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Flattening the curve together key to immunity against virus
Like all life-threatening crises, the struggle to flatten COVID-19 is fundamentally a battle to control our perspective. In this moment,...
Apr 18, 20203 min read


We must also protect our environment at this time
By Irũngũ Houghton and Dr. Paula Kahumbu One of the most beautiful poems of the COVID-19 era starts with the words “we fell asleep in one...
Apr 16, 20203 min read


Our actions will extend curfew or make total lockdown a must
Good morning all. If you are reading this, I guess you made it through the first night of curfew. The prospects of extending the curfew...
Mar 28, 20203 min read


COVID-19 is a historic threat that needs us all to contain
Even before the Finance Ministry gives its preliminary economic assessment on March 23, we know that the shilling has fallen to the...
Mar 21, 20203 min read


Use resident associations to revamp an ailing Nairobi
Bear with me readers from other counties, I am not yet done with County 047. If the Judiciary doesn’t stop transfer of Nairobi County...
Mar 14, 20203 min read


Nairobians choose carefully and speak up loudly
Transferring Nairobi Government to the National Government is a game-changer. However, the drivers of the crisis remain untransformed
Mar 9, 20203 min read


Civil society is central to our democracy, let's empower it
Reflection on 2019 NGO week and new NGO big data #NGOs #Development
Feb 2, 20203 min read


Tribute to the children who reclaimed Lang'ata Primary School: Five years on
Tomorrow marks five years since the Lang’ata Road Primary School playground was reclaimed. What has happened since?
Jan 20, 20203 min read


Denial will perpetuate deadly poll violence
First published Saturday Standard, December 1, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group The Kenya National...
Dec 1, 20183 min read


Sex education will stem teen pregnancies
First published Saturday Standard, November 24, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group It’s been a while...
Nov 24, 20183 min read


Amidst the chaos, how we can keep our heads
First published Saturday Standard, November 17, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group Several experiences...
Nov 17, 20183 min read


Neither civilians and police officers are safe from unlawful police killings
First published Saturday Standard, November 10, 2018. Kindly reproduced here with permission from the Standard Group Barely sixty days...
Nov 10, 20183 min read
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