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August 17, 2022
The Kenyan Kakistocracy
What are we supposed to do when the electoral system consistently yields terrible candidates?
Nanjala Nyabola
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March 22, 2021
Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust
Poor countries are paying more for the doses that remain after rich countries have had their fill.
Nanjala Nyabola
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August 26, 2020
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.
Nanjala Nyabola
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August 30, 2019
Brexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude
Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.
Nanjala Nyabola
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May 28, 2019
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.
Robbie Corey-Boulet
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December 4, 2018
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.
Sabine Cessou
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March 28, 2018
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.
Nanjala Nyabola
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February 16, 2018
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.
Karen Rothmyer
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September 12, 2017
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.
Macharia Gaitho