During crises, people prefer stories of good news: miraculous rescues and escapes, acts of heroism and bravery, selfless first responders, and survivors being treated, fed, and clothed—all exemplifyin…
The kitchen inside President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has suddenly and uncharacteristically gotten extremely hot, and folks, some pretty close to the head chef - pardon us…
Today, one of Africa’s and indeed the world’s most important countries goes to the polls.
Dubbed the most important election since the 1994 general election in which Black South Africans vote…
During his spirited campaign to be president, William Ruto’s main refrain was that he was the son of a nobody – that his father was a nobody, which therefore made him a nobody. The President repeated …
Getting a National ID, the universal Kenyan rite of passage, has just been tapped as a money-earner by the Kenya Kwanza government. According to a (revoked after public outcry) error-filled Gazette No…
It is a Friday afternoon and we are parking our bags on the roof rack of a tour bus outside The Heron Hotel in Milimani, preparing to go spend the weekend in the bush like proper tourists sans the ‘Ha…
As a young woman, being able to go out (at night) without needing permission from my parents was one coming-of-age privilege I deeply longed for. And so when the time came for me to explore nightlife,…
