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Time for criminal justice reform?
Azimio la Umoja decision to petition last week’s election places another checkpoint on the Kenya Kwanza road towards a hustler nation....
Aug 19, 20223 min read


Incoming regime must step up and halt extra-judicial killings
The recent brutal killings of seven Nakuru women horrified the nation. Within weeks, police had arrested over a hundred youth and are now...
Jul 23, 20223 min read


Kenyans want the death penalty abolished
By Irũngũ Houghton and Maurice Oginga It’s been thirty-five years since the Kenyan state legally executed anyone for a capital offence...
Jun 17, 20223 min read


We all have the right not to be profiled, violated or killed
Two horrific murders over the last two weeks left many angry and depressed. As the law enforcement agencies prosecute these senseless...
May 8, 20223 min read


Terror guidelines will help State deal better with menace
Launched this week, new Inter-Agency Anti-Terrorism and Terrorism Financing Guidelines signify a new collaborative strategy by key law...
Apr 16, 20223 min read


Let's debate safe abortion and reproductive health
A policy storm is brewing at just the right time. Last week, women and youth activists took to Nairobi streets to stop the launch of the...
Apr 2, 20223 min read


Channel national anger to transform the boda boda sector
Sexism, road rage and lawlessness exploded in time for International Women’s Day this year. The stripping and sexual assault of a female...
Mar 12, 20223 min read


Tribute to Joe, a national hero
By Irũngũ Houghton and Nelson Otuoma It is, primarily, the courage of persons living with HIV that has the AIDS epidemic no longer be a...
Feb 26, 20223 min read


Police must go beyond tear-gas, clubs, bullets as poll nears
Key Cabinet Secretaries spent Valentines’ morning with diplomats and gave their reassurance that the General Elections would be free,...
Feb 19, 20224 min read


With dumped bodies, Lake Victoria could become one large crime scene
Headlines that up to 30 bodies have been retrieved from the River Yala over the last six months is chilling. As investigators, human...
Jan 22, 20223 min read


Dr Olel’s life should inspire health workers to serve all
The late Odhiambo Olel lived at the intersection of medicine, human rights, and democratic activism. Two memorial services and his burial...
Jan 15, 20223 min read


A child will be born to displaced parents in Mukuru kwa Njenga this Christmas
Like baby Jesus, a child will be born to displaced parents in Mukuru kwa Njenga this Christmas. How the area went from a Jubilee...
Dec 25, 20213 min read
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