Mkenya Mzalendo, Author at Kenya Monitor

How ivory continues to leave Kenya

Thai Govenment Official inspects ivory shipped from Mombasa Photograph: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images Singaporean authorities seized a 3.7-tonne ha...

Kenyan High Court arguments reveal gains of gay rights movement in Kenya

Celebrated Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina who recently came out and has been a vocal spokes person for the Gay rights movement in Kenya Report written by...

Fears missing Nairobi girls have joined ISIS

ISIS, the islamic terror group that is trying to set up a caliphate in the middle east, is actively recruiting in East Africa (Photo/http://en.wikipedia.org) ...

Uhuru, Kerry photo underlines irony of elephant poaching fight

State House is on the spot for sending mixed messages on elephant poaching. (Photo/Wikipedia) A photo of President Uhuru Kenyatta and US Secretary of State ...

Student leaders give Uhuru 3 day ultimatum on parastatal jobs

KUSO chair Babu Owino wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to reconsider his parastatal appointments. (Photo/http://www.kenyadigest.com) Student leaders drawn fro...

Youths are the authors of their own misery

Kenyans wait in line to vote in 2013. (Photo/www.cleveland.com) President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to appoint washed up veteran politicians, relatives of s...

Kenya Today dupes Kenyans with fake Chinese condoms story

Its never been more important for journalists to do their job well. (Photo/detsnakkerviom) A local news website Kenya Today last week published a story clai...

Kenyans need to support Brand Kenya to revive economy

If Kenya was running in a race against other developing countries, it would be some distance behind the others. Trying to catch up but with a bad limp and too...

Terror attack at Nairobi’s Wakulima market foiled

Nairobi's Wakulima market is the biggest market in East Africa, attracting thousands of traders from the region every day. Reports indicate that officers dr...

How the County Governments are entrenching corruption; Part 2

Cartoon depicting how MCA's and Governors are "eating" (www.gadocartoons.com) We continue our examination into how counties are wantonly blowing money and spe...

MCA’s abandon oversight role

Cartoon depicting how MCA's and Governors are "eating" (www.gadocartoons.com) Members of County Assemblies (MCA's) have morphed into something reminiscent of ...

Mungiki in the eyes of Bensouda – Part 3

A man takes part in the 2007 post election violence. An OTP pre-trial brief says the Mungiki took an oath to take part in the violence so as to protect the int...

Mungiki in the eyes of Bensouda – Part 2

Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga. The OTP says the Mungiki had an organized leadership structure that went all the way to the village level (Photo/www.jambon...

How the County Governments are entrenching corruption; Part 1

Cartoon depicting how MCA's and Governors are "eating" (www.gadocartoons.com) Kenyans who fought for and celebrated devolution should read this keenly as the ...

Kenyans feel cheated over Uhuru’s parastatal appointments

Some of President Uhuru's appointees "We rejected these people at the ballot and now they have found their way back into power through the appointments. Truly...