In the bustling heart of Daynile IDP camp, where hope and determination dance hand in hand amidst the challenges of life, there lived a young girl named Aisha. Her eyes, filled with dreams of a better tomorrow, sparkled with resilience…
Kenya has a gross and long history of excessive force by the police. There have been many cases documented by the Human rights watch in recent years and many more that simply have not received any attention from the public…
Turkey’s involvement in Somalia and its success, so far, is a novelty in Turkish foreign policy. Turkey’s efforts in Somalia have been significant for a number of reasons. First, they hugely invested in uplifting the humanitarian situation in Somalia, helped…
Kenya’s public transport (para transit) is in jeopardy. Again. Has the time come for Kenya to have an integrated public transport system, or it’s the usual fuss yet again that fizzles out in seconds? We have always heard of the…
From The Arab spring in 2011, the Ukrainian protests that culminated to the Ukrainian Revolution in 2014 to the 2018 Sudan protests that led to the ouster of the 30 year Dictator Omar Al-Bashir, Social media has played an important…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Kenya has suffered some fatal attacks. Sad moments that are inked into the memory of Kenyans. The Kenyan counter terrorism unit foils a lot more of such attacks yearly. While Terrorism is a global challenge, the intensity and the…
There is no doubt that the refugee crisis is a global problem. The gravity of the problem soared and it’s almost instinctive to speak of it in structural terms which can obviously be a justified approach. However I have been…
Nairobi is urbanizing rapidly and is facing enormous urban challenges, such as the growth of slums and increasing inequality. With such growing urban challenges however, responsibility for key urban governance issues is often fragmented amongst large numbers of government stakeholders…
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” George Orwell. It happens to most of us. The occasional disillusionment with politics and its constant domination of so many parts of our lives. And rightly so, the…