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Does Narok chaos portend expectations for 2017?

It is like a tradition that every end of the year, a section of Kenyans has to be uprooted from their homes due to ‘inter-community’ skirmishes. In what is seemingly a deeply programmed malaise in the national psyche, these displacements...

KDF soldiers shoot 2 in Mandera creating rift with locals

On December 21, headlines of reputable publications worldwide brought to the fore an unusual view of a rare act in the fight against terrorism in Kenya. The BBC headlined their story, Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack while...

Sexual abuse against children on the rise in Makueni, says children officer

Makueni Children Officer Rasto Omollo has decried the rising number of sexual abuse cases committed against young boys and girls in the county. Omollo said in every two weeks a child related sexual abuse case is reported and attributed the...

Internet Freedoms Citizen Education Campaign launch on 15th December

When you log onto the internet, do you fully understand your rights as an internet user? Are you aware of your right to hold opinions without interference, your right to freedom of expression and information, your right to freedom...

How lack of water denies Kenyans the ‘right to life’ in West Pokot

'Pusu poltoy cho relach’ meaning, like clouds in the sky, new people will replace old ones but people will continue to exist. This Pokot saying shows they believe in a future. As the climate change debate continues and with COP 21...

Of Pope Francis, the ecological sin and why we need to confess

As we mark the international human rights day this year, Kenya and the rest of the world is mourning the death of the 'Marsh Pride' who were poisoned in the Mara. The death calls to mind the many deaths of...

Freedom of expression invaluable in development

Article 33 of the Constitution of Kenya states that every person has the right to freedom of expression, which includes freedom to seek, receive or impart information or ideas, freedom of artistic creativity, academic freedom and freedom of scientific...

Concerted efforts required to end early marriages in Kenya

Today, December 10th, the world marks the Human Rights Day and Kenya will join the rest of the international community to commemorate the day set aside by the United Nations General Assembly to highlight specific issues on human rights and...

Schooling under the gun common in Turkana

By Malachi Motano As many different school motto's read; Education is the Key to success, Knowledge is light, profession is power and the general belief that it is education that transforms young boys and girls into useful men and women...

FGM is a tool to protect the spread of HIV, Maasais say

By Malachi Motano "Cutting girls is something our people have done for hundreds of years," Nashilu Lenteiyo, the senior Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) 'surgeon' in the Maasai community of Ol Donyo Nyokie, tells a reporter. She adds, "No one can convince us that...

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