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Regimes that suppress dissenting voices invite bongo flava
Flying to an international conference should not be a matter of distress for presidents. The relatively few African Heads of States at...
Sep 9, 20233 min read


Reflections on working for Amnesty International Kenya
A far ranging personal and professional interview with Civil Society Newsletter, 28 August 2023
Aug 30, 20236 min read


Ruto's promise of non-partisan police service quickly eroding
Fuelled by a volatile cocktail of political and economic grievances, protests were met with increased police violence across several...
Jul 22, 20233 min read


We're caught between danger of revolt and chance of reason
Wednesday’s protests are the most violent yet. Observing the protests, the constitution’s drafters must have struggled to see any...
Jul 16, 20233 min read


Time to stop religious cults from unleashing future massacres
Appearing before the Shakahola Senate Ad hoc Committee this week, I found myself reflecting how we can stop religious cults in future
Jul 10, 20233 min read


Azimio demos offer stern test to Kenya's respect for human rights
For a decade, human rights organizations have warned that the respect for human rights and the rule of law has been deteriorating....
Apr 1, 20233 min read


Azimio, police should handle next demos differently to avert chaos
Both Azimio la Umoja and the National Police Service lost control of Monday’s protests against the cost of living, the last general...
Mar 25, 20233 min read


Locking media practitioners out of MCK board carries great risk
A media governance storm has been brewing for the past month. So far pre-occupying a handful of state officers, media regulators,...
Mar 5, 20234 min read


Let us not fuel hatred over gay unions after Supreme Court ruling
After a week of intense public debate triggered by the Supreme Court right to association ruling, the President has finally spoken....
Mar 4, 20233 min read


Where is Morris Mabior Awikjok?
It has been 22 days since South Sudanese asylum-seeker Morris Mabior Awikjok was arbitrarily arrested in Nairobi and forcefully returned...
Feb 24, 20233 min read


International CSOs in a differentiated, globalised and networked world: Five traits they must drop
What INGOs are missing is an institutional culture of behaviours and traits that keep them empowered today. Here's five.
Sep 23, 20167 min read
Protecting civic space against #NGOMuzzle laws in Kenya
“We said that Kenyans had enacted the best and most progressive Constitution in the world. The struggle for this Constitution was by the...
Mar 31, 201411 min read
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