Apr 10 3 min What can Kenya learn from this year's Amnesty International Report? Hated by autocrats, the report is a point of reference for all who seek more just societies. What can Kenya learn from the 2020 report?
Apr 3 3 min Fast-track vaccination for senior citizens With COVID-19 positivity rates at 18.5 per cent and deaths suspected to be higher than the recorded 2,167, the race for a Vaccine-nation...
Mar 27 3 min Kenya's vaccine roll out is a disaster so far, how do we fix it? The COVID-19 vaccine roll-out so far has been a disaster and betrays the excellent framework adopted in the Health Ministry National...
Mar 19 3 min Punish Jennifers' killers and protect whistle-blowers In the wake of the brutal killing of Jennifer Wambua, it may be time to revisit how effective is our national system for protecting...
Mar 13 3 min Until we have a Vaccine-nation, none of us are safe As we approach the first anniversary of the Corona virus, the third wave is upon us. The virus is mutating, and infections are spiking...
Mar 6 3 min Violence robs voters the right to choose their leaders freely Violence, bribery and intimidation rob voters, of the only thing that really matters in an election, the right to freely choose our leaders.
Feb 27 3 min NGOs must rethink their role and leadership on key issues 2021 is significantly historic in several ways. Exactly three decades ago, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) became central to...
Feb 19 3 min There are alternatives to forceful mass-based evictions in Kibos, Kisumu One week ago, 3,500 men, women and children were forcefully evicted from a settlement they had lived in for 83 years. The evictions are...
Feb 6 3 min The entire criminal justice system is on trial in Nambale The entire criminal justice system went on trial this week. In Busia County, 21 officers failed to take a plea against charges of police...
Feb 1 3 min Lets face it, we are in a recession and must trust and act on the numbers It’s’ official, Kenya is in a recession. As the economists debate the KNBS Quarter 3 GDP report, I am left wondering why do statistics...
Jan 25 3 min Kananu is a pawn in a political game that excludes voters The game chess is not an exercise in public participation. Neither is the search for elective leaders it would seem with the installation...
Jan 8 3 min Rising Trumpism and why we must protect democracy Shocking scenes from the United States Capitol caught all our attention this week. After nine months of television binge watching, we...
Dec 31, 2020 5 min How Covid pandemic brought out the best and worst in Kenyans 2020 will best be remembered for the epic acts of courage that showed up in our homes and neighbourhoods. A human rights round up
Dec 26, 2020 3 min A peoples' vaccine is what the world needs now From the time of Jesus Christ, life-expectancy has always been an algorithm not an absolute. The threat of a pandemic for the elderly,...