
Jan 26, 20193 min read
Lets support teachers to nurture learners
I spent the past week in Kisumu and Homa Bay learning how secondary schools are faring with the massive changes taking place in the...
Jan 19, 20193 min read
Rule of law sure bet to taming terrorism
After a two-year lull, Al-Shabaab has managed to hit our capital city hard again. Tuesday’s attack on the five-star DusitD2 hotel and...
Jan 12, 20193 min read
Anti-Corruption Conference must address public and private ethics
“What’s your salary expectation?” is one of my favourite job interviews questions of all time. Every time I ask it, I know I am...
Jan 5, 20194 min read
Mandatory pregnancy, FGM testing illegal
Photo: The Star Newspapers Neighbours are part of life, we all have them. There are some we can learn from and others that can drive us...
Dec 29, 20183 min read
A country or chaos, choose.
First published Saturday Standard, December 29, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group It is exactly fifty...
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