Articles by Victor Bwire
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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BWIRE: UN-Habitat Assembly is a low hanging fruit for Kenya
1619, April 16, 2019 (EAT)
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...
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BWIRE: Why Kenya shouldn’t be discussing hunger in 2019
1952, April 1, 2019 (EAT)
Once more, the drought and related famine that are ravaging parts of the country have put to test a key deliverable under the big four agenda; is the ...
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BWIRE: Threats to journalists raise concerns about ‘Mighty Men of God’
2012, March 13, 2019 (EAT)
It’s the highest form of mockery and absurdity for the men of “God” to resort to harassing journalists and the media because the media has calle...
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BWIRE: Makali taskforce must deliver on promise and not get lost in bureaucracy
2203, February 5, 2019 (EAT)
That the Government has appointed a task force headed by veteran journalist David Makali to relook government communication and access to information ...
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BWIRE: Cabinet should prioritise Disaster Risk Management Bills
1953, January 30, 2019 (EAT)
It's urgent and of national security importance that the Cabinet considers and approves for onward transmission to Parliament of the Disaster Risk Man...
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BWIRE: Analyzing media coverage of 14 Riverside terror attack
1710, January 22, 2019 (EAT)
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...
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BWIRE: Sharing short term power not a referendum issue
1711, December 16, 2018 (EAT)
The recent handshake politics and much talked about Constitutional review talks while healthy and welcome; it’s not the first time politicians are d...
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BWIRE: Ongoing Editors Convention a breath of fresh air
1749, December 9, 2018 (EAT)
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...
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BWIRE: Political ambition should not blind leaders
1837, December 4, 2018 (EAT)
The latest indicator that Kenyans cannot divorce the 2022 election politics from the currently daily lives is the reaction by the leaders in Nairobi o...
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BWIRE: Gender law not a women issue
1721, December 2, 2018 (EAT)
The debate about gender equity is not new in Kenya and efforts at passing the two thirds law have been on for a while. In the spirit of Article 81,...
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BWIRE: Unnecessary trade rows strangle EAC
1845, October 30, 2018 (EAT)
Media reports that Uganda has banned cross border trade with Kenya, largely along its border point in Busia County is a pointer to the disquiet that h...
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BWIRE: How SGR has put Kenya Ports Authority on the radar
2116, October 16, 2018 (EAT)
The onset of the Standard Gauge Railway project and the current war on contraband goods has placed the Kenya Ports Authority on the radar of many incl...
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