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An analysis of Tundu Antiphas Lissu’s conviction, the disputed substituted charge and what the case may mean for judicial independence and democratic accountability in Tanzania. By Dr Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice Emeritus of Kenya
The IEBC is facing acting appointments, staff exits, disputed promotions and internal uncertainty less than a year before Kenya’s 2027 General Election.
Drawing on Kenya’s political history and the 2010 constitutional referendum, the article argues that young voters have a historical duty to defend the country’s values at the 2027 ballot box. By Njeri Kabeberi
Paul Mackenzie and his accomplices have been sentenced for one of Kenya’s worst mass atrocities. But the 200-year prison sentence handed to the cult leader exposes a much bigger question: How did hundreds of people die, in a forest within the reach of the Kenyan security apparatus, despite years of warnings? The killers have been convicted. The institutions that failed to stop them remain largely unaccountable.
Afrobarometer’s latest findings detail rising poverty and shortages of food, healthcare, clean water and cooking fuel across 38 African countries, alongside Kenya’s national poverty figures.
Pan-Africanism was built by young activists, but today’s youth face political exclusion, unemployment, restricted mobility and declining faith in democratic institutions. -Kepta Ombati
Eliud Owalo is seeking the presidency after serving under William Ruto and working with Raila Odinga and Musalia Mudavadi. Here are five questions about his political alliances, economic promises and claim to offer Kenyans a genuine alternative.
Otieno Mak’Onyango’s career moved from journalism to Parliament after years of detention, but a Sh20 million court award over his treatment by the State remained unpaid until his death.
Kenya’s Gen Z forced the government to retreat in 2024, but as protest gives way to podcasts, panel discussions and endless political commentary, Serbia offers a telling contrast: what happens when a generation learns to articulate its oppression but struggles to sustain the pressure needed to overcome it? - By Matiko Marwa Nyamaani
Ibrahim Mahama’s installations examine the human cost of global trade, and his Red Clay Studio in Tamale preserves Ghana’s industrial and cultural history.
Cartoonist Paul Kelemba, known as Maddo, has released a second anthology collecting his political cartoons from 2012 to 2016. The book traces Kenya’s constitutional and political changes through satire.
The disappearance of Tanzanian activist Twaha Mwaipaya in Kenya presents a grave test of national sovereignty and rule of law. With police denying custody, critical questions arise regarding who operates within Kenya's borders with impunity, demanding urgent accountability from security leadership to safeguard human rights and regional integrity. - By Mzalendo Jeremiah Kiwoi
In a region battered by insurgency, terrorism, banditry and years of insecurity, Hadiza Aliu has quietly pursued a different kind of battle: rescuing vulnerable children from ignorance and exclusion. Her remarkable intervention to get six sisters into school is a testament to the courage, persistence and transformative power of one woman’s commitment to humanity.
Kenya’s forest cover expanded on paper between 2019 and 2024, but biomass losses far exceeded gains. The figures illuminate the tensions between legal logging, forest restoration, water security and climate justice.
Following a three-day stakeholder engagement in late October, the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Education is finalizing its report on seven far-reaching legislative proposals. From university funding reforms to changes in teacher management, here is what is at stake as the Bills head to the floor of the House.
A Nairobi businessman can pay more and spend longer travelling to Accra than a Londoner does. His experience exposes a deeper failure in African aviation: Fragmented markets, protectionist governments and weak regional integration that leave the continent’s skies open to everyone except Africans themselves.
This article was commissioned by Inflection in the wake of the Shakahola Judgement as a philosophical exploration. The views expressed herein are the author’s own.