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It’s all systems go for the 61st Madaraka Day celebrations at the Masinde Muliro Stadium in Bungoma. Residents eager to celebrate Kenya’s journey to selfrule streamed into the stadium as early as 4.00am. Long queues were…

President William Ruto has assured the residents of Western Kenya that his administration is committed to solving the problems facing the Nzoia Sugar Factory. Speaking at Chwele Stadium in Bungoma County, on Friday, President Ruto said his government has made…

Westen K Shilaho, University of Johannesburg Since independence in 1963, Kenya’s politicians have fed and manipulated ethnicity to win elections. With some 40-odd ethnic groups, Kenya is a country of ethnic minorities – it has no single dominant community. During…

Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita, Technical University of Kenya Place names, along with other urban symbols, were used as a tool of control over space in many African countries during the colonial period. This strategy was epitomised by the British, who applied it…

Gabrielle Lynch, University of Warwick Kenya celebrates 60 years of independence this year. As a political scientist who has studied Kenya for the past 20 years, I consider a turning point from each decade that helped to shape the east…

Nnamdi O. Madichie, Nnamdi Azikiwe University The demographic profiles of countries like Kenya, where a high percentage of people are young, would suggest that it’s swiftly renewing its workforce with fresh talent. But this doesn’t seem to be the case.…

Aoife Duffy, University of Essex It is fairly well known that the lives of hundreds of thousands of Kenyans were affected by terrible acts of violence under the British colonial administration. The British government and King Charles have acknowledged it,…

KISII, Kenya, May 31 — Climate Scientists have warned of continued heavy flooding in East African cities due to unplanned growth and rapid urbanisation. Heavy rainfall is projected to increase in East African cities due to double pressure from rapid…