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Why Charging for ID Cards Is A Bad Idea
Mwalimu Mati
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Kawira Mwangaza Is Paying for the Sin of Being a Woman
Jacqueline Kubania
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Ghost Payrolls and Budgeted Corruption: Are We Listening to Dr Nyakang’o?
Mwalimu Mati
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We Are Who We Are. Not Lazy. Not Unmotivated. Not Unintelligent.
Jacqueline Kubania
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The Tall Order That Is Wanjigi’s and Omtatah’s Call for Declaration of Odious Debt
Mwalimu Mati
Lessons from Public Participation in Nairobi County: Digital Isn’t Always Better
What does public participation in Nairobi look like? The Constitution of Kenya 2010 requires the government - whether national or county - to facilitate and engage in public participation whe
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Vincent Ng'ethe
Dear Mr Odinga, Allow Gen Z To Stand On Your Shoulders, Do Not Stand On Theirs!
Debunk Media
How The National Assembly Voted On The Finance Bill 2024
Debunk Media
Two Presidents, Their Spokespeople & Our Money
Debunk Media
It’s Official. We’ve Got A Jet-gate.
Debunk Media
People
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The Lifesavers of Kibra
Lilian Mutinda
A Writer’s Diary: Leaving Nairobi for Iten
Kiprop Kimutai
This Is How I Ditched Procrastination
Alivitsa Lynn
Debunk Speaks To Analo Kanga
Doddy Maru
My Home Buries Bodies
Angel Lovely
Debunk Speaks to Martha Karua
Rasna Warah
Idumi Irakuduma. Manhood Undoes Itself
Bulimu Chole
My Body Betrays Me, Again
Ndegwa Nguru
Pop Culture
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Mendelssohn In Nairobi: Diary of a Violinist
Bernadette Muthoni
Beyond Nairobi’s Shadow: Ace Bornzilla’s Vision for Naivasha’s Musical Renaissance
Frank Njugi
Music Alone Shall Live: On Fela, Bob Marley and Tolkien’s Evangelism
Doddy Maru
Clark The Keeng’s Musical Coup D’etat
Lewis-Miller Kaphira
The Duality of Wangechi: ‘Emotional Gangster’ Album Review
Frank Njugi
Remembering Grandmaster Masese, King of the Obokano
Stanley Gazemba
Keeping E-Sir Alive
Ras Mengesha
A Reminiscence Of P-Unit In 11 Parts
Carey Baraka
Polite Society, A Review
Wairimu Kagichu
Loving Vincent, A Review
Wairimu Kagichu
Nine and a Half Short Notes on Faustin Munishi (A Brief History of Gospel Music in Kenya)
Ras Mengesha
12 Angry Men. A Review.
Wairimu Kagichu
Diary Of A DJ: The WhineDown
Chia Kayanda
Politics
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Time’s Ripe For An Ufungamano Initiative
Debunk Media
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Diary Of An Election Observer
Mulle Musau
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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
Akello Odenyo
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Uhuru Kenyatta’s Send-off Package
Eddy Ashioya
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The Evolution of the Presidential Oath
Kanyi Wyban
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Women
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How My First Period Snuck Up On Me
Wanjiku Wahome
Bonding Over Vaginas
Musembi Wanza
Why I Didn’t Like My Hair Sometimes
Michelle Ngarama
Unsafe Abortions Are Costing Kenya and Killing our People
Mumbi Kanyogo
From Perfect Plans to Unexpected Motherhood
Catherine Keyum
A Few More Words About Breasts
Gloria Mwaninga
A Rare Story Of Surviving FGM And Building Back The Clitoris
Akello Odenyo
Debunked
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
Spot Your MCA
Debunk Data Team
Business
Kenya’s Scrap Metal Survivalists
Kenya’s Leaking Debt Ceiling
Why your Christmas is More Expensive This Year
Elections
What It Means To Be President-Elect
The Role of the Assumption of the Office of President Committee
Uhuru Kenyatta’s Temporary Incumbency
Featured Voices
Debunk Speaks To Kevin Mwachiro
Debunk Speaks To Lucia Ayiela
Debunk Speaks To Mutemi wa Kiama
Personalities
GL Vidyarthi and Priya Ramrakha: Pioneers of the Kenyan Press
Cecilia Makiwane: In Memory of Africa’s First Nurse
Dr Nathaniel King: Nigeria’s First Medical Doctor
Fact Check
Photo Of Police Cars Is Old, Does Not Show Matiang’i Stakeout
Raila Odinga did not refer to William Ruto as President, video is manipulated
Raila Odinga Wasn’t Chased At Jacaranda Rally. Video Is From 2022 Election Campaign
Explainers
The Evolution of the Presidential Oath
How a President-Elect is Sworn-in
How a Deputy President-Elect is Sworn-in