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: Let’s adopt a Red Warrior mentality, talk openly about menstrual health

By Guest Writer,

By Janet Mbugua A year ago today, I convened the Menstrual Health Inclusion Conference, one of the first of its kind, aimed at bringing together di...

menstrual health management , MHM , periods , sanitary pads

OPINION: KDF – A showcase on effective communication

By Guest Writer,

By Alfred Ng’ang’a A few decades ago while growing up within the environs of military barracks’ in Nanyuki town, I remember my deep admir...

KDF

Uyghur activists seek international community support to build pressure on China

By Guest Writer,

By Juan Carlos Global pop icons and celebrities are increasingly voicing support for human right violations, pro-democracy protests in Honk Kong, f...

Argentina at risk of being trapped in debt by China

By Guest Writer,

While there is growing discomfort among African and other developing states about Chinese loans, Argentina is also at risk of being trapped in debt by...

China debt

OPINION: COVID likely to spur housing boom in counties neighbouring Nairobi

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga In a recent interview with Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara, Unity Homes Executive Director John Latham revealed that the Covid-19 p...

Housing

OPINION: Media a critical player in ending impunity in GBV

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire While the Kenyan law outlaws a lot of traditional harmful practices that for many years have enabled perpetuation of gender inequal...

GBV , Two-Thirds Gender bill. , Women in news

Kaikai’s Kicker: Only clean, credible elections can take Kenyans to ‘The Promised Land’

By Linus Kaikai,

On my kicker this week, I reluctantly make reference to the increasingly tired analogy of Kenyans as the chosen people freed from bondage in Egypt and...

BBI

South Africa’s smallholder farmer journey growing GM maize

By Guest Writer,

By: Verenardo Meeme Sixty-four-year-old Motlatsi Musi, from South Western Townships (SOWETO), has been farming since he was 12 in a venture that ha...

OPINION: Are Kenya’s educated youth the criminals?

By Guest Writer,

By Eshuchi Richard The dynamic nature of youth crime patterns in Kenya is one that intersects security and education. Collectively, the youth inclu...

OPINION: I spent six years at UoN for Engineering degree but ended up packing bottle tops 14hrs a night

By Guest Writer,

Having spent at the University of Nairobi (UoN) studying engineering and graduating late 2019, I thought 2020 was the year ya kuomoka till corona happ...

bottle tops , engineering degree , University of Nairobi. , UoN , wyregi

OPINION: Telling Africa’s story: the future is podcasts

By Guest Writer,

Adelle Onyango was feeling fearful. It was March 2019 and she had just quit a high-profile radio presenting job to launch her own podcast. She reac...

Adelle Onyango , Kim Chakanesta , podcasts

GACHURI: The new Auditor General must prove her worth, raise the bar even higher

By Francis Gachuri,

Almost one year later, the country will finally welcome its second Auditor General under the 2010 constitution. The National Assembly approved the ...

Auditor General , Nancy Gathungu

OPINION – Fuel marking and monitoring: A great achievement in tackling fuel adulteration and dumping

By Citizen Reporter,

By Pavel Oimeke Have you had the unfortunate experience of visiting a fuel station to fill your tank and had to make a costly visit to the garage s...

EPRA , Fuel , Pavel Oimeke

OPINION: COVID-19 response is everyone’s business

By Guest Writer,

The specter of COVID-19 has developed from a public health emergency to a global economic crisis. In Africa, despite relatively low infection rates...

AMREF , coronavirus , COVID-19

OPINION: Nutrition programs for children born with cleft need to be strengthened

By Guest Writer,

By Jane Ngige As the world marks the Day of the African Child on June 16, 2020, it is a welcome sigh of relief that Smile Train partners in Africa ...

Cleft , COVID-19 , Day of the African Child , Smile Train

WATO: What next where livelihoods almost entirely depend on biodiversity?

By Guest Writer,

Over 190 countries adopted the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1992 as a commitment to reverse the pervasive biodiversity loss globally. Unde...

Biodiversity , International Day for Biodiversity

WAIHIGA: Why Kenya should monitor East Africa’s response to coronavirus

By Waihiga Mwaura,

One of the earliest known Greek poets, identified by the single name Hesiod once said: “A bad neighbour is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a ...

coronavirus , IGAD

OPINION: Politics of data and everything in between

By Citizen,

Let’s talk data. I have found out that when most of us hear the word ‘data’ our thoughts automatically go to numbers and how boring it is to sit...

census , femnet , SDG

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...