Articles by Victor Bwire

Bwire: Attacks against journalists must stop

1428, September 16, 2018 (EAT)

That the lives and working environment for journalists in Kenya is becoming dangerous and life threatening is becoming a reality. A few years ago, ...

BWIRE: Kenya needs a solid disaster mitigation strategy yesterday

1925, September 11, 2018 (EAT)

Given the latest weather and climate outlook for Kenya October to December (OND) 2018 by the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) predicting a wet se...

BWIRE: Bribery in the private sector is graft, not economic crime

1736, August 19, 2018 (EAT)

The ongoing purge on corruption in Kenya now needs to extend to strengthen the legal framework that enhance business integrity, outside the public sec...

BWIRE: Data law frustrating gender equality in Kenya

1551, August 12, 2018 (EAT)

The lack of an enabling legal framework in data collection and management in Kenya is frustrating efforts to ensure elimination of discrimination agai...

BWIRE: Migingo row a product of Kenya’s fishing sector neglect

1719, July 10, 2018 (EAT)

The perennial tensions between Kenya and Uganda over the Migingo Island have nothing to do with a boundary dispute, but neglect of the fishing sector ...

OPINION: Heads of agencies allowing fake goods should have resigned yesterday

1932, June 20, 2018 (EAT)

The on-going purge on contraband and counterfeits in the country shows one thing: the private sector is a major contributor to corruption and lack of ...

BWIRE: Graft purge must outlive dramatised arrests

1755, June 5, 2018 (EAT)

As usual, there is dramatized arrests and leak-led exposes on corruption going on, as established and determined by the various investigative agencies...

BWIRE: Devolution Conference 2018; Media should avoid theatrics

1927, April 11, 2018 (EAT)

As Kakamega County prepares to host the 5th Devolution Conference later this month, and as expected, a battery of journalists attend and give us the h...

BWIRE: The major problem at KNH is structural and system failures

1802, May 28, 2018 (EAT)

I have had a long relationship with the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), as a health writer and patient (I did a kidney transplant when donating to m...

BWIRE: Media regulation in a changing environment

2249, February 5, 2018 (EAT)

Media and government adversarial relation is not new and unique to Kenya thus the move by authorities to shut down some media houses and commence inve...

What does it take to amend the Constitution by Popular initiative?

BWIRE: Align Kenya’s political system with international standards

1838, January 15, 2018 (EAT)

The political system and processes in South African and Tanzania, while limit unlimited democracy, show a mature, structured and system oriented appro...

President Uhuru Kenyatta launches the upgraded Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Embakasi. PHOTO| PSCU

BWIRE: Focus should now shift to implementation of various gov’t policies

1205, December 17, 2017 (EAT)

For once, the country needs to prioritize implementation of the various policies and pronouncements that are made by leaders, both in public and priva...

BWIRE: Is government’s new 2018 tax reforms enough to help poor Kenyans?

846, December 12, 2017 (EAT)

The Government has introduced new tax bands effective January 2018, in an effort to cushion Kenyans against harsh economic realities through reducing ...

BWIRE: Politics, not wage bill to blame for public service woes

1602, December 8, 2017 (EAT)

Once more, the current debate on the public service wage bill is high on the national agenda, and public servants and officers are being portrayed as ...

BWIRE: How to tame graft through beneficial ownership transparency law

1300, November 22, 2017 (EAT)

The registration of companies in Kenya, including access to information on directorship and beneficiaries of proceeds from businesses conducted by the...

BWIRE: Refugees in East Africa urgently need government support and protection

1713, November 19, 2017 (EAT)

There is an urgent need from Governments in the East Africa region and international players to establish protection and support mechanisms that will ...

BWIRE: Host communities still in the dark about minerals benefit-sharing deals

1856, November 13, 2017 (EAT)

While the landscape in the extractive industry in Kenya has changed dramatically with the enactment of several laws to guide the development of the in...

BWIRE: Who should protect journalists?

1854, October 31, 2017 (EAT)

Once again, the messenger is being attacked merely for conveying the message, and doing their professional duty. The shooting the messenger as commonl...

Traders closing shop as demos continue in Mombasa on October 16

BWIRE: Informal sector hardest hit by political impasse

856, October 24, 2017 (EAT)

The current political tension in the country with related uncertainty including civil unrest, which is part of the democratic process, is having a tol...

BWIRE: Why media has performed below expectations during electioneering period

1203, October 21, 2017 (EAT)

The on-going electioneering and concluded general election in Kenya has seen media researchers, monitors and commentators varied assessments of the me...