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View ArticleKenya protests: Gen Z shows the power of digital activism – driving change...
Nationwide demonstrations have erupted in Kenya over a controversial tax bill. The Finance Bill 2024, initially presented to parliament in May, has sparked discontent with an increase in an array of...
View ArticleHow the 2024 Finance Bill reveals the disconnect between Parliament and the...
Kenya’s contentious 2024 Finance Bill was passed at the third reading on 25 June 2024, prompting historical protests which saw protesters force their way into the Parliament buildings. President...
View ArticleKenyan police use excessive force because they’re serving political elites,...
Public protests in Kenya have often been criminalised, leading to brutal police crackdowns. This played out in recent protests against the cost of living in Kenya, and amid an attempt by the...
View ArticleKenya’s elite have captured the state, now unrest is inevitable
A strong undercurrent driving the unprecedented anti-tax protests in Kenya is outrage over theft of public resources coupled with the extravagant lifestyles of public servants. There are widespread...
View ArticleAnything To Numb The Pain: The Devastating Cost of Addiction and Mental Illness
By Steve Otieno Initially dismissed as stubborn and then labelled as mad, Abdi Mohamed’s journey into depression and drug abuse began with fractures in his family. Where he was once embraced with love...
View ArticleIsraeli Gas, Kenyan Tears: The Israel-Supplied Riot Control Agents Used...
In June and July 2024, East Africa experienced waves of protests, notably in Kenya, where large-scale youth-led demonstrations erupted in response to the contentious Finance Bill 2024. The...
View ArticleJomo Kenyatta, father of the nation? Kenya’s first president built up a myth...
Kenya’s legacy as a state is deeply intertwined with Jomo Kenyatta’s influence on the nation. Kenya’s founding president died on 22 August 1978 in his sleep at State House, Mombasa. Kenyatta is...
View ArticleKenya’s femicide cases need national action: declare a crisis now
Ugandan athlete and Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei died in September 2024 after being set alight by a man she knew in Eldoret, Kenya. Cheptegei’s murder was reported to have been about a conflict over land...
View ArticleDubai Unlocked: The Politically Exposed Kenyans Investing in Dubai’s Luxe...
Key Findings Dubai Unlocked, an investigation by Africa Uncensored, OCCRP, and more than 70 other media outlets globally, reveals how the emirate’s status as a global financial hub has made it an...
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