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Time to pull out the red-cards, the party primaries are upon us
First published Sunday Standard, April 16, 2017. Kindly reproduced here with permission from Standard Group If you are like me, you may...
Apr 16, 20173 min read
Presentation to the Mwamdudu school community, August 8th
Hii mapambano ilianza na wanafunzi wa Langata road primary school. Mimi na wengine hapa tulikua huko. Viongozi wa Serikali kutoka pande...
Aug 18, 20161 min read
Thoughts ahead of the 2016 State of the Nation Address, Kenya, 31 March 2016
This blog draws on the points made on Citizen #Cheche breakfast show, 30 March Part 1: https://youtu.be/XW76YtgIH-0 Part 2:...
Mar 31, 20165 min read
Statement at the funeral service of Alex Madaga, Saturday 24th October 2015
The statement was on behalf of the Health NGO’s Network (HENNET), Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN) and the...
Oct 26, 20152 min read
Raising Voices for Peace in Kenya: A Personal Reflection
My mobile rang incessantly the morning after Mwai Kibaki was sworn in. One caller was persistent. Three times I was asked, “Irungu, we need to meet, when?” With images of anger and mayhem from the entire country flooding my television, it seemed futile. However, we did meet that afternoon on the 31st December 2007 at the offices of the Peace and Development Network in Kilimani, Nairobi. The next few months breathed life to the proverb “When the spider webs unite, they can ti
Mar 7, 20149 min read
Learning the art of building community in Kilimani
In November, reporter Mark Namswa of Nairobi’s UP Magazine interviewed me for their special issue on community policing. Below is the...
Dec 9, 20136 min read
Published Land Grabs Letter to the Financial Times
Response to Monday’s FT article “Palm oil producers face challenges in Africa” 24th September 2012 http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4389d42-07db-...
Oct 1, 20121 min read
The Challenge of Unequal Growth and Exclusive Governance
Comments to the AU Conference of African Union Ministers in charge of Youth Development, 12-14 September 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
Sep 12, 20123 min read
Three years before the deadline for realising the MDGs: What needs to be done to powerfully complet
Presentation to SIDA Annual Conference, Stockholm, 23 August 2013 By Irũngũ Houghton[i] Introduction As the cocoon regularly whispers to...
Aug 23, 201214 min read
Press release July 11th: SOTU to name and shame Governments who fail to implement AU standards
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 11, 2012 “We will mobilize millions to name and shame African Governments who fail to implement AU standards,...
Jul 11, 20127 min read
Media events planned for the July 2012 AU Summit
AU SUMMIT JULY 2012 MEDIA ADVISORY FOR CSO EVENTS 11th July – “Play for the Union” press conference Organisers: State of the Union...
Jul 10, 20122 min read
Hey, what could come after the MDGs?
Presentation notes by Irũngũ Houghton, Oxfam Pan Africa Director All Africa Parliamentary Conference on Parliaments, the MDGs and the...
May 24, 20123 min read
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