The women-focused Baddies na Ballots voter registration campaign is timely. To succeed, it must not only inspire women to participate in the electoral process but also create an enabling environment where capable women aspirants can emerge, thrive, and be fully protected and resourced.

It was too easy to dismiss President Ruto’s invitation to help him shape the country’s future through a proposed Vision 2060 blueprint as too little, too late, last week. While this initiative may not be the pathway to Singapore, the declaration does offer another opportunity for one more KenyaTuitakayo reflection.

Edwin Sifuna's appearance on Citizen TV’s The Explainer this week was riveting. Intense, uncomfortable and revealing, it was also a masterclass in accountability journalism. Beyond the sparks, what did the interview expose about the rise of the Linda Mwananchi movement's most prominent voice and Kenyan journalism?

While all elections produce both winners and losers, the real loser in Ol Kalou was not UDA's candidate, but the State itself. The giant ants who feasted on Ol Kalou are on the move. Unless we remain vigilant and active, they will carry corruption, violence and impunity into every corner of our beloved Republic next year.

As the primary accountability season nears, politicians suddenly pick our calls and patterns sharpen. How does last week’s Senator Nyamu address, a youth poll, and this week’s by‑election connect and why do all parties in power need to pay attention?

The recent mass voter registration drive has rewritten Kenya’s electoral history, delivering one of the biggest youth electorates the country has ever seen. The figures tell a powerful story, but if this was such a success, why did the Election Commission end it prematurely?

History demonstrates when power answers to no one, it will eventually attack and eat itself from within. While Kenya's PBO Regulations expand civic space, Uganda’s "Protection of Sovereignty Bill" declares war on its own economy.

Kisumu High Court’s 25 March judgment this week, awarding Sh 38.6 million to 28 victims and families, validates their long‑ignored cries for justice. What implications does this ruling have for the victims and the path to reparations and justice?

While progress seems limited in many parts of the world, this year’s Data Privacy Conference demonstrated Kenya’s growing maturity in digital governance. Two areas need the nation's attention, police and electoral data governance.

Independent film-maker Nick Wambugu took his final bow this week after battling a rare blood disorder. As the Kenyan film industry prepares its tributes, Nick’s passing deserves wider acknowledgement by the Kenyan public and international community. Unlike many, Nick filmed not only to explain our world but to offer the silenced a voice and to protect the truth. An opinion co-written with Actor Melissa Kiplagat.

CJE Willy Mutunga’s rhetorical question “Are African governments in the business of selling Turkish citizens to the dictatorship in Türkiye?” deserves closer attention. With the recent arrests of Mustafa Güngör in Kenya and Emre Çınar in Mozambique, a new wave of transnational repression on African soil needs disrupting.

Once again, human rights violations scarred many and tested our national conscience over 2025. However, several victories remind us, hope survives not as a passive emotion but as the consequence of our personal vigilance and public action.