It was too easy to dismiss President Ruto’s invitation to help him shape the country’s future through a proposed Vision 2060 blueprint as too little, too late, last week. While this initiative may not be the pathway to Singapore, the declaration does offer another opportunity for one more KenyaTuitakayo reflection.

A growing number of cases before Kenya’s courts show that state institutions created to protect our environment and wildlife are enabling their destruction as amendments to critical safeguard laws are introduced. Unless this is changes, the judiciary may be the last line of defence against state-led environmental destruction. This column is co-written with JustAct Executive Director Akshay Vishwanath.

The violent disruption of a public procession and arrest of nine environmentalists including a former Chief Justice on the 8 June elevated the proposed development in Nairobi National Park to international public attention. As the matter heads to court later this month, what is at stake, and what would a win–win outcome look like? This column was co-written with JustAct Executive Director Akshay Vishwanath.

Easter weekend finds me in Laikipia, apparently one of Kenya’s happiest counties. Easter’s message of renewal and hope feels timely, especially a few days before the Africa Urban Forum opens in Nairobi.

Left untransformed, inequalities and exclusion are our greatest threat, our Upper Hill statisticians tell us. In a week where we are told...

Madaraka Day offered us an opportunity to remember Kenya’s painful struggle for political freedom and reflect how far we have come in the...