By Sungu Oyoo“Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfil it, or betray it.” - Frantz FanonAn anti-people 2024 Finance Act currently before the Kenyan Parliament has…

By Alieu BahThis essay is dedicated to the defiant memory of Rex Kanyike Masai, a martyr of our times.A historical moment has been unleashed on the streets and highways of…

image by Nawawie Mathews By Ruth MumbiIn April 2024, I embarked on a transformative journey to Cape Town for the ‘Bridging Waters’ exchange program organised by the Africa Water Justice…

Sungu Oyoo and Andrew Karamagi | May 2024 Background Recent floods in Kenya, marked by the highest rainfall in decades, have left at least 270 people dead, over 200,000 displaced,…

Alieu BahIn the seemingly eternal rains of Nairobi, sitting in a seat that’s newly acquired by my comrade who seems to be pretty excited about it, I enter into those…

Kinuthia Ndung’u & Nicholas Mwangi.This essay is dedicated to the memory of Mama Victor (pictured in above image) and Jacinta Adhiambo. Despite both being trapped in a cycle of poverty…

Kinuthia Ndung’u & Alieu BahLast year, tragedy struck on one of the holiest and merriest of times for the Christian faithful in Kenya after the discovery of four bodies near…

‘Maendeleo ni watu, si vitu(Development should focus on people, not things)’ - Julius Nyerere The tailor who operates a small tailoring shop a few metres from my house, likely in…

I am in Nairobi, seated in close proximity to the Nairobi Arboretum. I’m in deep thought about recent proposals to impose entry charges to Nairobi’s largest park, Uhuru Park. This…

Imagine a meeting of dreamers in a wide, lush and green compound sitting at the edge of the highest point of Africa, swarmed, at this time, by organizers and activists…