Despite high prices, poor quality and inconvenience, Kenya’s urban poor continued to buy water from private vendors because it’s still their best option.
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The occurrence of violence in Kenya is a joint production between political elites and ordinary citizens.
Biometric data is being used to target those deemed unwanted aliens.
Diaries of young Kenyans in Nairobi reveal lives of joblessness and endless searching for money, all punctuated by substance use.
In Kenya, rabies is estimated to kill up to 2,000 people every year.
Africa’s blue economy initiatives focused on economic outcomes. Limited attention was given to social equity and ecological sustainability.
Between 1986 and 2016, Kenya lost about 21 of its seagrasses.
Eradicating sexism in newsrooms will benefit both men and women.
Social protection measures and food distribution targeting adolescents in informal settlements are urgently needed.
Most Kenyans are able to access basic care but face the barrier of potentially catastrophic fees.
The government should stop trying to tinker at the edges. Instead it should strengthen internal university administration through shared governance.
Many of the more harmful pesticides have active ingredients – such as glyphosate – that are banned or heavily restricted in other places, such as Europe.
Kenya’s new internet balloons could help to get more Kenyans online and drive new industry.
The community’s response to the pandemic has been fragmented despite gestures of regional solidarity
Radio stations with audiences at the grassroots have a key role to play in times of election violence.
Kenya’s urban poor lack enough food and the little they can afford is often unsafe and of poor nutritional value.
In independent Kenya, road renaming happened to erase the names of the colonisers and to celebrate the new heroes: Kenya’s political leaders and freedom fighters.
Most facilities prioritize COVID-19 cases. In addition, curfews are still in effect in Kenya, which affects the working hours of clinics providing hypertension care services.
For democracy to work in Kenya the country needs good leadership. Politicians must uphold the constitution to infuse trust and confidence in state institutions.
The Building Bridges Initiative is best understood by recognising that Kenyan politics is fundamentally shaped by competition between political elites and their ethnic groups.
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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