Kenya
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Not just big dicks: Kenya’s real cross-cutting theme is class
Kenya’s political system has disenfranchised millions of women, but it has also disenfranchised the majority of the population, saving its greatest levels of violence ... -
#147notjustanumber: Reclaiming the hearts of Kenya’s youth a year on from Garissa
To prevent another attack like Garissa, responses need to be grounded where the point of impact is greatest: in the heart and spirit of ... -
It’s time to axe Kenya’s big dick politics
There’s one huge theme that cuts across all Kenyan politics and it’s not ethnicity and it’s not land. [Once you’ve read this, read Ngala ... -
Kenya’s under fire journalists refuse to be cowed
But the same cannot necessarily be said of Kenya’s media houses. On the evening of 23 January, Yassin Juma, a freelance journalist and blogger, ... -
Kenya has become a “bandit economy”, says Chief Justice Willy Mutunga
“The influence of the cartels is overwhelming…If we do not fight the cartels, we become their slaves. But leaders who do take on the ... -
From cattle raiders to heavy rains: Kenya’s displaced families under threat
In Baringo country, the impacts of climate change have been devastating. Droughts have exacerbated cattle raiding, while now heavy rains threaten to wash away ... -
Campaigners warn of Kenya’s ‘secretive’ plan to set up International Financial Centre
Kenya’s government hopes a new Nairobi International Financial Centre will transform the economy, but observers warn it could contribute to illicit financial flows, inequality and a ... -
Wangari Maathai was not a good woman. Kenya needs more of them.
That Kenya still doesn’t know what to do with the legacy of Wangari Maathai says more about a country at war with itself than it ... -
Just when Kenya’s military needs more civilian oversight, a proposed bill calls for less
If the government’s KDF Amendment Bill goes through as planned, Parliament will effectively lose its constitutional oversight of the army. Amidst a growing sense of ...
