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6 days ago · The Kenyan Tax Revolt as Constitutional Awakening. Fluid organisation and technological advances in mobilisation have lent “Zillennials” a democratic bent that presents an opportunity to bring about corrections with regard to the social contract, the political culture and leadership in their pursuit of a transformative awakening.
David Ndii - The Elephant
Jan 10, 2020 · David Ndii is a leading Kenyan economist and public intellectual. Posted in Opinion. Notes on the Division of Revenue Debate: Five Points to Ponder
Analysis - The Elephant
From Ethiopia to Kenya, Qeerroo Qarree and Gen Z, Same Struggle. Soreti Kadir. October 23, 2024 October 23, 2024
State of Hunger: Unravelling Kenya’s Food Crisis - The Elephant
Sep 29, 2023 · Although the country produces enough food to feed the population, economic access remains a challenge. Kenya’s rate of self-sufficiency in the production and availability of food is 90.3 per cent against an import dependency of 12.7 per cent, but on the four indicators of the Global Food Security Index in 2022, Kenya scored 41.3 per cent on affordability, the only indicator where the country ...
Revisiting the Legacy and Lessons of the Nigerian Civil War: A ...
Mar 29, 2024 · The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, lasted from 1967 to 1970, and resulted in the deaths of over a million people. The secession of Biafra was a response to perceived marginalization against the Igbo people, and grievances regarding representation and power. Gavin Williams argues that despite almost sixty years since end of the war, its legacy continues to shape Nigerian ...
Opinion - The Elephant
Aug 2, 2024 · Unique perspectives from subject matter experts. Smartphones and Dance-Moves: How the Anti-people Legislation in Kenya Was Beaten by the People
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Mar 11, 2024 · Mutakha Kangu: The Nuts and Bolts of Constitutional Oversight – Part I. The Elephant. August 22, 2024 August 22, 2024
Macondo: A Literary Festival of Africa’s Remembering
Dec 10, 2022 · The just ended Macondo festival that took place in Nairobi between the 30th of September and the 2nd of October provided a rare insight into the lives and loves of some of Africa’s leading authors today—from Lusophone, Anglophone and Francophone Africa.
White Settlers, Black Colonialists and the Landless Majority
Sep 4, 2021 · Even as the August 2022 general election approaches, the land question remains unanswered. And with the uncertainty as to who will win the presidency, which remains the centre of power despite devolution following the enactment of the 2010 Constitution, many Kenyans who migrated to the Rift Valley are anxious.
Who Are Kenya’s 42+ ‘Tribes’? and Should We Be Asking?
Mar 5, 2021 · Dr Samantha Balaton-Chrimes is a Senior Lecturer in International Studies at Deakin University in Australia. Her research is concerned with enduring political questions about how difference and identity are negotiated in contexts of power asymmetries, particularly asymmetries that emerged from and are structure by colonialism and coloniality.