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Debt and the Gen Z protests

18th September 2024 Going Postal 0

31 August, 2024 A generation after the 1980s debt crisis triggered the rebirth of democracy on the continent, will Kenya’s youthful idealists spark a pan-African revolt?   The protests in Kenya mark a turning point [more…]

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Building on Sand? The Perils of Peacemaking in Sudan

11th September 2024 Going Postal 0

After 16 months of civil war, Sudan increasingly resembles a ‘failed state’, with displacement and man-made famine driving one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’. Following early setbacks, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) [more…]

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Ruto the Flying Mantis Has Been Grounded

4th September 2024 Going Postal 0

Ruto’s wings have been clipped and we are watching over him carefully, monitoring all his movements. Until he surrenders. August, 2024   When we were children, my friends and I loved hanging out every evening [more…]

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Last Bastion of the Colonial Home Guard

21st August 2024 Going Postal 0

The Home Guard is institutionalised at the National Police Service and is evident in the lives that have been claimed through state-sanctioned violence during the ongoing Gen Z protests. 14 August 2024 According to a [more…]

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Hatuwezi Ishi Hivi (We Can’t Live This Way)

14th August 2024 Going Postal 0

Police brutality during the #RejectFinanceBill protests has shown us that while politicians can afford to sit back and wait for the 2027 general election, we the citizens of Kenya do not have that luxury. They [more…]

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Postcard From The Antebellum, Part Two

10th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

On Thursday, 25th July, Mrs AWS and myself struck out for Birmingham New Street. One of our Standard Premium day trips, it’s memorable – even without hindsight – by a heightened presence of the transport [more…]

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Smartphones and Dance-Moves

7th August 2024 Going Postal 0

In May, there were public discussions on the Finance Bill and although concerns were raised on taxation of essential services and other issues connected to it, public participation became a facade and concerns of taxpayers [more…]

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Kenya Is Not Asleep Anymore

31st July 2024 Going Postal 0

Weeks of anti-government demonstrations demand an end to bad governance, corruption and for President Ruto to step down. 24 July 2024 Nairobi, Kenya – Daniel Wambua did not flinch, even as police fired tear gas [more…]

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Kenya’s Third Liberation Movement

24th July 2024 Going Postal 0

Kenya’s Third Liberation Movement It’s no longer just about the finance bill. Kenyans want fundamental change. July 16, 2024 If the point of protest is to create a counter-crisis, then the people’s movement in Kenya [more…]

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