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OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

1401, October 28, 2020 (EAT)

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

BWIRE: Media should be included in BBI reforms

1108, October 27, 2020 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Media missed out in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, just like some few segments of the society. However, we believ...

FILE PHOTO: Huduma Namba registration kit.

OPINION: Huduma Namba to exclude millions of Kenyans, violates court orders

1347, October 19, 2020 (EAT)

Millions of Kenyans will be excluded from Huduma Namba if the new (National Integrated Identity Management System) NIIMS rules under the Registration ...

OPINION: Women facing domestic violence during COVID-19 need access to safety now more than ever

1724, October 21, 2020 (EAT)

By Christine Ogutu and Wangu Kanja “My husband beat me up and threw me out into the streets in the wee hours of the night with my two children,�...

OPINION: Effects of the coronavirus pandemic on social media usage

1820, October 14, 2020 (EAT)

When schools closed and jobs were put aside temporarily in March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic left a massive population with boredom and anxiety during...

OPINION: Why we’re uniting in support of African girl leaders to beat AIDS, shift power

1308, October 11, 2020 (EAT)

The International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 is a call for us to reflect on our responsibilities. 25 years ago, governments adopted the hi...

OPINION: More must be done to protect women and girls from cyber bullying

1309, October 11, 2020 (EAT)

Governments and social media companies have been challenged to do more than lip service to fight increased cyber-bullying cases and ensure that online...

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Candle in the Wind’ explores loss, grief and everything in between

1138, September 29, 2020 (EAT)

By Ricky Thomas Nyakach The spring before he was born, Stanley Kunitz’s father committed suicide in the park. It broke his mother. So one day, as...

OPINION: Are Kenya’s educated youth the criminals?

2030, September 24, 2020 (EAT)

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

Open Letter from women of Kenya to Chief Justice David Maraga

2131, September 23, 2020 (EAT)

We, the undersigned women, women associations, women's rights organisations and gender equality advocates in Kenya, being representatives of women in ...

A general view is seen of a special Parliamentary session in Nairobi. Photo/REUTERS

OPINION: Way forward for Kenya to implement two thirds gender rule

1436, September 22, 2020 (EAT)

Chief Justice David Maraga has advised President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament because of its failure to implement the two thirds gender rule....

Moses Kuria on revenue sharing: This is a victory for all Kenyans

2039, September 17, 2020 (EAT)

I take this opportunity to express my delight over the passage of the 3rd Generation Formula for Revenue Sharing among counties. This is a victory ...

OPINION: Hedges or fences? What home-owners need to consider

1417, September 15, 2020 (EAT)

By Jeremy Gitonga Perhaps because their primary objective is concealment rather than a complementary to the beauty of the main investment, bou...

OPINION: Remove weapons from the hands of youth, replace with decent jobs

1453, September 12, 2020 (EAT)

By Eshuchi Richard If you live in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nyeri or even Kakamega, chances are, at some point, you or people know...

Diaz: Employees still integral to businesses amidst COVID-19 pandemic

2027, September 8, 2020 (EAT)

When the government implemented strict measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic including the partial closure of the economy, job losses became a pre...

Opinion: Influencer marketing – Why advertisers should work with nano and micro-influencers

1216, September 1, 2020 (EAT)

By Mike Otieno It’s no doubt that influencer marketing is, by any standard, a flourishing industry. The growth of influencers on social media ...

OPINION: What Posta can do to be competitive in the 21st century

1059, August 31, 2020 (EAT)

Posta employees haven’t been paid for months and the company is 5 billion shillings in debt. When people stopped sending letters the company refused...

KARUA: Redefining women leaders solidarity in political participation in Kenya

1001, August 29, 2020 (EAT)

Solidarity has been defined as “unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest: mutual support within ...

OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19

1051, August 28, 2020 (EAT)

The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...