The charity and cheer of the season should inspire a new experiment of genuine integration and acceptance. There is a lot to ...

Today, land in Nairobi is concentrated in the hands of a small number of wealthy individuals, while millions are forced to ...

Amin and the Ugandan dictator who succeeded him, Yoweri Museveni, are the twin subjects of a new book, Slow Poison, an ...

Despite cannabis's central role in Rastafarian worship, adherents face persistent criminalization and face a minimum 10-year ...

In Not Yet Uhuru, Jaramogi wrote that the tragedy of post-colonial Kenya was that the new African government inherited the ...

Africa bears the cost of crises it did not ...

Before Kenya gained independence in 1963, Nairobi’s streets bore colonial names honoring the British officials and the ...

I’m in a bus on the Thika Super Highway, headed to Juja. It’s dark outside, but I leave my window open, loving how the wind feels against my face. My brother and I had a quick sesh before I left for ...

The Kenyan author championed local African languages and was imprisoned for his work. His name was often mentioned in discussions about the Nobel... Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan literary giant who fought ...

Some documents outlast others and become sources of inspiration or reference. They are results of serious people giving thought to pressing issues of the day. Many documents, whether religious or ...

Once a beacon of solidarity for independence movements across the African continent, Kenya now finds itself entangled in an alliance that threatens to erode its historical moral authority. Under ...

Nabongo Mumia Shiundu was the 7th King of the Wanga Kingdom during the pre-colonial Kenya. The Wanga Kingdom was at the time the most advanced and organised Kingdom in Kenya economically, politically ...