Over the last six years, data collected by the Mathare Social Justice Centre (MSJC) puts Ahmed Rashid, a policeman attached to Pangani Police Station, on the defense regarding the deaths of, at least, 43 young people in Mathare. Among these victims are a 12-year-old boy and two teenagers, the...
I’ve been renting in Nairobi for nine years now, and in that time I have lived in nine different houses. My first was a bedsitter at Alsopps on Thika Road, so new the window caulking was not fully set and you could still smell the fresh paint, and so...
I am trying to design a life I like. A life I don’t need to run away from, or sedate myself to get through. It’s a trial and error thing, one whose rewards manifest in rest, ease and quiet joy, nothing glamorous. An inner-life thing, you know? Central to...
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, one of the most talented and famous sons of Nigeria and Africa, and the founder of the AfroBeat genre of music, sang that democracy is but only a “demonstration of craze.” To him, African countries and for that matter, his beloved Nigeria (that is why he...
Clearly, there is an appetite for accountability for the riotous scenes at the Bomas of Kenya that almost torpedoed the announcement of the presidential election results on the 15th of August last year. In his first major interview session with the Kenyan press, President William Ruto acknowledged the need...
The President of the Kenya Editors’ Guild recently called a press conference to allege that they had received reports of an imminent phone and internet shutdown. Despite providing no evidence or substantiating detail, the allegation was hours later addressed by the President of Kenya, who assured us all that...
Today I am inserting my nose into married people’s business because I feel like if you (married folk 😀) put your business out there, then it becomes fair game for hot takes. Hollywood superstar Gabrielle Union recently went on the record saying she splits bills 50-50 with her hotshot...
Remember those multiple choice questions in school? Here is one for you. The difference is, it does not require a correct answer, just an honest response. If you lost your closest friend today, who would you share the news with first? We will not ask why you picked the...
Have you ever agreed to attend an event you didn’t want to go to? Or hide your true feelings about an opinion a friend has? I think we’ve all done that from time to time. But if you’re like me, this constant violation of your own values is a...
“Authority assigned to a State officer is a public trust…” Article 73 (1) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 Since the county-assembly-impeachment of Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza Kawira on 14 December 2022 – hardly three months into the role – questions have emerged about the place of impeachment of...
“The great marriages are partnerships. It can’t be a great marriage without being a partnership.” – Helen Mirren On 27 January 2023, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered two judgements with far reaching implications on marriage in Kenya. More precisely, the court’s decisions addressed disputes that arise long...
