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Solomon Koko

Let's reform our criminal justice system and spare petty offenders

It is time the Attorney General and Parliament initiate a review process to abolish the death penalty in line with global human rights trends.

Let's reform our criminal justice system and spare petty offenders

Protect most vulnerable persons from hate crime, discrimination

Protect most vulnerable persons from hate crime, discrimination

Diplomats must do more than refer to their policy brief today

Diplomats must do more than refer to their policy brief today

Middle class must awaken to reality of expanding taxation

Middle class must awaken to reality of expanding taxation

Ban on media from entering Shakahola should worry us

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki’s declaration on Wednesday that the 800-acre crime scene is now off limits to journalists must worry us.

Ban on media from entering Shakahola should worry us

Prof K'Olale epitomised academic freedom and fight for a just society

University scholar Prof Muga K’Olale has rested, but one thing is clear, the current intellectual freedom we enjoy today, owes much his life-long struggle for academic liberties.

Prof K'Olale epitomised academic freedom and fight for a just society

Bipartisan talks owe us a promise to revive the economy

Post protest, the Azimio la Umoja – Kenya Kwanza cease-fire and the way forward remains shaky. There are many reasons why the bi-partisan committee must succeed.

Bipartisan talks owe us a promise to revive the economy

Three violent incidents that call for better protection of worship places

Citizens, civic, business, and religious organisations must demand accountability and new ways of policing that do not violate internationally recognised rights to life, worship and protest.

Three violent incidents that call for better protection of worship places

Azimio demos offer stern test to Kenya's respect for human rights

How the state and opposition handle the current zero-sum political tensions and Monday’s third maandamano could change all this. It is time for dialogue once more.

By 2 months ago

Azimio demos offer stern test to Kenya's respect for human rights

Azimio, police should handle next demos differently to avert chaos

The KNCHR guidelines are reinforced by the United Nations Code of Conduct (1979) and the Use of Less-Lethal Weapons (2020) that regulate police use of force.

By 2 months ago

Azimio, police should handle next demos differently to avert chaos

Picking 50 CASs insults Kenyans' aspirations and recovery efforts

President Ruto’s nomination of 50 CASs opens the door to one of the most bloated governments at a time when the state and people are at their most financially vulnerable.

By 2 months ago

Picking 50 CASs insults Kenyans' aspirations and recovery efforts

Grace Onyang'o broke the glass ceiling for women, be creative

Initially a trained teacher, Grace Onyang’o was 41 years old when she became Kenya’s first woman mayor in 1965. Four years later, she was elected MP on an opposition party ticket.

By 2 months ago

Grace Onyang'o broke the glass ceiling for women, be creative

Let us not fuel hatred over gay unions after Supreme Court ruling

Last Friday, the Supreme Court ruled in favour of a ten-year-old application by the National Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Commission to be registered under constitutional Article 36.

By 2 months ago

Let us not fuel hatred over gay unions after Supreme Court ruling

Locking media practitioners out of MCK board carries great risk

Trusting the judgement of those familiar with the media industry and calling them out when necessary is a better option than locking them out altogether.

By 2 months ago

Locking media practitioners out of MCK board carries great risk

Morris Mabior arrest flouts international law on handling suspects globally

Former state officer and open critic of the South Sudanese Internal Security Bureau Director General, Moses Mabior Awijok, fled South Sudan for Nairobi over two years ago.

By 3 months ago

Morris Mabior arrest flouts international law on handling suspects globally

Menstrual cycle is nothing to be ashamed of, it's just natural

Period poverty and the right to dignity is not a personal or private matter but an issue we all need to understand and rally around.

By 3 months ago

Menstrual cycle is nothing to be ashamed of, it's just natural

How safe are our buildings if an earthquake strikes Kenya?

As multi-national teams scramble to rescue victims and families grieve and bury their loved ones after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes, hard questions are beginning to be asked.

By 3 months ago

How safe are our buildings if an earthquake strikes Kenya?

Social media platforms will lose for disregarding code of practice

Fintechs, SMEs and multinational companies brushed shoulders with NGOs, professional associations, big data researchers and data privacy advocates.

By 3 months ago

Social media platforms will lose for disregarding code of practice

Death sentence does not help reduce crime, do away with it

Last year, the Judiciary sentenced 79 people (1 woman) to death. There are 656 (22 women) people currently on death row. Twelve sentences were commuted, 20 exonerated but none were pardoned.

By 4 months ago

Death sentence does not help reduce crime, do away with it

Hidden drivers of the choices we make as captured by key survey

New research exposes the state of reproductive health rights, freedom from violence and gender-based violence and to suggest where citizens and state officers must now focus.

By 4 months ago

Hidden drivers of the choices we make as captured by key survey

Our new governors must rethink public health system to serve all

As county governments reinvent their health systems, they can build on the emerging thinking within County 47.

By 4 months ago

Our new governors must rethink public health system to serve all

Let's discard prejudice against those we deem to be different

Kenya has centuries of discrimination and violence embedded in its soil.

By 4 months ago

Let's discard prejudice against those we deem to be different

How Kenya measured up this year against the Constitution

Kenyans working abroad in the Gulf states remained at risk with hundreds experiencing violence, rape, abuse, confiscation of passports and withholding of wages by their employers.

By 5 months ago

How Kenya measured up this year against the Constitution

Beyond dust-storm of opinions on police reforms, we must get it right

It is too early to see whether the current dust-storm of opinions will reverse two decades of police reforms or deepen police professionalism and accountability.

By 5 months ago

Beyond dust-storm of opinions on police reforms, we must get it right

Online safety must be a priority for Facebook across the world

The Kenyan Constitution could determine the way FaceBook and several social media platforms operate across the world.

By 5 months ago

Online safety must be a priority for Facebook across the world

We need to be serious with public safety, law and order

Today marks 74 years since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted.

By 5 months ago

We need to be serious with public safety, law and order

Let's interrupt gender violence and narratives that support it

Rather than creating an environment of empathy and justice, victim shaming creates social consent for gender-based violence and rape.

By 5 months ago

Let's interrupt gender violence and narratives that support it

Africa's silence on Ukraine crisis exposes our double standards

Since Russia invaded the Ukraine on February 24th this year, over 100,000 Ukrainian civilians and soldiers and Russian soldiers may have died or been wounded.

By 6 months ago

Africa's silence on Ukraine crisis exposes our double standards

CBC taskforce must address state of disability rights in schools

Special needs schools are often located far from children’s homes leading to segregation, isolation and stigma. Tragically, both types of learning institutions lack the necessary infrastructure.

By 6 months ago

CBC taskforce must address state of disability rights in schools

Welcome IG Koome, now turn lofty promises into actions

The incoming IG can start by decisively disciplining his Bondeni OCS. Inspector Kimutai misinterpreted the law this week to publicly urge residents to kill criminal suspects in Nakuru.

By 6 months ago

Welcome IG Koome, now turn lofty promises into actions

August poll was the most corrupt, so let's put the IEBC in order now

What lessons and insights do they offer for the 2027 General Election? Stress, past trauma, substance abuse or a bad medical condition drive most nightmares.

By 6 months ago

August poll was the most corrupt, so let's put the IEBC in order now

Sharif's death probe exposes damage from police impunity

Internationally renowned investigative journalist Ashraf Sharif’s killing has triggered another international incident for the young Kenya Kwanza administration.

By 7 months ago

Sharif's death probe exposes damage from police impunity

Kenyan leaders, take key lessons from Truss quick fire exit as PM

Over the last four months, the United Kingdom has seen the departure of three chancellors, two home secretaries, two prime ministers and a monarch. The four positions are undeniably the most powerful.

By 7 months ago

Kenyan leaders, take key lessons from Truss quick fire exit as PM

How William Ruto's tenure can lift up Kenyans at the lowest bottom

As Cabinet Secretary nominees prepare for their job interviews next week, they must come up with new ideas for an increasingly hungry, impoverished and distressed nation.

By 7 months ago

How William Ruto's tenure can lift up Kenyans at the lowest bottom

Legal literacy will decongest police stations and prisons

According to access to justice studies, nearly half of the population experiences one or more legal problems every four years.

By 7 months ago

Legal literacy will decongest police stations and prisons

Three lessons on climate crisis for Kenya Kwanza government

As Kenya Kwanza picks up from where Jubilee left off, it is worth keeping three lessons in mind. Food security will not be achieved by pitting agricultural production against forest conservation.

By 8 months ago

Three lessons on climate crisis for Kenya Kwanza government

Ban on media from entering Shakahola should worry us

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki’s declaration on Wednesday that the 800-acre crime scene is now off limits to journalists must worry us.

Ban on media from entering Shakahola should worry us

Prof K'Olale epitomised academic freedom and fight for a just society

University scholar Prof Muga K’Olale has rested, but one thing is clear, the current intellectual freedom we enjoy today, owes much his life-long struggle for academic liberties.

Prof K'Olale epitomised academic freedom and fight for a just society

Bipartisan talks owe us a promise to revive the economy

Post protest, the Azimio la Umoja – Kenya Kwanza cease-fire and the way forward remains shaky. There are many reasons why the bi-partisan committee must succeed.

Bipartisan talks owe us a promise to revive the economy

Three violent incidents that call for better protection of worship places

Citizens, civic, business, and religious organisations must demand accountability and new ways of policing that do not violate internationally recognised rights to life, worship and protest.

Three violent incidents that call for better protection of worship places

Azimio demos offer stern test to Kenya's respect for human rights

How the state and opposition handle the current zero-sum political tensions and Monday’s third maandamano could change all this. It is time for dialogue once more.

By 2 months ago

Azimio demos offer stern test to Kenya's respect for human rights

Azimio, police should handle next demos differently to avert chaos

The KNCHR guidelines are reinforced by the United Nations Code of Conduct (1979) and the Use of Less-Lethal Weapons (2020) that regulate police use of force.

By 2 months ago

Azimio, police should handle next demos differently to avert chaos

Picking 50 CASs insults Kenyans' aspirations and recovery efforts

President Ruto’s nomination of 50 CASs opens the door to one of the most bloated governments at a time when the state and people are at their most financially vulnerable.

By 2 months ago

Picking 50 CASs insults Kenyans' aspirations and recovery efforts

Grace Onyang'o broke the glass ceiling for women, be creative

Initially a trained teacher, Grace Onyang’o was 41 years old when she became Kenya’s first woman mayor in 1965. Four years later, she was elected MP on an opposition party ticket.

By 2 months ago

Grace Onyang'o broke the glass ceiling for women, be creative

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