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Protect young people from SadTok
As students sit for the last of the Kenya Certificate for Primary Education Examinations (KCPE) exams, two new studies require us to look...
Nov 10, 20233 min read


Artificial Intelligence is here, time we got digitally adaptable
Spending time among the Mulot digital leaders in Bomet and African policy makers in Johannesburg days apart has finally piqued my curiosity.
Sep 16, 20233 min read


Regimes that suppress dissenting voices invite bongo flava
Flying to an international conference should not be a matter of distress for presidents. The relatively few African Heads of States at...
Sep 9, 20233 min read


Go beyond carbon markets at the upcoming climate summit
Nairobi Climate Summit Declaration must go beyond carbon markets to announce ambitious, sustainable, and long-lasting commitments
Sep 2, 20233 min read


We're caught between danger of revolt and chance of reason
Wednesday’s protests are the most violent yet. Observing the protests, the constitution’s drafters must have struggled to see any...
Jul 16, 20233 min read


Time to stop religious cults from unleashing future massacres
Appearing before the Shakahola Senate Ad hoc Committee this week, I found myself reflecting how we can stop religious cults in future
Jul 10, 20233 min read


Kenyans smell double-speak in government policies and tax plans
Left untransformed, inequalities and exclusion are our greatest threat, our Upper Hill statisticians tell us. In a week where we are told...
Jun 10, 20233 min read


Shakahola media ban is counterproductive, lift it.
Prof. Amartya Sen’s observation that no famine can take place with a free media took on new significance with the shocking discoveries in...
Apr 29, 20233 min read


The bi-partisan committee must succeed
Sandwiched between two Senators this week, I was pleasantly surprised that the media encounter didn’t turn into a violent gladiator...
Apr 15, 20233 min read


Azimio, police should handle next demos differently to avert chaos
Both Azimio la Umoja and the National Police Service lost control of Monday’s protests against the cost of living, the last general...
Mar 25, 20233 min read


We cannot afford 50 Cabinet Administrative Secretaries
President William Ruto’s nomination of fifty Cabinet Administrative Secretaries opens the door to one of the most bloated cabinets at a...
Mar 18, 20233 min read


Locking media practitioners out of MCK board carries great risk
A media governance storm has been brewing for the past month. So far pre-occupying a handful of state officers, media regulators,...
Mar 5, 20234 min read
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