The much talked about East African Community Common currency has been pushed to 2031, as member states continue to frustrate the implementation of the Common Market through non-tariff barriers. The EAC Secretary-General, Veronica Mueni Nduva announced on August 22 in Arusha that…
After a series of protests over poor governance and corruption that have inspired protests across Africa, the Kenyan Gen-Z have been toying with the idea of forming a political party to crystalise their dreams. The dream came from the success the Gen-Z…
After 15 years of intermittent evictions of the Maasai community from their ancestral land in Loliondo Conservancy in northern Tanzania, new research reveals that foreign business entities have been complicit in the evictions. A report released by Amnesty International on August 7…
Amid contestations that Kenya’s last four elections since 2007 were rigged, the focus has shifted to the role the identity cards play in the said vice. The concern arose after the Generation Zoomers, commonly known as Gen Z put the government in…
Jabri Bin Ali Al-Dosary was the Qatar Ambassador to Kenya from March 2018 to July 2023. He stood out as the representative from the Middle East who made a mark as an envoy who played a big role in humanitarian assistance and…
For instance, between 2019 and 2021, farmers in the Eastern African region $8.5 billion in damages and losses to Locust Outbreaks in the region, according to the World Bank. In Kenya alone, the economic impact was around $500 million. Maize, a major staple food in the…
The 2010 Kenyan constitution was adjudged globally the most progressive in recent times. Yet, Kenyans are now seeing arbitrary abductions, disobedience of court orders, and extra-judicial killings. From the start, Ruto mobilizes the religious community on the basis that the constitution was…
Kenya’s President William Ruto has fired all Cabinet Secretaries in response to the disaffection of the public led by Generation Zoomers commonly known as Gen Z. The question is, was he saving the cabinet to save his skin? Gen Z has maintained that…
After almost two months, the South Sudan Nairobi Mediation by rivalries within the political parties that are participating in the process. Leaders of three parties are complaining that former chief of staff, Gen Paul Malong, the leader of Real-SPLM, Pagan Amum, and…
Kenya is looking at tumultuous times ahead in the face of a restless citizenry that has lost faith in the government after only two years, and a president who can do anything to remain in power. While President William Ruto on June…
