An Open Letter to Nairobi Women Rep Esther Passaris: Why Your Protest Bill Misses the Mark
Nairobi County Women Rep, Esther Passaris/Photo credit/TV47
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Kisumu Area Library: A Potential Gem Dimming in the Shadows of Neglect
I’ve always been one of those people who finds solace in libraries, the quiet nooks where knowledge blooms and ideas take root. While most folks are hunting for the nearest pub, movie theatre, or shopping mall when they land in a different place, I’m on the lookout for the local library. In December, my travels…
Private: Purity Wanjiku Mutero: Transforming Cancer Care through Ethical Entrepreneurship and Compliance in Kenya
Purity Wanjiku Mutero a Nurse and the founder of Cancer Hospital and Organic Farm envisioned a life dedicated to caring for humanity, particularly the less fortunate, from an early age. Despite initially pursuing animal health she realised that her true passion lay in caring for human beings. This realization led her to enroll in nursing…
Peter Nyagah: Giving brands visibility through customized marketing and advertising in Kenya
Peter Nyagah was born and raised on the slopes of Mout Kenya in Embu County. His dream as a child was to be a banker like his father. “I really admired my father’s work and as I grew up, I just wanted to walk in his footsteps”. He would keep this dream alive albeit temporarily…
Private: The decision by the Kenya government to starve independent electronic media of advertising is bad and short-sighted
The directive by the Kenya government to withdraw advertising with independent radio and television stations is bad and will haunt the Kenya Kwanza government. The decision is not only ill-advised but is also bad for freedom of expression, freedom of the media, and right to access information as envisaged under Articles 33, 34, and 35…
Being Ngũgĩ wa Thion’go: A Case of the Son’s Tweet
“My father Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o physically abused my late mother – he would beat her up. Some of my earliest memories are of me going to visit her at my grandmother’s where she would seek refuge. But with that said it is the silencing of who she was that gets me. Ok- I have said…
DP Gachagua’s Attacks on Media Not Good for Democracy
Over the last eight months since President Ruto’s Government came to power, many things have happened but one that has remained constant is the continual attacks on the media. A month hardly passes by without an attack on the media particularly from Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. His latest attack on the media was on Thursday,…
Press Freedom in Kenya and Why the Political Class Must Stop Blowing Hot and Cold
On May 3, 2023, UNESCO held a special anniversary event at the UN headquarters in New York. This was to mark 30 years since the UN General Assembly’s proclaimed an international day for press freedom. This year’s theme was “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for all other human rights”. This…
The War On Social Media Amid COVID-19 And Why CS Mutahi Kagwe Is Certain To Lose
“If you are doubting the information, we are giving you on the state of Coronavirus in the country, you can go to Mbagathi Hospital and confirm”. Those were the words of Mutahi Kagwe- Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of Health on March 19, 2020 as he unleashed a warning shot to Kenyans vending unverified information in social…
Turmoil in marriages: Domestic violence in the rise amid COVID-19 lockdown
Since Coronavirus was declared a pandemic, there have been reports from around the world about the surge of domestic violence cases. The number of reported cases has been so high so much so that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres has been compelled to call for “peace at home”. The UN Boss, on…