By Eric Magale & Mario Schmidt
Each year, the Kenyan government tables a finance bill outlining measures for funding the national budget. In the past,...
By Linda-Gail Bekker
A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives...
By Peter Lockwood
Many of the grievances of Kenya’s Gen-Z, young people who took to the streets in late June, have been palpable for years.
I witnessed these...
By Gedion Onyango
A strong undercurrent driving the unprecedented anti-tax protests in Kenya is outrage over theft of public resources coupled with the extravagant lifestyles of public...
By Kamau Wairuri
Public protests in Kenya have often been criminalised, leading to brutal police crackdowns. This played out in recent protests against the cost of living...
By Kathleen Klaus
In a move that shocked observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on 26 June he was withdrawing his government’s highly controversial finance bill. This...
By Neil Carrier
Khat – the stimulant leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis – seemed to have secure legal status in Kenya despite being illegal elsewhere....