BWIRE: Why Africa must face climate change head on

By Citizen,

By Victor Bwire Accelerated effects of climate change including prolonged droughts are taking a toll on the economies of people in the Great Horn o...

Sponsored: Infrastructure projects: Being on the lookout for cost overruns

By Sponsored,

“48 percent of projects were over budget and 87 percent of projects have a time overrun.” – Deloitte East Africa [1] It’s all fine and dand...

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BWIRE: UN-Habitat Assembly is a low hanging fruit for Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

Kenya is hosting the first session of the UN-Habitat Assembly from May 27-31, 2019 in Nairobi, at the UN-Habitat headquarters. The UN-Habitat Assem...

SDG's , UN-Habitat Assembly

MUSANGA: Makali Task Force couldn’t have been commissioned at a more opportune time

By Citizen Reporter,

By Collins Musanga The Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) has commissioned a Task Force to study the status of Government ...

BWIRE: Battle against violent extremism can be won

By Citizen Reporter,

By Victor Bwire Kenya is firmly on course on dealing with violent extremism (VE), though a number of challenges still face the country’s interven...

UMI: Gov’t communication must take a seat at the high table

By Citizen Reporter,

By Umi Wabomba As a young girl growing up, I remember vividly the prominence of the national broadcaster radio and later on black and white TV we h...

BWIRE: Cabinet should prioritise Disaster Risk Management Bills

By Victor Bwire,

It's urgent and of national security importance that the Cabinet considers and approves for onward transmission to Parliament of the Disaster Risk Man...

Cabinet , disaster risk management

BWIRE: Analyzing media coverage of 14 Riverside terror attack

By Victor Bwire,

The terrorist attack at 14 Riverside Drive in Nairobi and related spates of similar attacks elsewhere in Kenya over the past, media coverage and treat...

14 riverside attack

BWIRE: Sharing short term power not a referendum issue

By Victor Bwire,

The recent handshake politics and much talked about Constitutional review talks while healthy and welcome; it’s not the first time politicians are d...

BWIRE: Ongoing Editors Convention a breath of fresh air

By Victor Bwire,

Media in Kenya as in the rest of the world is grappling with professional challenges as a result of the dwindling audiences and revenue, technological...

Annual Editors Convention , Editors Guild , Media freedom

CBD matatu ban: A bachelor’s nightmare

By Ian Omondi,

I left my very humble bachelor pad at Kahawa Wendani on Thika Road at 6am on Monday, December 3, 2018. I have never left that early; I’m not a mo...

CBD matatu ban , Nairobi , Sonko

Waihiga: Kenyan leaders must take responsibility for their actions

By Waihiga Mwaura,

French novelist Marcel Proust once said: "Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” After 33 years of living in ...

brexit , Theresa May , Waihiga Mwaura

WAIHIGA: Will technology take your job away?

By Waihiga Mwaura,

Having lived, studied and worked in Kenya all my life, my time in London so far has been nothing short of eye opening. The capital city of England is...

jobs digital era , technology in the workplace , Waihiga Mwaura

BOSIRE: Dear Sonko, populist actions at Pumwani won’t stop babies from dying

By Citizen,

One more time Pumwani Hospital faces public mobbing, led by its own Governor Mike Sonko. He suspends his foot soldiers instead of his 'advisors'. W...

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ODINGA: Elect more Kenyan women as Governors

By Citizen,

Women are makers and builders of nations. In Germany to date, there is a group called the Trümmerfrauen, the rubble women. These women are the ones...

raila odinga , women

Jideonwo: Sorry Nelson Mandela, my generation has failed you

By CNN,

As we celebrate the Nelson Mandela Centenary, the question that hangs in the continental air is: "Who are the potential Mandelas of our generation?...

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Shaming a woman for breastfeeding in public is unacceptable!

By Rachel Ombaka,

Since when did breastfeeding in public become offensive in Kenya? And what type of person would look at a mother feeding her child and become disguste...

Betty Kim , breastfeeding in public , Breastfeeding Week , Olive restaurant , Sabina Chege

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...

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NDUBI: How President Kenyatta has built Governor Joho’s political stature

By Eric Ndubi,

Succès de scandale (French for "success from scandal") is a term for success credited to notoriety or a thing's scandalous nature. Largely associ...

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Technical University of Kenya: graduates’ story of triumph amid adversity

By Eric Ndubi,

“Even in our best schools, we are teaching our kids to memorise much more than to think,” - Tony Wagner While very few good things can be said a...

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