Time has distilled the corruptible from the incorruptible. This distillation has hurt. Trust has been ruined and, with time, built. The magic of time has opened us to deeper truths.

Demas Kiprono is Deputy Executive Director – ICJ Kenya.

Afandi Bande is a political economy thinker exploring the intersection of governance and economic development. Her work interrogates how power, institutions, and policy choices enable—or hinder—human ...

Departing from the spirit of the 2010 Constitution that was designed to actively bring about significant social change, lawmakers have resorted to passings laws that seek to suppress public criticism ...

The Mau Mau and Gen Z movements share similarities in the youthfulness of their membership and the decentralised nature of their operations. However, the Gen Z movement is a new, more inclusive, broad ...

The intellect, integrity, voice and humanity of Pheroze Nowrojee illustrate what perfection, dignity, commitment, and true goodness in a human being is.

Muoki Mbunga is Assistant Professor of History at Tufts University. His most recent publication is Who Deserves to Die? The Moral Logic of Mau Mau Killings in Colonial Kenya, 1952–56.

The troubles of Kenya are the howl of ghosts, distant and recent, forgotten voices that have coalesced to a thundering.

Kabubu Mutua grew up in Machakos county, Kenya. His short story, ‘Small Mercies’, was longlisted for the 2021 Afritondo Short Story Prize. It was later published in The Hope, The Prayer, The Anthem ...

Dutch growers who dominate the flower sector in Kenya were already in the news because of environmental violations and poor employment conditions. Now, as investigative journalists Romy van der Burgh ...

As Kenya’s neighbours forge ahead with the expansion and modernisation of their port infrastructure, the country risks losing its place as the regional logistics hub because of the ascendance of ...

Journalist and activist John Githongo reflects on the shifting story of anti-corruption in Africa, from Western models to new agendas.