Post curfew, can we create a fistula free nation?
By Irũngũ Houghton and Dr. Elizabeth Ominde-Ogaja While partygoers and the entertainment industry celebrated the end of the curfew...
Specialising in human rights, Irũngũ Houghton writes to interpret his world and inspire others to serve the public interest
- Oct 30
- 3 min
Let mother's tears prick the conscience of police officers
Warrants of arrests for four police constables were issued on Wednesday by a Nairobi Chief Magistrates Court. They are accused of...
- Oct 24
- 3 min
Why Kenya and Africa must invest in vaccine manufacture
The lifting of the 18-month curfew may have closed one chapter on the Covid-19 pandemic but is Kenya free from our greatest biosafety threat
- Oct 10
- 3 min
Time for another round of police reforms anyone?
The US Congress blew a historic opportunity by rejecting the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (2021) last month. The law is America’s...
- Oct 3
- 3 min
Don't let rats take over the house
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison sentence is exactly the type of accountability Kenyan legislators blocked by rejecting the IEBC...
- Sep 26
- 3 min
It's time for all citizens to be registered to vote
Nationalist elder Muthoni Likimani would have been proud of those Turkana youth I met last week. They are fired up and ready to register...
- Sep 18
- 3 min
Wildlife defender Kofa did not deserve a brutal death
Ripples from Joannah Stutchbury’s murder continue to violently disturb the national conscience. Thirty bullets took the life of Kenya...
- Sep 11
- 3 min
It's time to drain toxic Twitter
I sense some digital fatigue. Respected news editor and serial tweep Oliver Mathenge declared Twitter unsafe for most of us this week....
- Sep 4
- 3 min
Let us not build modern day towers of Babel
The terrifying sight of a collapsing building in Kinoo, Kiambu county this week comes in the wake of several recent horrific building...
- Aug 28
- 3 min
Dirty money ties us to political instability and poor leaders
By Irũngũ Houghton and Sheila Masinde Our adolescent Kenyan constitution made it unscathed to its eleventh birthday on Friday. The...
- Aug 22
- 3 min
Improve the quality of policing before the next General Elections
Friday’s Appellate court ruling that the attempt by the Building Bridges Initiative to amend the constitution was itself...
- Aug 14
- 3 min
Step up social protection and vaccinate the most vulnerable now
After patiently waiting my turn for six months, I got vaccinated against COVID-19 this week. Viewed within the lens of income, social...
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Investigate deaths of Kianjokoma brothers
The deaths of students Emmanuel (19) and Benson Ndwiga (22) while in police custody catalysed mass protests and led to further excessive...
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Campaign financing rules are the line between elections and auctions
Having delayed implementing the Elections Campaign Financing Act (2013) for eight years, plans maybe underway to kill it altogether. A...