On the night of May 27, 2026, a dormitory at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil caught fire. Sixteen students died and 79 others were injured when a fire tore through the Meline Waithera block, a dormitory housing approximately 220 students. In the days that followed, CCTV footage from inside the dormitory went viral, broadcast on…
Thursday’s arrest of Nairobi’s Urban Planning Chief Officer, Patrick Analo Akivaga, his wife, and the seizure of tens of millions hidden in his Syokimau home read like a movie script. While his conduct has long attracted public concern, this moment must not be reduced to the wrongdoing of an individual. We must also focus on…
“We are taking action by having them here in Kenya and being subjected to our laws and measures that are there to protect our children,” – ICT CS, Hon. Kabogo Recently, Kenya’s ICT Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo appeared before the Senate and delivered an ultimatum to X: establish a physical office in Kenya within three…
With 16 Utumishi Girls Academy students dead and 74 injured, the nation reels from another horrific tragic incident. As feminists are forced to organize another public memorial this coming Madaraka Day, what would it take to keep all Kenya’s women and children safe? Public, parental and policymakers’ attention has been recently gripped by the seemingly…
The midnight home arrest of Officer in Charge of Police Station Dishon Angoya during another week of protests, perhaps not wholly surprising, was still unsettling. What does it reveal about how state power is being exercised? Netizens woke to read a police signal reporting the Chief Inspector had been arrested for allegedly abusing his office…
A Kenyan court just changed the rules for every organization that collects personal information. Think about every organization that has your data right now: your mobile network, bank, health insurer, the security system that scanned your ID at the door, the betting app that knows your transaction history, and the government agency that issued your…
As the primary accountability season nears, politicians suddenly pick our calls and patterns sharpen. How do last week’s Senate exchange, a youth poll, and this week’s by‑election connect and why do all parties in power need to pay attention? United Democratic Alliance nominated Senator Karen Nyamu justifiably drew public anger for her degrading remarks to…
Following the most compromised election in the history of Tanzania last year, Samia Suluhu’s comments at the business conference this week were hard-faced, honest and habitual. Sadly, she represents a troubling new breed of politicians who threaten violence against their own youth with disturbing ease. Let’s start with what Suluhu threw away. The Tanzania–Kenya Business…