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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


Disregarding code of practices will hurt social media platforms
Barely a week after President William Ruto launched Kenya’s first data protection registration system on International Data Privacy Day,...
Feb 4, 20233 min read


Social media giant Meta sued in a Kenyan court, again.
This Wednesday, two Ethiopian men successfully sued Meta Platforms Inc in a Nairobi High Court for failing to moderate malicious content...
Dec 17, 20223 min read


August poll was the most corrupt, let's put the IEBC in order now
Preventing reoccurring electoral nightmares requires work. As national and county administrations hit the mid-point for their 100-day...
Nov 5, 20223 min read


Kenyan leaders, take key lessons from PM Truss quick fire exit
And just like that, the Prime Minister of the sixth richest economy in the world fell to her knees and resigned. What lessons can Kenyan...
Oct 23, 20223 min read


What the 5th must do to deliver 'real freedom' for all
As expected, President William Ruto’s inauguration was powerfully coordinated, attended by thousands, and watched by millions. Not losing...
Sep 17, 20223 min read


What could civic organisations do in a new political dispensation?
Regardless of the outcome at the six levels of 2022 General Elections, we must remind ourselves that the causes CSOs champion do and will...
Sep 10, 20222 min read
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