AW Kamau

Goonland

3rd June 2026 Going Postal 0

The story of weaponized young men is not just a story of crime; it is a story of a failed social contract with a generation of men. It is the story of how a generation [more…]

An Alliance of Arrogance

27th May 2026 Always Worth Saying 0

“I was in Alliance” is a euphemism for the hollow ethos of a certain “old school” elite that is totally disconnected from everyday Kenyan society. May 13, 2026 In April of 1963, with Kenya in [more…]

The separation of the June 2024 protests from the long history of organising within Social Justice Centres erases the intellectual labour of movement building and organising, and the infrastructure that these centres have built over [more…]

Fuliza Republic

13th May 2026 Going Postal 0

Kenya faces another wave of austerity. In this running photo essay series, we capture how it’s adjusting the lives of Kenyans and creating new social phenomena. John Githongo, Kenya’s anti-corruption czar, once recounted a story [more…]

Gen Z’s Electoral Dilemma

6th May 2026 Going Postal 0

Long dismissed as apathetic, Kenya’s youth forced a rupture in 2024. As the 2027 election approaches, their challenge is turning digital rebellion and street protest into political power. The conventional wisdom regarding Kenya’s youth prior [more…]

Farce and Tragedy

29th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Once again the music has stopped, and much like the Kenyan child of the ’80s and ’90s, today’s young are watching and listening as the adults reel under the weight of IMF-driven cuts to social [more…]

Kenya’s Austerity Loop

22nd April 2026 Going Postal 0

For the second time, Kenya has pressed its palms against the cold marble of the IMF and the World Bank, asking the same architects of global austerity to diagnose wounds we have spent time inflicting [more…]

So, Who is a Terrorist in Kenya?

15th April 2026 Going Postal 0

The status quo in a country can be the past, the present, and the future. So is the resistance to the status quo. Indeed, this is the essence of the revolutionary clarion call; the struggle [more…]

Black Chips Down in Somaliland

8th April 2026 Going Postal 0

Americans know Somalia from the film “Black Hawk Down” based on the U.S. intervention of 1993. The U.S. had armed Somalia’s strong man, Siad Barre, as a counter to Ethiopia’s Marxist government, but with the [more…]