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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 29, 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...
Jan 8, 20223 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...
Dec 11, 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,...
Nov 20, 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 26, 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....
Sep 12, 20213 min read


Let us not build modern day towers of Babel
The terrifying sight of a collapsing building in Kinoo, Kiambu county this week comes in the wake of several recent horrific building...
Sep 5, 20213 min read


Dirty money ties us to political instability and poor leaders
By Irũngũ Houghton and Sheila Masinde Our adolescent Kenyan constitution made it unscathed to its eleventh birthday on Friday. The...
Aug 29, 20213 min read


Campaign financing rules are the line between elections and auctions
Having delayed implementing the Elections Campaign Financing Act (2013) for eight years, plans maybe underway to kill it altogether. A...
Jul 31, 20212 min read


How could we de-risk the 2022 General Elections?
The next General Elections will take place on August 9, 2022. Some thoughts on how to de-risk the national exercise
Jul 11, 20213 min read


Why we must keep associations vibrant at all times
Publishing the book Dialogue and Dissent last month opened a new set of possibilities for me to associate with other published authors of...
Jul 4, 20213 min read


Naming roads requires public participation
The controversial re-naming Dik Dik road Francis Atwoli road raises fundamental questions about the governance of public spaces nationally.
Jun 20, 20212 min read
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