In this the first of a two-part series, Wandia Njoya traces how Kenyan politics deteriorated to the level of the grotesque, where grandeur, obscene wealth, crass contempt and spectacular violence ...

One of the key narratives shaping Kenya’s 2022 general elections was the “Hustler vs. Dynasty” debate championed by the Kenya Kwanza coalition, which ultimately secured the presidential victory. In ...

The United Nations has intensely popularised the “climate crisis” but critics hold that the “green” ideology is designed to keep low and middle income countries under the yoke of perpetual poverty.

Even as the August 2022 general election approaches, the land question remains unanswered. And with the uncertainty as to who will win the presidency, which remains the centre of power despite ...

The world is in polycrisis.From the Russia-Ukraine war in Europe, the Israel-Hamas fighting in the Middle East, the conflict in Sudan and in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the coups in West and ...

On 5th April 2022, a seven-judge bench of the Kenyan Supreme Court delivered judgment in The Hon. Attorney General and Ors v David Ndii and Ors [“the BBI Appeal”]. The judgment marked the judicial ...

There is a new book out on Rwanda that, for various reasons, has made quite some “waves”: Michela Wrong’s Do not disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad (published end ...

Studies of Africa and its diasporas have largely been framed through the paradigms of Pan-Africanism and developmentalism. The persistent and pressing demands of Pan-African unity and African ...

At the core of the current debate surrounding the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ethiopia and Somaliland lie three major interests: Somalia’s unity, territorial integrity, and ...

Singapore's success in minimising corruption can be attributed to its dual strategy of reducing both the opportunities and incentives for corruption, while Kenya’s failure to eliminate graft is the ...

It is not an accident that much of the narrative war is being fought on social media. Social media is fertile ground for having one sided debate. For the elites, it is a place where captured attention ...

In a short audiovisual promo on John Pombe Magufuli, the narrator lists eight reasons “why he is Africa’s most beloved president”. He describes the Magufuli as an “outlier”, a “hard worker”, a ...