There is a particular indignity in watching a former governor return to court not to commission a road, […]
Gitonga Archives: When the Courtroom Interrupts the Performance
citizen into a prosecutor of the powerful, a digital crusader into a household name, and a viral allegation […]
Kenya’s sanctuary under siege as Linda Mwananchi sounds alarm over Twaha Mwaipaya’s disappearance
There is something especially sinister about a man disappearing in broad daylight. At approximately 2pm on Sunday, October […]
Tanzania’s Prisoner of Conscience: Tundu Lissu Risks His Life in a Defiant Hunger Strike
Tanzania’s opposition leader is preparing to turn his own body into a battleground over the rule of law, […]
Kanga’s Bloody Morning: Bus-Truck Collision Leaves at Least 20 Dead on Nairobi-Mombasa Highway
The Nairobi-Mombasa Highway has once again become a corridor of grief after a horrific head-on collision between a […]
NCIC Sounds the Alarm as Kenya’s Political Stage Risks Becoming a Battleground
There is a familiar ritual in Kenyan politics. A microphone is raised, a crowd roars, an opponent is […]
The Men Who Arrested the Watchman: IPOA Turns Its Gaze on Police After Francis Ode Ordeal
There is a peculiar absurdity in a journalist being arrested while reporting on a protest, bundled into a […]
The Sh12.5 Million Reckoning: How Homa Bay’s Public Purse Became a Courtroom Battleground
There are few more damning indictments of public administration than a court discovering that millions of shillings flowed […]
Waiyaki Way Goes Up in Smoke as UoN Students Declare War on Lecturers’ Strike
Nairobi’s traffic arteries became the latest casualty of Kenya’s university lecturers’ strike on Wednesday, October 21, as furious […]
Sudan’s Drone War Turns Markets and Funeral Processions into Killing Fields
In Sudan, death no longer needs to announce itself with the thunder of advancing armies. It can arrive […]