Articles by Victor Bwire

BWIRE: Why “cockroaches, dogs” coded talk is dangerous

1302, November 13, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Hapana! No! Stop it! It’s unacceptable! We cannot allow the use of coded language meant to isolate Kenyans and create tension in ...

BWIRE: Parliament needs support to deliver

1627, November 11, 2019 (EAT)

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

BWIRE: Why Kenya needs MIL policy yesterday

1549, November 4, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Information including media content regulation in Kenya is as problematic as in the rest of the world, given the rapidly expanding ...

BWIRE: Kenya’s indigenous people still being marginalised

1706, October 28, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Clearly, even with constitutional protection and legal recognition, the situation of indigenous people’s communities in Kenya has...

BWIRE: Why Universal Health Coverage will remain a pipe dream

2055, October 22, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire While the intent to provide health care to Kenyans is evident, things on the ground are different; the current state of policy conf...

BWIRE: Refrigerated vans will cure Miraa speed carnage on our roads

1722, September 29, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire It's time traders and stakeholders in the miraa sector revisited the manner they are carrying out their business including respecti...

BWIRE: Rampant greed eating away at the very fabric of Kenya

1802, September 26, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire “We killed our past and are busy killing our future” as captured in betrayal in the city seems a fair depiction of what is happ...

BWIRE: Solar energy is the option to lighting Kenya

1253, September 20, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Players in the solar energy sector are raising challenges in the industry that government needs to relook as a matter of priority. ...

BWIRE: Constitution, not Big 4 should be President Kenyatta’s legacy

1736, August 11, 2019 (EAT)

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy might not be the big four agenda, but a new constitution that radically alters the current governance structure. ...

BWIRE: Kenya slowly becoming a knee-jerk State

2031, August 7, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Lack of consistency and predictability in policy formulation and pronouncement seems a permanent feature of our way of doing things...

BWIRE: Action will cure Kenya, not crocodile tears

1904, August 4, 2019 (EAT)

Politicking at funerals especially by politicians or worse, rushing to give public briefings outside morgues following the death of persons you have r...

BWIRE: Nairobi Media Summit should focus on accountability

2028, July 29, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Uncertain future, shattered careers, tensed and worried families, frozen bank accounts, isolated formerly highly connected individu...

BWIRE: It’s time to revisit protection of journalists in Kenya

2115, July 22, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire The mysterious circumstances surrounding journalist Azory Gwanda, in Tanzania, whose fate remains unknown are similar to what happe...

BWIRE: How the culture of greed is eroding gains in Kenya

1912, July 8, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Kenya’s political scene has as always expected taken its shape; ugly, manipulative, dirty, sectarian and disruptive, frustrating ...

BWIRE: Need to revamp KBC and enhance public communication

1759, June 26, 2019 (EAT)

Reforms and review of government communication and access to information in Kenya as a way of enhancing citizen participation in governance cannot be ...

US border patrol arrests 153 Africans at Texas border

1710, June 5, 2019 (EAT)

U.S. Border Patrol agents have apprehended more than 150 African immigrants attempting unauthorized crossings into Texas at the U.S. southern border w...

BWIRE: It’s time to tone down political heat

2046, May 21, 2019 (EAT)

If the current political, social and economic events in the country over the last few weeks is anything to go by, then Kenyans must be very worried as...

BWIRE: Access to information essential to achieve right to health

1920, May 14, 2019 (EAT)

Provision of universal access to health and related planned access to the same remain a major commitment of the Government and forms big part of the B...

BWIRE: It’s time to discuss viability and sustainability of the media

1558, May 2, 2019 (EAT)

The World is marking the World Press Freedom Day, amidst mixed indicators on the state of media especially in Kenya. The media environment has chan...

BWIRE: It’s time to address the housing mess in Kenya

1701, April 24, 2019 (EAT)

By Victor Bwire Dysfunctional systems including poor state of public transport, infrastructure, sanitation, water and schools will continue frustra...