Afandi Bande is a political economy thinker exploring the intersection of governance and economic development. Her work interrogates how power, institutions, and policy choices enable—or hinder—human ...

Departing from the spirit of the 2010 Constitution that was designed to actively bring about significant social change, lawmakers have resorted to passings laws that seek to suppress public criticism ...

Demas Kiprono is Deputy Executive Director – ICJ Kenya.

The intellect, integrity, voice and humanity of Pheroze Nowrojee illustrate what perfection, dignity, commitment, and true goodness in a human being is.

The June 25, 2025, demonstrations commemorated Kenya’s Generation Z show of public outrage over the then-proposed Finance Bill 2024. The youth confronted brute force with the epitaph, “In Loving ...

At summits and in speeches, African leaders promise to harness AI for development. But without investment in power, connectivity, and people, the continent risks replaying old failures in new code.

As gentrification takes hold in Mombasa, many families are being dispossessed to make way for commercial or luxury projects. But the stakes are not just about land but about preserving the spirit of a ...

As pastoralist communities seek ways of adapting to climate change, camel rearing is taking precedence, with the sale of camel products providing sustainable livelihoods in regions facing recurrent ...

On a sunny Saturday I came across a Wake at the Louis Leakey where I beg spake of the Kuomintang of Kwamchetsi, and marvelous Mshai of Rasna Warah who was not shy, nor ever shied way from social ...

Watching the anti-finance bill-turned-anti-government protests unfold in Kenya, I could not help but wonder what I could offer from my own experiences of analysing and contributing, however modestly, ...

Coupled with a military not inclined to political experiments, Kenya’s lengthy history of civic-based activism has helped the country a great deal.

Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region has received much critical acclaim since its publication with Pluto Press in October 2023. Here, while acknowledging the ...