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  • Nairobi evictions 2020
    KenyaSociety

    Nairobi evicts 8,000 people amidst a pandemic and curfew

    By Juliana Nnoko-Mewanu & Najma Abdi
    June 10, 2020
    Kenyan authorities demolished hundreds of homes last month, leaving thousands homeless and without any support. In early May, Kenyan authorities evicted more than 8,000 ...
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  • An empty street in Nairobi, Kenya, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: World Bank/Sambrian Mbaabu.
    Covid-19Kenya

    Kenya: We cannot police ourselves out of the pandemic

    By Kamau Wairuri
    June 3, 2020
    From early on, the government treated COVID-19 as a law enforcement rather than public health issue. It has a long way to go to ...
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  • A screenshot of a 3D reconstruction, part of the Saving Railways project.
    CultureEditor's PicksKenyaUganda

    Stay home and go to the museum

    By Anna Adima
    May 8, 2020
    In Kenya and Uganda, innovators are showing how history can be preserved and shared in new formats for today’s audience.  In Uganda and Kenya, ...
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  • Mutahi Kagwe became the face of the COVID-19 response in Kenya.
    Covid-19Kenya

    From calm to confusion: How Kenya’s COVID-19 frontman lost his sheen

    By Isaac Otidi Amuke
    April 15, 2020
    At the start, Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe was able to talk the talk of a state in control. But then the government had to ...
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  • KenyaSocietyTop story

    Must Always pads always be low-quality for Kenyans?

    By Scheaffer Okore
    March 31, 2020
    In Kenya, Always pads use a cheap material that causes irritation for many. In Europe and the US, they don’t.   For more than three decades, ...
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  • kenya prisons
    KenyaSocietyTop story

    They were sentenced to death. Got law degrees in prison. Then got free.

    By Dominic Kirui
    March 4, 2020
    In Kenya, where millions struggle to get access to justice, some inmates are studying the law so they can help themselves and each other. ...
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  • A snapshot from NTV's coverage of Daniel arap Moi's funeral on 11 February.
    Editor's PicksKenyaSociety

    The performance of mourning Moi

    By Isaac Otidi Amuke
    February 12, 2020
    Before he died, he was a disgraced former dictator. Since he died, he’s been lionised as an iconic Kenyan hero. How did this happen? ...
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  • Troops from Kenya have been crucial in helping liberate towns from al-Shabaab control in Somalia. Credit: AU-UN/ Tobin Jones.
    KenyaPoliticsSomalia

    Kenya and Somalia’s maritime dispute: One winner, two losers?

    By Abdullahi Abdille Shahow
    October 30, 2019
    The ICJ hearing comes with high risks for both sides. Its postponement offers the interdependent neighbours another chance to talk. If and when Kenya ...
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  • CultureEditor's PicksKenyaSociety

    How I fell in, out, and back in love with the leso

    By Idza Luhumyo
    October 14, 2019
    The East African wrapper is a source of pride, rich in meaning and history. But it is more complicated than that.  The story of ...
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  • kitenge in Kenya
    CultureEditor's PicksKenya

    Can a Chinese import ever be authentically African?

    By April Zhu
    August 21, 2019
    Kitenge is made in China, but sold, worn and inscribed with meaning in Kenya. On Gaborone Road in Nairobi’s central business district, you can ...
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