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The Complex Search for Suspected Rwandan Genocidaires 

Tom Maliti
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Has Kenya Surrendered Its Economic Sovereignty to the IMF?

Rasna Warah
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The Perils of Today’s Consumer (With Lesser Rights?)

Vincent Ng'ethe
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You Split (the bill), You Lose…

Jacqueline Kubania
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Has The President Jumped The Gun On Shakahola?

Tom Maliti
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Why Proposed Housing Fund Needs To Be Scrapped 

Rasna Warah
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We Are Who We Are. Not Lazy. Not Unmotivated. Not Unintelligent.

Jacqueline Kubania

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The One Thing You Should Read About Grace Onyango (1924-2023)

Had Grace Monica Akech Onyango never joined politics, her contribution to society would already have…
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Music Alone Shall Live: On Fela, Bob Marley and Tolkien’s Evangelism

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This Is How A Country Burns 

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25 Years Later, Bomb Blast ‘98 Lingers

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Two Presidents, Their Spokespeople & Our Money

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From Perfect Plans to Unexpected Motherhood

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The Battle for South Africa’s Soul

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The President, the Jet and the Spokesman

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Then They Came for Dr. Margaret Nyakang’o…

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A Love Letter To Gen Z 

Dear Gen Z, Please allow us to start off this epistle by referring to you by your proper epithet at this monumental juncture in our country’s histo
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 What the Experts Say About School Unrest 

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Sacrificing Harambee Starlets

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Football’s European Born African Stars

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Mukuru’s Wars and Woes 

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Debunk Speaks to Njoroge Muthoni

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Debunk Speaks To Kabubu Mutua

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Pop Culture

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Daylight Come And Me Wan’ Go Home: Remembering Harry Belafonte

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Necessary Noize: A Mixtape Down Memory Lane (Side A)

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Music’s Making Vernacular Cool Again (For Me)

Chia Kayanda

Vinyl Is The Sound Of Friction, Of Rubbing Intimacy

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Part 1: I Tried To Chew Muguka And Failed. Now I Drink It.

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Politics

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The Man We Thought We Sent to Ichaweri

Lilian Mutinda
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Police Shakeup: Kenya Kwanza’s New Sheriffs

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Uhuru Kenyatta’s Send-off Package  

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The Evolution of the Presidential Oath 

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The Choice Of Motherhood

Joan Masinde

Cervical Cancer, The Female Killer

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If It’s Not Broken, Don’t Fix It: Everything You Need to Know About Keeping Your Vagina Healthy

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Why I Didn’t Like My Hair Sometimes

Michelle Ngarama

Unsafe Abortions Are Costing Kenya and Killing our People 

Mumbi Kanyogo

A Few More Words About Breasts

Gloria Mwaninga

A Rare Story Of Surviving FGM And Building Back The Clitoris

Akello Odenyo

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A Brief History of Anti-LGBTQ Legislation in Africa

Lilian Mutinda

Current State of Anti-LGBTQ Legislation in Africa

Lilian Mutinda

A Relentless Wave of Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Is Here

Lilian Mutinda

My Hustler Fund Experience

Lilian Mutinda