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The illusion of choice: Democracy as the greatest show on earth

3rd October 2024 Going Postal 2321 Comments

Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything else. Hans-Hermann Hoppe As individual citizens, as voters and taxpayers we have been so deeply, so [more…]

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Macron & Ruto

2nd October 2024 Going Postal 2631 Comments

The parallels between France and Kenya, and between Emmanuel Macron and William Ruto, lead us to question what fundamental trends brought both countries to experience quite similar crises, to which both leaders responded in a [more…]

21st Century

Teargassing a Baddie

25th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 2563 Comments

September, 2024 The log had fallen from my eye. It was time to come from behind the screen and take action. If you were to ask 16-year-old me whether a day would come when I’d [more…]

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Debt and the Gen Z protests

18th September 2024 Going Postal 2461 Comments

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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Riots, Royals & Petitions For Parliamentary Reform

15th August 2024 Going Postal 2750 Comments

It’s standard practice when a making a complaint that one: articulates the complaint to the appropriate person in writing says what would resolve the complaint i.e. what you want them to do Why should it [more…]

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

14th August 2024 Always Worth Saying 2600 Comments

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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Smartphones and Dance-Moves

7th August 2024 Going Postal 3876 Comments

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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Outwith The Expected Path

31st July 2024 Always Worth Saying 3133 Comments

American presidencies have typically followed the expected path of an election cycle, with presidents either completing their terms or being voted out of office. However, the history of the United States includes several presidencies that [more…]

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Kenya Is Not Asleep Anymore

31st July 2024 Going Postal 3762 Comments

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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