Kenya
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Seven myths about sex education debunked
Countries with more sex ed have lower teen pregnancy rates, yet policymakers in Kenya continue to push against it. Imagine firefighters approaching a burning ... -
Sex workers face a dilemma: to work or not during COVID-19
Kenyan sex workers are being forced to choose between their health and their livelihoods. Atieno* has been a sex worker for six years. A soft-spoken ... -
Nairobi evicts 8,000 people amidst a pandemic and curfew
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 ... -
Kenya: We cannot police ourselves out of the pandemic
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 ... -
Stay home and go to the museum
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, ... -
From calm to confusion: How Kenya’s COVID-19 frontman lost his sheen
At the start, Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe was able to talk the talk of a state in control. But then the government had to ... -
Must Always pads always be low-quality for Kenyans?
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, ... -
They were sentenced to death. Got law degrees in prison. Then got free.
In Kenya, where millions struggle to get access to justice, some inmates are studying the law so they can help themselves and each other. ... -
The performance of mourning Moi
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? ...
