A stream of tweets from 27-year-old new mother Mama Boo just went viral. The comments she generated under the hashtag...

Like all declarations, the historical importance of Presidential State of the Nation Addresses rest on the changes they trigger. Four...

A Senegalese immigration officer confronted my Kenyan woman colleague with a very strange question this week, “Do you have permission in...

When does drought become food stress, food insecurity or a famine? When should a state declare alarm, alert or emergency? In the face of...

Listening with journalist Amina Abdi-Rabar to students and teachers in the fertile county of Kisii this week, we were troubled by many...

A casual look at the news headlines has probably left you wondering whether Kenya faces an existential threat. Police indiscriminately...

Welcomed by the poetry of Anthem Republik, over 500 men, women and children crowded into Kayole’s social hall on Thursday. What happened...

Stirred into action by a Presidential Executive Order, the Interior Ministry just touched another live-wire among most Kenyans. The...

After a week of anxiety driven by the fear of an execution, human rights defender Caroline Mwatha was found in the Nairobi City mortuary....

Kenyans living abroad are increasingly becoming more nervous and I don’t blame them. Immigration politics and policies are rapidly...

I am reminded often, that everyone of us is wired to be safe and look good. Many of us also want to make a difference in the world around...

I spent the past week in Kisumu and Homa Bay learning how secondary schools are faring with the massive changes taking place in the...