Recent reports reveal that digital technologies are being weaponized by states to suppress active citizens. If this threatens constitutional freedoms and risks undermining an open, thriving digital economy, how do we compel both states and telecom companies to uphold our right to privacy and free expression?

The 27 November by-elections have all the signs of a mini General Elections. Given that our two neighbouring Tanzania and Uganda governments have provided clear evidence how not to prepare for elections, can the Kenyan authorities demonstrate any difference?

As we mark the third anniversary of the 2022 General Elections today, Kenya’s governance occurs as fragile and rudderless. Navigating the current turbulence will require new state systems to listen and interact with public concerns. A new opportunity has emerged in the Public Participation Bill (2025) currently before the National Assembly.

World Press Freedom Day and the Media Council Annual Summit this week highlighted the resilience of Kenya's fourth estate. The publication of a new media code of conduct is timely, given the regular criticism and the current challenges the industry faces.

What can we learn from the 2024 youth led mass protests that significantly challenged state legitimacy in Bangladesh, Nigeria and Kenya?

Does the mass deregistration of PBOs signal the start of another season of conflict between civil society and the state?

With Kenya moving from “obstructed” to “repressed” category in CIVICUS 2024 report, what can be done to recover Kenya’s global standing?

Kenya as an extreme sport. To win, we must organise our communities to claim our public institutions or lizards will become crocodiles.

Kenya’s data protection law turns five soon. Is Okiya Omtatah’s 2019 petition challenging it, in the public interest?

How emerging youth leaders could retain their political influence and deepen their recent human rights impact before next General Elections.

What does Public Benefits Organisations Act commencement mean for PBOs and the rest of the nation? Ezra Mbogori joins the weekly column

A new Mzalendo Trust study confirms suspicions that strategic lawsuits or SLAPP are being increasingly used to legally intimidate citizens