Stories about people, politics, pop culture, women, and more…debunked, explained. Understand the world with Debunk Podcasts.
JOHN SIBI-OKUMU has had a long and illustrious career as an actor, director and playwright. He has played more than 40 characters on stage, including Shakespeare’s Romeo, Shylock and Oedipus, and has acted in films, including the Hollywood production, The Constant Gardener, where he…
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Stop being rude. Stop asking people invasive questions and giving them unsolicited advice to their…
Clearly, there is an appetite for accountability for the riotous scenes at the Bomas of…
“Imagine a lawyer or doctor with dreadlocks.” – Peter Kaluma, MP Homa Bay Town Constituency. What…
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…
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…
Stories about people, politics, pop culture, women, and more…debunked, explained. Understand the world with Debunk Podcasts.
PEOPLE
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I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression on 17 January 2020. The first two drugs…
If there’s one thing that Kenyans love it’s gossip, especially when that gossip is around…
Guyana, 1974. Nearly a thousand worshippers at the People’s Temple Of The Disciples of Christ…
I slide and lean back on the leather seat watching my feet soak in a…
POLITICS
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By now, anyone who lives in Kenya and is well appraised with the goings-on in…
The stage is set for a civil-society-led meeting at Ufungamano House today following Raila Odinga’s…
Yesterday morning, we published an editorial titled “Time’s Ripe for an Ufungamano Initiative”, in which…
Following the 2007/2008 post election violence, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) released…
Editor's Picks
It goes without saying that development institutions and aid agencies are here to stay, and their business is to keep loaning and giving grants. This will carry on despite the fact that loans and grants may not be used for the intended purposes. At the same time, African governments will continue insisting on their financial distress in perpetuity, as even those led by autocrats continue to receiving loans and grants. And much as national debt in and of itself is not a terrible idea, Kenya and others like her will continue struggling to breathe, until a radical fiscal shift happens.
POP CULTURE
WOMEN
“When the body is healthy, the vagina is healthy,” Dr Muthembwa explained. This means that maintaining your overall bodily health helps to maintain your vaginal health.
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.
DEBUNKED
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What exactly is BBI? This January, in a 7-part series. Debunk breaks down the bill seeking to amend one of Africa’s progressive constitutions. Premiers, Sunday 10th January, 8pm.
Are tectonic movements at the Rift Valley to blame for the lake’s rising water levels? How are the animals surviving these changes?
Aside from giving Kenya its 5th President and ushering in the third cohort of 47 County Governors and Members of County Assembly (1,450 elected and 772 nominated), the 2022 general election will…
Although studies show that mixing the vaccines generates a strong immune system, there might also be resultant short-term side effects such as; not feeling well or a low-grade fever after the second dose.
Because it’s narrower, the low-dead volume syringes, which are small in size, trap less liquid between the plunger and the tip of the needle after a dose is expelled. The plungers slide all the way down to the needle to eliminate trapped liquid. Low-dead volume syringes are designed to cut down waste.
Nearly a dozen countries resumed use of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday as EU and British regulators said the benefits of immunisation outweighed any risks.
As the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the world, the biggest concern was finding a possible cure or the closest to it, a vaccine.
Majority of Kenyans came to the slippery conclusion that COVID-19 was exiting the country. Citizens became lax with the rules – planning and attending overcrowded social functions and absconding on facemasks.
During a surge in the number of coronavirus patients, hospitals often have to prioritise who gets medical care first. But how do triage officers make these difficult decisions?
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.
