OPINION: Don’t blame parents for not talking to kids about sex and sexuality

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Kenya is in a state of lockdown and schools closed, children are at home once again with the parents. What is the role of parents i...

sexuality

OPINION: Age appropriate sex education can be life saving

By Guest Writer,

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a lot of adolescents and young people remain and stay in homes: some are bored at home and always on their ...

GBV , sex education , SRHR

Politician, activists, businesses join fight against China’s abuses in Xinjiang

By Guest Writer,

By Juan Carlos No matter how strongly China attempts to hide the genocide it perpetrated on ethnic minority in Xinjiang province, by even calling i...

OPINION: Open letter to President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Stellah Bosire My elders, I do hope that this letter finds you well. I thank you for all the blood, sweat and tears that you put in, t...

2007/08 Post Election Violence , raila , Uhuru

Gov’t employees, farmers stirs rock Pakistan

By Agencies,

By Juan Carlos Facing economic distress and rising prices of essential commodities, government employees and farmers have launched their separate s...

OPINION: For Uganda, stability without legitimacy cannot last

By Guest Writer,

By the Kofi Annan Foundation On Saturday, Uganda’s electoral commission announced that 76-year-old incumbent President Yoweri Museveni won a sixt...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

OPINION: Sex education the perfect pill to cure rampant teen pregnancies

By Guest Writer,

By Serah Kamau As learners troop back to school after a nine-month break thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak, hundreds of girls will remain at home bec...

sex education , teen pregnancies

Ageyo’s Angle: The BBI pause

By Joe Ageyo,

On my angle this week I will speak about the BBI pause – or at least the postponement of the start of the signature collection that would have start...

BBI

OPINION: A wasted Damascus moment? Why the window for electoral reforms is fast closing in

By Guest Writer,

When the Supreme Court of Kenya returned its verdict on the August 8, 2017 elections, there was a general feeling that we had arrived at our road to D...

BBI , Chebukati , Chiloba , IEBC , Issack Hassan , raila , ruto

BWIRE: It’s time for an honest national dialogue about Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire Leaders across the political divide are each at and with each other. Few are willing to invest in honest discussions and dialogue o...

OPINION: A Raila-Ruto coalition would be a sure win in 2022

By Guest Writer,

There is no absolute enmity in politics except permanent interests based on individual ambitions. This is the reason why many political leaders cou...

Controversial Raila swearing in

OPINION: It’s time to end factionalism in Jubilee and work for country

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos They say that loyalty needs to be a two-way street. If it is not requited or returned, then it is certainly not deserved. T...

OPINION: BBI and the problem with Kenya

By Citizen,

The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, which is a product of the famous ‘handshake’ between long political antagonists President Uhuru Keny...

BBI , raila , ruto

BWIRE: Parliament needs support to deliver

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Members of Parliament and the August House deserves respect, from both Kenyans and the members themselves. Given its central rol...

National Assembly , parliament

OPINION: Proportional Representation way to go for a truly representative Parliament

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos Since the creation of representative democracy, many thinkers, philosophers and statesmen have tinkered with the idea of how b...

OPINION: Foreigners increasingly impressed with Kenya’s progress

By Citizen Reporter,

By MICHAEL CHERAMBOS A well-known idiom has it that sometimes we can’t see the woods for the trees. Meaning that by focusing on the details, we f...

BBI , handshake

Boyani: Kenya’s top performing State officials

By Sally Boyani,

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first term may have been marred by corruption scandals, high inflation and an aggressive opposition that put his governme...

acting Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government , Chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) , Environment Cabinet Secretary , Fred Matiang'i , Judi Wakhungu , President Uhuru Kenyatta’s tenure , Sarah Serem

NDUBI: Discord in CORD a road to ‘glorious failure’

By Eric Ndubi,

It is now agreeable that the opposition coalition was stronger nearly four years ago in the run-up to the 2013 General Election. But the biggest ch...

2017 general election , CORD , Discord in Cord , FORD KENYA , IEBC , JUBILEE , Jubilee Party , kalonzo musyoka , Moses Wetangula , odinga , odm , raila , raila odinga , william ruto , WIPER , Wiper Democratic Movement

NDUBI: Party-Hopping Law Betrays Parliament as House of Puppets

By Eric Ndubi,

The passing of the Parliamentary joint select committee’s report on IEBC with no changes is a cause for alarm. Without trivialising the apparent ...

anti-party hopping bill , parliament

WANJURAH: My free advice to Matiang’i: Praise loudly, blame softly

By Jeeh Wanjura,

I know the phrase has existed long before Fred Matiang’i popularised it in Kenya but I just can’t trace its origin on Google. That is because �...

arson , Matiang’i , schools , wanjurah