Blogs & Opinion
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59Mary Claire Achieng’s Story: Gun Threats in Church And WhatsApp Messages That Foretold Horror
Three months have passed since concentrated acid ripped through Mary Claire Ochieng’s face, chest, hands, and thighs, forever altering her life as...
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101‘My Son Was Killed Here’: Grief Returns to Parliament as Kenya Marks Two Years Since the Gen Z Massacre
‘People die every day.’Two years later, the voices of the dead still echo outside Parliament. “People were killed, but we sympathised and...
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96187 Empty Seats, Billions in Cost: Why Kenyans Want Parliament Slimmed Down
The absence of 187 MPs during the decisive vote on the Finance Bill 2026 has reignited a question that surfaces whenever Parliament...
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107Didmus Barasa: Bungoma’s Political Cat with Nine Lives who Keeps Landing on His Feet
A red-capped Didmus Barasa walks into Kibra on November 7, 2019, during one of the most combustible by-elections in recent memory. The...
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95“Come Back Next Year”: The Slow Death of Justice in Kenya’s Courts
Editor’s note: Our senior writer Getty Soila takes a deep dive into Kenya’s justice system and the growing frustration over delayed rulings,...
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136Brian Simiyu: Kenya Horrified After Man Dies Following Surgery with His Hands Tied to Window
The video begins with images that are difficult to forget. A man lies exposed on what appears to be a makeshift operating...
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242Phones, Spyware and Fear: Inside Ruto’s Expanding Surveillance Machine after Gen Z Protests
Editor’s Note: Our senior writer Getty Soila digs into the growing claims that President William Ruto’s administration intensified digital surveillance and spying...
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96Hassan Omar: From “Vera Sidika” Jibes to Mt Kenya Fury
“Why are they referring to you as Vera Sidika?” Jeff Koinange asked with the grin of a man who already knew the...
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118Silence, Betrayal and 54 Votes: The Day Kithure Kindiki Was Impeached
On the afternoon of May 22, 2020, the Kenyan Senate carried the mood of a political execution chamber. The corridors outside the...
