Read more Editor's Pick “Impossible to make a change? Not!” May 26, 2017 3138 views Four years ago the Mathare Festival started with the goal of promoting peace and preventing election-related violence. Eric Omwanda, 26,…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Women can earn elected leadership by merit” May 10, 2017 2569 views It has been a long struggle to give women a voice, writes Judith Akoth, 25, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kisumu…
Read more Editor's Pick “Strategies for electioneering year in Kenya” May 8, 2017 2729 views Kenya is heading to general elections in August of this year, but Eric Omwanda, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Nairobi…
Read more Democracy & Participation “Media’s role in an electioneering period” May 3, 2017 3462 views The media plays an instrumental role in any democracy, and as such the freedom of the media is perhaps one…
Read more Gender Equality & LGBTI “Two-thirds rule and yet no gender equity” April 25, 2017 2804 views Seven years after the promulgation of a new, all-inclusive Constitution in 2010, Kenyan women’s journey to full institutional and de…
Read more Editor's Pick “Voting is the pathway to political rights” March 27, 2017 2729 views Youth form a majority among potential voters in Kenya’s upcoming election, writes Brian Dan Migowe, 26, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Kenya, but…
Read more Health, Safety & Wellbeing “An ailing nation hurts during doctor strike” March 13, 2017 2577 views Kenya’s National Health Service is in a tumultuous period. As Aisha Anne Habiba, 27, a Correspondent from Mombasa in Kenya…
Read more Editor's Pick “Tips on closing the boardroom gender gap” March 8, 2017 2495 views Women in the workforce can prepare to prove themselves and set their careers a notch higher, writes Judith Akoth, 25,…
Read more Education “Education reform: don’t miss the opportunity” March 2, 2017 2880 views Kenya’s proposal for education reform is an important opportunity, writes Sunday Memba, 21, a Correspondent from Matete in Kenya, who…
Read more Democracy & Participation “A paradigm shift: Kenyan women in politics” February 20, 2017 4373 views The rise in the appetite of Kenyan women for politics is one that cannot be easily wished away. Victor Ndede,…