Category: People
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Does Kenya Have a Gun Control Problem?
Gun violence and misuse of firearms are on the rise in Nairobi and other parts of the country. Kenya has about 750,000 civilian firearms in total, with licensed firearms accounting for less than 5%. But, does Kenya have a gun control problem?
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My Mum Died Waiting For Her COVID-19 Results
Martin Ochieng’ is making burial arrangements for his mother who recently died in hospital. He shares his family’s struggle to admit her in a well-equipped hospital and the long wait for her COVID-19 results.This is our full and unedited conversation with Martin.
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Freedom too Far? Edgar Obare and the Era of Doxing
Kenyan vlogger Edgar Obare, popularly known as the ‘TeaMaster’ for the hot gossip he shares on his social media accounts, recently found himself on the receiving end of law enforcement after he shared travel visa details of Natalie Tewa, another vlogger. His arrest on July 30 caused public debate on the increasingly common habit of…
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Edgar Obare and the Era of Doxing
Kenyan vlogger Edgar Obare, popularly known as the ‘TeaMaster’ recently found himself on the receiving end of law enforcement after he shared travel visa details of Natalie Tewa, another vlogger. We explore this habit of sharing private information maliciously, referred to as doxing, and what the Kenyan law says.
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Policing The Virus
In the first weeks of Kenya’s dusk-to-dawn curfew against Coronavirus, police killed more people than the virus, and by the time we inched towards the second month marker the killings and brutality had become so brazen that President Uhuru Kenyatta had to step in and apologise to Kenyans. Wakini Njogu examines the relationship between poverty…
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Caring for a COVID 19 patient at home
Kenyan hospitals are overwhelmed and the state of the economy is not looking good. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging on, are you prepared to care for yourself or someone sick at home?
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How Kenyan medics are contracting COVID-19
More than 200 Kenyan health workers have contracted COVID-19. Medics want the government to do more to protect those on the frontline of fighting the disease. What needs to be done to protect these essential workers?
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Truckers, Sex Workers & Coronavirus
Thousands of truck drivers working in East Africa were stranded for weeks at the Kenya – Uganda border. Traffic stretched more than 70 kilometers, making Busia county a Coronavirus hotspot. It’s what happened when poor coordination and suspicion between neighbouring countries led to a backlog of coronavirus clearance at the immigration offices.
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Fake News Still Menace in Kenya’s Digital Space
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all sectors across the globe economically and socially, including the media. Legacy media houses, especially, have been forced to review how they interact with their audiences and the ways in which they gather news.
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Protecting those fighting the coronavirus
As the coronavirus subsided in China and spread around the world, a global shortage of masks and other protective equipment emerged. Frontline medical staff are still clamouring for the items needed to keep them safe while doing their jobs.