Five Things You Should Know About Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Kenya’s most celebrated author Ngugi wa Thiong’o marked his 84 birthday on January 5. Having published his first novel – Weep Not Child – in 1964, Ngugi remains active in writing and teaching. His latest creative effort is Kenda Muiyuru (The Perfect Nine), a Gikuyu epic that was longlisted for the 2021 International Man Booker Prize. Kenyan […]
What Fetching Water Costs Women And Girls In Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
Fetching water is usually a “women’s affair”, as has been documented all over the world. The consequences of spending time and energy to get safe water are felt in women’s health and emotional wellbeing, as well as incomes. Existing research on water access by women in informal settlements tends to focus on their gender role, how they collect […]
Kenya Lifts Ban on Passenger Flights From UAE
The government has lifted the ban imposed on all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) two weeks ago. According to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General Gilbert Kibe, the flight was lifted on Monday at midnight. “Kenya shall do a NOTAM lifting the suspension of flights to and from […]
Loans Keep Women Afloat As They Plant Fast-Vanishing Mangroves In Kenya
When she was growing up, Tima Abudhi remembers watching her neighbours cut away at the mangrove forests around her village on Pate Island, on Kenya’s east coast, chopping down the coastal trees to build houses or to sell as timber. As the mangroves disappeared, so did the fish that live and breed among their roots […]
Recovery Centre Brings Hope to GBV Victims in Homa Bay
Before December 2020, victims of gender-based violence (GBV) in Homa Bay County who sought medical assistance from public hospitals would go back home after being attended to by medics without any other form of assistance. No one from the hospitals seemed to care enough to find out what had happened to them. At the outpatient […]
Kenya’s Prof Okowa Becomes First African Woman to Join International Law Commission
Kenya’s nominee for the International Law Commission (ILC) made history on Friday after securing a seat in the Commission, becoming the first African woman to join the United Nations body. Prof Phoebe Okowa garnered 162 votes in an election by the United National General Assembly in New York, United States. Her tenure in ILC will […]
President Kenyatta Lifts Nationwide Curfew
President Uhuru Kenyatta has lifted the dusk-to-dawn curfew that has been in effect since March last year. The curfew was initially imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country. “I hereby order and direct the nationwide dusk-dawn curfew to be vacated with immediate effect,” he said as crowds responded […]
State Neglected Girls, Women During Lockdown
The government neglected her girls and women during the pandemic, exposing them to different forms of gender-based violence (GBV) – a new report shows. The I Had Nowhere to Go report released on Tuesday by the Human Rights Watch shows that Covid-19 exacerbated violence cases. The report touts child marriage, abandonment without support, female genital […]
Drought Now Declared National Disaster
President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday declared the drought ravaging parts of the country a national disaster. The declaration comes just a month after the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said an estimated 2.1 million Kenyans face acute food shortage and would be in urgent need of assistance in the coming six months. This was a rise […]
Political Parties Will Be Compelled to Meet Two-Thirds Gender Rule in 2022 Elections
The assurance on Monday by the Electoral Commission Chairman Wafula Chebukati on strict adherence to the Two-Third Gender Rule by political parties is a clear indication that we will have candidates from both genders well represented in the elections next year. This is the main challenge Kenya has faced for decades, when parties choose to […]
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