Choices, Not Chaos: Ending Electoral Violence to Protect Kenya’s Democracy
Electoral violence in Kenya undermines democracy by discouraging voter participation, limiting aspirant engagement, and eroding public confidence in electoral institutions.
Protecting the rights of voters, candidates, and electoral officials is essential to ensure free, fair,...
Between Order and Liberty: Reimagining Police Accountability in Kenya’s Constitutional Democracy
Kenya’s policing challenge lies not in choosing between security and accountability, but in embedding both within a professional, rights-respecting framework that earns public trust.
Historical legacies, resource gaps, political interference, and weak oversight have perpetuated...
Teething Issues Affecting Post Graduate Students Students in Kenya
Postgraduate education in Kenya is a long, exhausting struggle marked by poor supervision, financial strain, and endless delays.
What should take four years often stretches into a decade, draining students emotionally, economically, and intellectually.
The crisis...
The Unfinished Liberation: Why Food Sovereignty Must Be Kenya’s Next Independence Struggle
Between February and March 2024, approximately 1.9 million people required humanitarian assistance, while 847,000 children under five faced acute malnutrition.
Kenya's food import dependency reached 15.5 percent in 2022, up from 13.4 percent the previous...
Street Families Need Our Support and Compassion, Not Punishment
Kenya’s street families, including thousands of children, face extreme deprivation, and society’s neglect fuels survival-driven behaviors often mistaken for criminality.
Lack of compassion and support from citizens, parents, and authorities worsens their plight, straining social...
Beyond Laws: Why Kenya’s Police Need a Cultural Reset, Not More Reforms
A closer look reveals that the country does not lack laws. Article 25(a) of the Constitution guarantees freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.
Legal reforms alone cannot erase harmful mindsets; resocialization and...
Lowering University Fees Won’t Save Higher Education in Kenya
Education policy in Kenya is often driven by slogans and electoral timelines rather than by a sustained national strategy.
The government must stop treating education like a vote-harvesting gimmick. Policy must be grounded in realism...
Diplomatic Crossroads as Kenya’s Major Non-Nato Ally Status Under Scrutiny
By Obed Simiyu.
Reports from Washington D.C. suggest that the Senate's re-evaluation is driven by concerns over Kenya's evolving foreign policy.
The US sees Kenya as a key democratic partner in a strategically vital region and...
When the Body Fails but the Power Clings: A Philosophical and Psychological Discourse on...
Zombification and Political Holograms
Disclaimer: This article is a work of critical political philosophy, commentary, and social reflection. All references to real individuals, events, or governments are used purely for scholarly, journalistic, or satirical critique...
Green But Grim: The Hidden Ecological and Human Toll of Cobalt in Electric Vehicles
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which supplies over 70% of global cobalt production, bears witness to ecological decimation on an industrial scale, with vast tracts of land stripped for mineral access and waterways...
