Opinion | Irunguhoughton

Time to disrupt the normalisation of prejudice and pain in all our spaces

Gay rights activist Edwin Chiloba has been brutally murdered. Our opinions will filter his death as a hate-crime, grim murder or another...

How did Kenya measure up against the Constitution in 2022?

As the sun set for the last time on 2022, 56 million Kenyans, 47 + 1 governments received their report card. How did the 59-year-old...

Beyond dust-storm of opinions on police reforms, we must get it right

Incoming Inspector General Japeth Koome whipped up his first dust storm. His and other public comments may indicate the possible...

Social media giant Meta sued in a Kenyan court, again.

This Wednesday, two Ethiopian men successfully sued Meta Platforms Inc in a Nairobi High Court for failing to moderate malicious content...

Let's serious with public safety, law and order

Today marks 74 years since the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights was adopted. The enduring lesson for us all is, when one...

Let's interrupt gender violence and narratives that support it

The world is midway through the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The recent conviction of Moses Gatama Njoroge provides...

End the war on Ukraine

A delegation of Ukrainian leaders was in town this week. Listening to their experiences over the last nine months, I wondered whether we...

CBC task-force must address state of disability rights in schools

With the 49-member Presidential Working Party on Education Reform completing its public consultations this month, it is time to look at...

What difference could new Police Inspector General Japhet Koome make?

The fourth Police Inspector General of Kenya was sworn yesterday. As Japhet Koome assumes office, what might he find in his in-tray and...

August poll was the most corrupt, let's put the IEBC in order now

Preventing reoccurring electoral nightmares requires work. As national and county administrations hit the mid-point for their 100-day...

Weak oversight not a "few rogue officers" feeds police impunity

Suspected enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of foreign nationals over the last month has burst one of Kenya’s worst...

Kenyan leaders, take key lessons from PM Truss quick fire exit

And just like that, the Prime Minister of the sixth richest economy in the world fell to her knees and resigned. What lessons can Kenyan...