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Raila Odinga’s Grand Finale

In July 2006, at a time when Kenya was hurtling towards its most contentious presidential election pitting the opposition’s Raila Amolo Odinga against incumbent Emilio Mwai Kibaki, Nigerian academic professor Babafemi Badejo released Odinga’s biography titled ‘Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Politics’

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Isaac Otidi Amuke
POLITICS

Sleep With The Constitution Under Your Pillow, Mr. Koome 

The name Kenya Police Force used to evoke fear and apprehension from Kenyans of all walks of life, especially those bound to find themselves on opposing sides with the state at one point or another.

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Is Raila Odinga’s Time Up?

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Diary Of An Election Observer

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Mulle Musau
PUBLIC SQUARE
The Complex Search for Suspected Rwandan Genocidaires 
Tracking these individuals has taken decades and has been arduous work.
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Tom Maliti
Then They Came for Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o…

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Mwalimu Mati

Holidays Are For Family And Family Is What You Make It

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Jacqueline Kubania

Tom Maliti
The Complex Search for Suspected Rwandan Genocidaires 
Tracking these individuals has taken decades and has been arduous work.

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Tom Maliti
mwalimu mati
Then They Came for Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o…
Is Dr. Nyakang'o the latest victim of political justice? 2023 has been quite a year

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Mwalimu Mati

Man Ahead of His Time

Lately, Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi’s favorite phrase is Enterprise Kenya, speaking on the need for the country to not merely survive but prosper and satisfactorily fulfil…

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Isaac Otidi Amuke

Man Ahead of His Time

Lately, Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi’s favorite phrase is Enterprise Kenya, speaking on the need for the country to not merely survive but prosper and satisfactorily fulfil…

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Isaac Otidi Amuke

Why I Didn’t Like My Hair Sometimes

I have a toxic relationship with my hair. My 4C, tightly curled beautiful hair. I don’t always feel like it’s beautiful. I think it is partly because 4C hair is only praised when it’s long, and only on social media. The Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns and

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Michelle Ngarama
How my first period snuck up on me
How My First Period Snuck Up On Me 
Right in the middle of my Kiswahili KCPE exam, I had my first "time of the month"... and it was shocking in an unfortunately common way.

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Wanjiku Wahome
We, Women With Beards

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Soila Kenya
Guardians Of The Ovaries

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Wakìnì Njogu

Remembering Grandmaster Masese, King of the Obokano 

In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Pete Larson (of the Dr. Pete Larson and his Cytotoxic Nyatiti Band), an epidemiologist, nyatiti player, and founder of Dagoretti Records,

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Stanley Gazemba
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Kenya’s Underground: The Mist KE
The Mist is a weekly basement rave providing artists with a platform to host experimental sets from all spectrums of the electronic sub-genre: house, techno, future beats, drum & bass, ambient, jazz electronic, glitch, jungle, afro-tech…the list is inexhaustible, but you can read the full

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Chia Kayanda
Mendelssohn In Nairobi: Diary of a Violinist

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Bernadette Muthoni
Nine and a Half Short Notes on Faustin Munishi (A Brief History of Gospel Music in Kenya)

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Ras Mengesha

The Lifesavers of Kibra

During crises, people prefer stories of the miraculous rescues and escapes, acts of heroism, bravery and selflessness. Rarely does anyone focus on the grim, monotonous, and challenging aspects of disaster response.

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Lilian Mutinda

Idumi Irakuduma. Manhood Undoes Itself

The word culture, as used and practiced by Hip Hop artists, shows me just how detached I am from the people who produced me, my fathers. It shows me the amount of debt I owe the people I have produced, my sons; my father calls

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Bulimu Chole
My Body Betrays Me, Again 

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Ndegwa Nguru
My Body Betrays Me, Again 

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Ndegwa Nguru

Something Strange is Happening to Lake Baringo

Lake Baringo’s water levels have been rising over the past couple of months following heavy rainfall. Many residents have been left homeless, with businesses that once flourished now drowned slowly by the lake’s waters. Schools and hospitals, the very lifeline of this town, no longer

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A Brief History of Anti-LGBTQ Legislation in Africa

In the last few years, there has been a growing trend in the revival of anti-homosexuality legislation, arguing that non-conforming sexual orientations and gender identities are imports from Western countries and are contrary to African values.

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Lilian Mutinda
Kenya’s Mounting Crisis of Unemployment

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Tracking the 13th Parliament

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