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Renditioning Dissidents

15th January 2025 Going Postal 2835 Comments

28 December 2024 While Kenyan authorities deny their involvement in renditioning Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, a blood-stained history of collaboration in Western-backed renditions speaks dubiously for itself. Above: Ugandan opposition leader, Dr Kizza Besigye [more…]

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Gen Z, Riggy G, and the Kenyan Pornocracy

2nd January 2025 Always Worth Saying 2885 Comments

Gen Z, Riggy G, and the Kenyan Pornocracy In a political landscape defined by opportunism, spectacle, and betrayal, Kenya’s youth-led protests offered a fleeting glimpse of change – only to be ensnared by the same [more…]

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The Adani Group and India’s Spheres of Influence

18th December 2024 Going Postal 2784 Comments

Is the Adani Group Narendra Modi’s Trojan Horse in India’s efforts to counterbalance China’s expanding influence across the Indian Ocean and Africa​? December 12, 2024 The issues surrounding the Adani Group and its deals in [more…]

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Uprising in Kenya

11th December 2024 Going Postal 2288 Comments

Broadcasted for the world to see through TikTok live stream before quickly going viral across several other social media platforms, a video shared early Tuesday, 25 June 2024, by a young Kenyan TikTok user showed [more…]

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What’s in a Street Name?

4th December 2024 Going Postal 3166 Comments

Do the street names in Kenya’s cities still serve the purpose of memorialising those who have made significant contributions to our country? November 22, 2024 I’m a flâneur. Every time I visit a new town, [more…]

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Public Perception of Kenya’s Judicial Independence

27th November 2024 Going Postal 2821 Comments

In recent years, the Kenyan judiciary has faced intensified scrutiny and criticism from political figures, reflecting a broader public distrust of the judiciary. As a political scientist examining the evolving dynamics between Kenya’s judiciary and [more…]

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First Came The Floods…

20th November 2024 Going Postal 2806 Comments

First came the floods that washed away people’s homes, then came the bulldozers that destroyed everything that was left. Before the mass revolt in Kenya spread countrywide in June, it had already started in the [more…]

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UN Human Rights Council Cannot Be Relied On

13th November 2024 Going Postal 2580 Comments

If the US and Israel can unilaterally decide who lives or who dies in this world, and suffer no sanctions, then we are truly living in terrifying times. October 16, 2024 I don’t know why [more…]

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The Problem Is Systemic

30th October 2024 Always Worth Saying 3636 Comments

October 15, 2024 If you asked a think-tank team leader, a social sciences professor at Nairobi University if they anticipated the scale and popularity of the protests that rocked East Africa’s economic powerhouse Kenya, only [more…]

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