On Identity And Wholeness: Four Authors Share Their Reflections
Who are we? Conceptualisations of home, identity and wholeness are pertinent questions. Identity can refer to who we are, where we come from, who...
The top five issues Kenyan youth want addressed now
Acording to statistics from thinktank youthpolicy.org, 75% of the Kenyan population is below 30 years old. They are considered the future of the country,...
Kenya has two presidents? Here’s what it means
On Tuesday afternoon Raila Odinga held an unofficial inauguration to anoint himself the People’s President of Kenya. Uhuru Kenyatta is the current elected president...
Overeager voters, faulty biometrics and arrests as #KenyaDecides
Long queues were the order of the day as Kenyans took to the polls Tuesday to vote in a hotly contested national election, pitting...
Kenyan youth: We want peaceful and credible elections
In a country in which half of registered voters are below 35 years old, not only do the youth have a role in choosing...
Kenya’s Save Lamu and deCOALonize campaign powers climate change resistance
Stemming from the latest conflicts around South Africa's pending nuclear power expansion programme, said to be one of the largest government tenders in post-Apartheid...
Kenyan women live in fear of election violence
Women peace builders representing more than 10 informal settlements in Nairobi have raised their concerns over the impending violence ahead of the August 8...
Young Kenyans are using Twitter to help them find jobs
Loise Wanjiku (23) was sure she would be employed as soon as she finished her internship but after days and months of using traditional...
Here’s why Kenyans are heading back to the polls on October...
Kenyans head back to the polls on October 17 for a new presidential election - its second for the year. . This second election...
This is what Raila Odinga’s withdrawal from Kenya’s repeat election means
In the latest Kenyan election drama, opposition leader, Raila Odinga announced he is withdrawing from the repeat election, due to take place at the...
What you need to know about extrajudicial killings in Kenya
When a Kenyan police officer shot and injured a young woman after a Wizkid concert on Saturday in Nairobi, it sparked anger among Kenyans....
The Westgate Mall attack: One year later, no less senseless or...
It was Saturday, 21 September 2013, and I had just finished presenting the midday bulletin at our Nairobi studios when I read the first...
Children block main road in Kenya to protest their school’s demolition
Land disputes and a lack of schooling infrastructure have led primary school pupils in Kenya to disrupt Nairobi’s traffic. We’ve come a long way...
Kenya rushes to contain cholera outbreak
On Monday Kenya’s ministry of health launched a 21-day plan to contain an outbreak of cholera in Nairobi. More than 336 cases of cholera...
Kenyan authorities are cracking down on social media ahead of elections
Ahead of the general election on August 8, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) announced on Monday that it would hold the administrators of...
Shailja Patel On Her Exile: “The One Thing I Still Have...
Poet and political activist Shailja Patel announced on Tuesday she was going into self-imposed exile - leaving Kenya. Earlier this month Kenyan journalist Tony...
These young Kenyans are vying for MP positions in the 2017...
Kenya’s national elections in August will feature some of the youngest aspirant politicians seen yet in Kenya. The country has a large youth population, with...
Propaganda, security and democracy: Kenyan female journalists take on the elections
On Tuesday August 1, the Association of Media Women in Kenya, held a forum on the online harassment of women journalists in Kenya leading...
