Over the last six years, data collected by the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) puts…
Had Grace Monica Akech Onyango never joined politics, her contribution to society would already have been immense. Onyango was a teacher; the first woman assistant commissioner of the Girl Guide Association; and chairperson of the Child Welfare Society’s Kisumu branch. But when she…
PUBLIC SQUARE
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I wasn’t always good at it, but now I’m good at being single. I know…
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic has, thankfully, seen tourism in Kenya’s coastal resorts pick…
Watching the mother-of-all-protests and Raila Odinga’s cavalcade traverse Nairobi the other day, I learned a…
Our history shows that mass action works where there is a generalised belief that the…
In memory of Willy Kimani, Josephat Mwenda, Joseph Muriruri A month ago, after a trial…
I am a Time Traveler. I live in the nebulous space between today and tomorrow;…
A judgement by the Supreme Court of Kenya allowing members of the LGBTQ+ community in…
Let me say at the outset that I am no fan of Russian President Vladimir…
This was not the story BBC Africa Eye had set out to do. Tom Odula…
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, one of the most talented and famous sons of Nigeria and Africa,…
Kenyans are a skeptical lot (who can blame them, seeing the sorts of governments and…
To celebrate this month of love (listen, it’s still that month), human rights activist Njonjo…
“The state is not God. It has no right to give away that which it…
Despite what Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says, the Government of Kenya is not a company…
Two disturbing things have been highlighted by the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey, which has…
In the freak-out following a State House visit by a bunch of ODM MPs the…
I had a conversation with a friend recently. He wanted to start dating again. “I…
A former British politician once told me “Decoys and distractions are a government’s number one…
“The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership.”…
Parents of young Black men in the United States live with constant fear, wondering whether…
We are living in strange times. Scrolling through the Twitter handle of Dr. David Ndii…
There are national subjects that require assemblage of evidence and closure. The land settlement deals…
I’ve been renting in Nairobi for nine years now, and in that time I have…
Either politics is Kenya’s chakula cha moyo (soul food) or it is a way of…
Soon after ringing in the new year, Kenya’s education ministry ordered vocational training institutions in…
“I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what…
I was born in one country, spent my early childhood in another, and then, aged…
President William Ruto gave his first full media interview as head of state soon after…
In 2019, I visited a friend who was studying at the University of Witwatersrand in…
Did you know that Kenya’s Parliament exempted our first two presidents from having to pay…
I remember the first time I candidly told a friend what I earned. I had…
Those of us who live in Africa know how irritating it is to hear white…
A recent video clip that went viral was at best painful to watch and at…
The year 2023 is monumental for the Pan-African movement and Kenya. On 25 May 1963,…
Today’s Jubilee Party is a far cry from its earlier pomp. Out of government, with…
Is the government’s Financial Inclusion Fund, popularly known as the Hustler Fund, a boon for…
Over the last six years, data collected by the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) puts…
Never before has fact-checking been more popular on the African continent than now. In Kenya,…
Kileleshwa MCA Robert Alai and a few social media influencers have started boosting an alleged…
It’s the new year and for most people that means goal-setting time. Not me though,…
“Authority assigned to a State officer is a public trust…” Article 73 (1) of the…
Within weeks of President William Ruto taking office, there were reports of the police being…
In October 2022, shortly after he assumed office, President William Ruto told officials of the…
“The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” – Milan…
Clearly, there is an appetite for accountability for the riotous scenes at the Bomas of…
I have never been a fan of kiss-and-tell stories. I find them distasteful and dishonest.…
“Imagine a lawyer or doctor with dreadlocks.” – Peter Kaluma, MP Homa Bay Town Constituency. What…
Stop being rude. Stop asking people invasive questions and giving them unsolicited advice to their…
I don’t usually go home for Christmas. By home I mean Meru, to my mother’s…
And so, it is set to end. Finally the holidays are here, schools out and Kenyans are headed for a much needed break.
Recently, the two gentlemen at the top of Kenya’s executive have expressed contrasting views on…
The “So what are you doing for Christmas?” messages have started streaming in and my body is slowly clenching day by day.
I have lived in and travelled to various cities around the world since I was…
Football or soccer is a strange sport. Put two teams of eleven each and a…
In a previous incarnation, when I was a globe-trotting United Nations official, I was constantly…
Do you remember your parent ever warning you not to touch the cookie jar until…
Lee Njiru has written a memoir sprinkled with humour, full of personal insights into the…
How does the Kenyan mainstream hivemind treat people who are into comics and animation? Horribly.…
Our thirteenth Parliament has well and truly begun work, and whatever honeymoon period may have…
When I walked into my first class at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology…
When the Goldenberg scandal was exposed in the early 1990s, Kenyans thought they had seen…
The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) surely need reprieve from constant violence…
As often happens, the collapse of a building in Kasarani was just another trending story,…
The World Cup is the football tournament I gladly set aside time for. It is…
Remember those multiple choice questions in school? Here is one for you. The difference is,…
Since the commencement of the 13th Kenyan Parliament, it has been raining constitutional amendment bills.…
At the time of writing this, I have been in Kenya for 72 days. Contrary…
A few weeks ago, a Kenyan social media influencer advertised break up classes. Ms Lydia…
Almost every year, the United Nations and humanitarian agencies declare a ‘famine’ in Somalia. This…
Still remaining uncontroverted are grave allegations in sworn affidavits by soon to be retired (IEBC)…
I shouldn’t be writing about this with such brevity – because it deserves a solid…
A riot of colorful hats and flags, exuberant dancing, and the Vuvuzelas, (those rasping, meter-long…
Instagram boutiques have me in a chokehold. I can’t help it, I spend an embarrassing…
Why does it seem like we have been here before? Students being given homework to…
The call by activists to throw Iran out of the upcoming World Cup finals in…
“There is no handbook for incoming first ladies… It’s not technically a job, nor is…
I know that former US President Barack Obama included Sampa the Great’s Energy in his…
To clarify, I mean a married woman who you are married to, and you’re trying…
Kenya’s Transport Minister Kipchumba Murkomen posted two 2014 loan contracts between Kenya and the Exim Bank of…
I just spent an idyllic three days in Homa Bay County by the shores of…
Much has been made of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Kenyan roots, with some comparing…
The Constitution of Kenya 2010 provides any Kenyan with the right to propose its rehabilitation.…
PEOPLE
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Had Grace Monica Akech Onyango never joined politics, her contribution to society would already have…
If two years ago you’d have asked me whether I’d join a book club, your…
The apartment block on State House Road in Milimani doesn’t just appear. It unfolds, slowly,…
POLITICS
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Long before the launch of the Hustler Fund on 30 November 2022, I already knew…
The 2022 general election has come and gone, and with it the fierce competition that…
In the run up to the August 9 general election, rambunctious Central Organization of Trade…
In one of his most categorical commitments since coming to power, President William Ruto has…
WOMEN
If I told you the lady stepping out of the Audi Q7 dressed in a…
Few things elicit sharp reactions like discussing a woman’s body and what she can or cannot do with it.
The World Health Organization reported in 2018 that every two minutes a woman dies of this preventable cancer…
Tea made from specific plants has traditionally been given to women for various vaginal ailments, and these same herbs are…
Gender-Based Violence is one of the most persistent violations of human rights across the globe and has been reported to be much higher within marginalized populations.
POP CULTURE
DEBUNKED
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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 operation.
Between April and June 2020, 1.7 million Kenyans lost their jobs.
Are tectonic movements at the Rift Valley to blame for the lake’s rising water levels? How are the animals surviving these changes?
FACT CHECK
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A list circulating on Facebook purportedly showing 28 public secondary schools that are to be…
A digital card bearing KBC digital branding and quoting Archbishop Anthony Muheria seemingly criticizing President…
A tweet that claims the government has allocated KSh2.7 billion to the Higher Education Loans…
A digital card bearing the logo and social media template of Kamba Insights —a news…
A Twitter user posted a photo that he claimed showed police vehicles outside the former…
A video being shared on TikTok shows a convoy of motor vehicles moving past a…
A video circulating on Facebook that shows President William Ruto being rebuked at the African…
A video shared on TikTok showing President William Ruto lecturing Azimio coalition members of parliament…
Recently, President William Ruto told Kenyans that the country must find savings of KSh 300…
