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Climate Change Has Upended Kenya’s Agricultural Economy Climate Change Has Upended Kenya’s Agricultural Economy
As the region faces unprecedented flooding, farmers are struggling to make ends meet.
May 17, 2024 / Multimedia / Emily Whitney
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The Kenyan Kakistocracy The Kenyan Kakistocracy
What are we supposed to do when the electoral system consistently yields terrible candidates?
Aug 17, 2022 / Nanjala Nyabola
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Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust
Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.
Mar 22, 2021 / Editorial / Nanjala Nyabola
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Without Trust, Politics Is Reduced to Spectacle Without Trust, Politics Is Reduced to Spectacle
People must believe in public institutions in order to believe in the promises of democracy. Take a Kenyan’s word on this.
Aug 26, 2020 / Nanjala Nyabola
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Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude
Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.
Aug 30, 2019 / Nanjala Nyabola
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In a Painful Setback, Kenya’s High Court Upholds Antigay Laws In a Painful Setback, Kenya’s High Court Upholds Antigay Laws
LGBT activists say they will continue their campaign to dismantle the colonial-era legislation, inside and outside the courtroom.
May 28, 2019 / Robbie Corey-Boulet
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Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans Kenya’s Growth Doesn’t Help All Kenyans
Despite government aims to make the country Africa’s “digital hub,” the economy remains unequal and unproductive.
Dec 4, 2018 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Sabine Cessou
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In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death
Social media amplify the threat posed by Cambridge Analytica and the rest of Africa’s secretive political-consulting industry.
Mar 28, 2018 / Nanjala Nyabola
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Is Kenya Sliding Toward Dictatorship? Is Kenya Sliding Toward Dictatorship?
Like Daniel arap Moi in 1982, Uhuru Kenyatta has embarked on a course of action that threatens hard-won democratic gains.
Feb 16, 2018 / Karen Rothmyer
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Kenya’s Rescheduled Elections Are a Triumph of Constitutionalism—but How Much Has Really Changed? Kenya’s Rescheduled Elections Are a Triumph of Constitutionalism—but How Much Has Really Changed?
The country is now a tinderbox, in which supporters of the rival factions believe they can lose only if the other side rigs the results.
Sep 12, 2017 / Macharia Gaitho