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Victor Bwire

Kenya's long walk to media freedom

In the 1980s and 1990s, Kenya’s affront to press freedom and freedom of expression using sedition laws, heightened but things changed and new ways of doing business are now required.

Kenya's long walk to media freedom

The long walk to media freedom in Kenya

The long walk to media freedom in Kenya

The long walk to media freedom in Kenya

The long walk to media freedom in Kenya

The long walk to media freedom in Kenya

The long walk to media freedom in Kenya

Let's move away from mitigation measures and teach communities how to cope

Climate change interventions should now be related to helping the communities enhance their capacity and resilience to cope with the effects of climate change.

By Victor Bwire 10 months ago

Let's move away from mitigation measures and teach communities how to cope

House should not pull back access to information gains

It is becoming hard for the media to access and report on Parliament because some staff at the August House believe administrative fiat overrides constitutional provisions on media freedom.

By Victor Bwire 1 year ago

House should not pull back access to information gains

Stop 2022 politics and deliver to Kenyans

Unfortunately, it is increasingly rare that a politician is not focused merely on re-election.

By Beatrice Elachi 4 years ago

Stop 2022 politics and deliver to Kenyans

We must treat root causes of terror, not the symptoms

Medical science is a diverse field with a wide range of viewpoints.

By Beatrice Elachi 5 years ago

We must treat root causes of terror, not the symptoms

Let’s embrace humility to win corruption war

Many of us were born and raised in the most humble of backgrounds. Our parents had very little beyond subsistence production and the clothes they wore

By Beatrice Elachi 5 years ago

Let’s embrace humility to win corruption war

To rally the public, keep politics out of graft purge

Selfish politics and unnecessary turf wars have fueled corruption in Kenya over the years.

By Beatrice Elachi 5 years ago

To rally the public, keep politics out of graft purge

Opinion: NASA’s ultimatum on poll announcement is pure conmanship

If you thought NASA would use its first rally since Raila Odinga was named its flag-bearer to release a positive vision for Kenya and some actual policies for development, then you haven’t been paying enough attention

By Beatrice Elachi 6 years ago

Opinion: NASA’s ultimatum on poll announcement is pure conmanship

Jubilee Party will unite the country

It has taken us several evolutions and election cycles to realise that fragmenting, violent and ethnic politics destroys rather than builds our nation.

By Beatrice Elachi 7 years ago

Jubilee Party will unite the country

Politics influencing indiscipline in schools

Just like a rotten apple can spoil the whole barrel, seeing their peers set alight their schools with no repercussions means that the burning of dormitories in boarding schools has spread across the country.

By Beatrice Elachi 7 years ago

Politics influencing indiscipline in schools

Kenya’s foreign policy shift welcome

There is much to be expected now that President Uhuru Kenyatta has set the pace of foreign relations with the international community.

By Beatrice Elachi 7 years ago

Kenya’s foreign policy shift welcome

Dadaab and Kakuma closure overdue

On world refugee day, the UNHCR released a report stating that there are now more refugees globally than at the end of World War 2 and that over 50 per cent of the 65.2 million refugees and displaced persons were found in Africa and the Middle East.

By Beatrice Elachi 7 years ago

Dadaab and Kakuma closure overdue

Is Okoa Kenya a problem of principle?

Amending the constitution is the unequivocal prerogative of citizens. Article 257 of the constitution guarantees it.

By Beatrice Elachi 7 years ago

Is Okoa Kenya a problem of principle?

President Uhuru keen to slay graft dragon

Unscrupulous leaders continue to line their pockets with public funds that could be used to equip hospitals, train and equip our security agencies; provide essential social services like water and sanitation and provide better education for our children.

By Beatrice Elachi 8 years ago

President Uhuru keen to slay graft dragon

Jubilee keen on youth empowerment

The Jubilee government got into office with a specific agenda around youth empowerment. This was because the owners of the Jubilee campaign and its largest support base across the country were the Kenyan youth.

By Beatrice Elachi 8 years ago

Jubilee keen on youth empowerment

Impeachment: Separating truth and lies

Since the onset of devolution after the first General Elections held under the Constitution of Kenya 2010, there have been several impeachment attempts both at the national and county levels.

By Beatrice Elachi 8 years ago

Impeachment: Separating truth and lies

Kenyan MPs as the weakest link in the New Order

In 2010, Kenyans adopted a new Constitution with the desire to redefine the relationship between citizen and State and a restructuring of the architecture of government.

By Beatrice Elachi 8 years ago

Kenyan MPs as the weakest link in the New Order

Quality of leadership falling in Kenya

A culture of mediocrity in leadership is gradually sinking into the Kenyan political space.

By Beatrice Elachi 8 years ago

Quality of leadership falling in Kenya

The place of youth in Kenya's strategic plans

Last week, Kenya hosted a pan-African Conference on Violent Extremism (CVE), which dealt with formulating joint responses to fighting one of the key challenges of our time. One critical question was: what to do with the youth bulge.

By Beatrice Elachi 8 years ago

The place of youth in Kenya's strategic plans

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