Posts Tagged ‘Kenya’
 

 

Kenyan Elections: Perspectives from an Inadvertently Unregistered Voter

March 4th will be an historic day for Kenya. We will be electing the president under a new constitutional dispensation. In addition to the president’s post, Kenyans will be selecting the candidates that they want to fill five...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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With Elections Looming, What is Next for Kenya?

Last year was an exciting year for many nations, as General Elections took place in different continents from the United States of America to Sierra Leone, Ghana to Japan, France, Serbia, Netherlands, Armenia as well as electio...
by Aya Chebbi
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Too Big to Succeed? A Critical Look at the Financing of Dams in Africa

“There can be no prosperity without infrastructure, but infrastructure projects don’t necessarily benefit the poor.” Those are the opening remarks of a report recently released by International Rivers entitled, Infrastru...
by Ruth Nyambura
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Can Kenya Learn from Park Geun-hye’s Presidency?

South Koreans elected their first female president, Park Geun-hye on December 19th 2012. Ms Park is the daughter of former military strongman Park Chung-hee who ruled South Korea with an iron fist for 18 years. Her campaign was...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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COP18: Conflict in climate change and Africa

Young climate change activist and women’s rights advocate Ruth Nyambura is attending the United Nations Climate Conference this year to join the voices of the global south calling for strong action on climate change. Nyambura...
by Sophie Trevitt
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COP18: Climate change and conflict – The youth constituency

The nexus… It is really hard to talk about climate change without mentioning conflict. So where is the nexus? It’s pretty easy to see the connection. See, climate change manifests itself through the effects and events that ...
by Rubin Makomere
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Focus on Africa: Kenya’s Education Proposition

After intense bargaining, Kenya’s treasury has finally submitted to salary increase demands, successfully bringing to an end the month long industrial action by teachers from the nation’s public schools. As the teachers lau...
by George Gachara
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Gender Based Violence: The scourge of emergencies

Even the most well resourced nation is almost always caught off guard by an emergency. An emergency can cause a humanitarian crisis which leads to a total or considerable breakdown of authority resulting from conflict. In many ...
by Jermain Ndhlovu
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Focus on Africa: Two mainstream African arguments I have refused to accept

My country Kenya – as is the case with many countries in Africa – is effecting numerous political, economic and social changes to conform to current international best practices. These projects are focused on renova...
by George Gachara
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