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’
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.
At 79, Raila Odinga may just have made his worst political blunder.
The 2022 general election has come and gone, and with it the fierce competition...
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The prosecutor of a United Nations tribunal has announced that his office has concluded its hunt for individuals who were suspected to bear the most responsibility for the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Chief Prosecutor of the UN’s International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)...
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Is Dr. Nyakang'o the latest victim of political justice?
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The prosecutor of a United Nations tribunal has announced that his office has concluded its hunt for individuals who were suspected to bear the most
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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…
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.
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.
Reproductive health rights for women have become so intertwined with
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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,
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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My mother’s answer leaves me disappointed when I ask her
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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.
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 me brother these days.As regards
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The Quiet in my head finds a way to jump out and grow bigger. The market pulsates with the familiar hum of hustle but the
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The Quiet in my head finds a way to jump out and grow bigger. The
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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
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.
Between April and June 2020, 1.7 million Kenyans lost their jobs.
