Without public participation, budget transparency and oversight nothing will work post-election
The Kenya Budget Transparency Survey 2021 comes at just the right time. With elections debates in high gear, it educates voters trying to...
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Jun 11, 20223 min read
Will TikTok turn our elections into a war dance?
At the risk of confusing my more mainstream readers, we must talk about TikTok. No, not the clock, but social media’s latest entrant and...
Apr 23, 20223 min read
Break the impunity cycle of violence against journalists
We can measure the openness of societies by the way our journalists are treated. As the world approaches World Press Freedom Day on May...
Mar 26, 20223 min read
Place Jua Kali workers at the center of election manifestos
Ten years ago, I listened to a jua kali car mechanic displaced from the path of a new ring road by my home. A decade on, the nation has...
Mar 20, 20223 min read
Why Kenyans need NGOs and civil society ahead of elections
Policy sound-bites bullet point campaign billboards and boom from the sunroofs of SUVs. However, as John Githongo notes, these elections...
Mar 5, 20223 min read
Digital democracy or algorithmic authoritarianism, choose.
A Ukraine related twitter spike and UDA presidential aspirant claims that the August elections could be rigged alerts us there is a fine...
Jan 29, 20223 min read
Digital lawlessness could threaten our upcoming polls
Global Data Privacy Week 2022 yesterday gives us an opportunity to review the state of public awareness and data protection
Jan 8, 20223 min read
Signs an aspirant may cheat on you after they get elected
Driving back from the holidays, several political billboards caught my eyes across six counties. The posters reveal much of the...
Dec 11, 20213 min read
Listen to human rights champions amidst rising political euphoria
The second week of December annually provides us a moment to reflect on corruption, human rights, and self-governance. These themes found...
Nov 20, 20213 min read
What Blinken tour means for Kenya and the volatile region
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Kenya this week offers a timely opportunity to review electoral preparedness,...
Sep 26, 20213 min read
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 12, 20213 min read
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....
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