Fahamu (Oxford)
Website: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
July 04
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Kenya: What Cost Koigi Wa Wamwere His Glory [opinion]
Kenyans have this horrible habit of abandoning and forgetting those among them who fought hard to free others during both economic and political difficulties Read more »
June 27
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Kenya: Payback for Colonial Sins [opinion]
Britain's recent offer of £20 million to survivors of Kenya's Mau Mau anti-colonial revolt though a somewhat good idea reopens the vexed question of the impact of British... Read more »
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Africa: ICC - Kenya's Is a Lose-Lose Strategy [opinion]
The Kenya government's frenetic and wasteful sorties to the UN and AU trying to stop the ICC cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto show, if proof were... Read more »
June 20
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Kenya: Kenya At 50 - Youth Have Nothing to Smile About [opinion]
cc B PWill the much-vaunted new Constitution change the dismal fortunes of the youth for the better? It provides that the State shall take measures to ensure that the youth have... Read more »
June 11
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Kenya: Britain Announces Compensation for Mau Mau Victims [opinion]
Government acknowledges that Kenyans were subject to torture and other forms of ill treatment at the hands of the colonial administration, but refuses to accept liability for the... Read more »
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Kenya: Is Kenya the New Haven for Tax Dodgers? [opinion]
The plan looks fine, but in practice it means Kenya would become a see-no-evil, hear-no-evil haven for tax cheats and money launderers, governed by lax regulation that puts all the... Read more »
June 13
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Kenya: Comrade Njoroge Wanguthi, A Freedom Hero [analysis]
He spent his life struggling for democratic reforms in Kenya and suffered much for it, spending long years in prison under the Moi dictatorship. His commitment should inspire new... Read more »
June 12
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Kenya: Activists Oppose Isreali Film Festival in Kenya [opinion]
An open letter to the French Cultural Centre, Nairobi Read more »
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Kenya: Why NGOs Are Jittery Over Public Benefits Organizations Act [opinion]
New legislation in regards to local and international NGOs in Kenya is likely to exacerbate the mutual suspicion between the governments and NGOs Read more »
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Kenya: Heroes Let Down Badly by Kenya [opinion]
The former Land and Freedom fighters, otherwise more popularly known as 'Mau Mau' have won compensation from the British government for the brutal mistreatment they endured.... Read more »
June 04
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Kenya: Fifty Years Later, We Are Independent but Not Free [opinion]
On June 1, Kenya marked 50 years of the declaration of self-rule ahead of the granting of independence on December 12, 1963. But do the country's people enjoy full freedom? Read more »
June 06
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Kenya: Kenya Truth Commission Report Doctored By State House [opinion]
The following statement by three members of the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) laments the doctoring of the Land Chapter by the Office of the President. The... Read more »
May 30
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Kenya: Civil Society Protest - Nothing Crude About the Mode [opinion]
The recent 'Occupy Parliament' protests in Kenya elicited negative comments from certain quarters on the use of pigs to equate the rapacity of pigs with that of parliamentarians... Read more »
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Kenya: Freedom House Condemns Arrest of Peaceful Protestors in Kenya [opinion]
The Kenyan government's decision to prosecute 17 peaceful protestors on the spurious charges of breach of peace and disturbance after a demonstration to oppose parliamentary salary... Read more »
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Kenya: Being 'Free' [opinion]
Kenyans must defend the right to protest in all legitimate forms and those who used pigs in the recent Occupy Parliament demonstrations are free to do so, just as those who choose... Read more »
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Kenya: Tax Justice in Kenya [opinion]
Kenya's poorest are about to be hit with a staggering 16% tax increase on basic goods, while large corporations enjoy huge tax breaks that only benefit the richest Read more »
May 16
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Kenya: Occupy Parliament - Speaking Truth to Kenya's 'Mpigs' [opinion]
Kenya's Members of Parliament want a bigger salary. But the country is outraged by this demand. This week, protesters poured out into the streets of Nairobi to say No to the MPs'... Read more »
May 09
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Kenya: What New Government Should Address First At Coast [opinion]
The unresolved land question at the Kenyan coast has continued to stagnate development, stoke negative ethnicity and create squatters. Successive governments have displayed... Read more »
April 24
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Kenya: Karuturi Guilty of Tax Evasion
The Kenyan government has found Karuturi Global Ltd, the world's biggest producer of cut roses, guilty of tax evasion. This is the first time an African government has brought a... Read more »
May 01
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Kenya: Should Kenya Leave Her Oil in the Soil? [opinion]
With the recent discovery of oil in Kenya there needs to be a debate as to whether the country follows the path of Ecuador and Norway and leave the oil in the soil or the... Read more »
April 24
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Kenya: Kenyan Rights Activist Nominated for International Award
Ruth Mumbi has been nominated for this years Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk. The award is to recognise outstanding contributions made by human rights... Read more »
May 09
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Kenya: Why Supreme Court Dismissed Raila Odinga's Election Petition [opinion]
The recent ruling by the Supreme Court upholding the election of Uhuru Kenyatta as president of Kenya has been dismissed by a number of legal analysts as 'shallow', 'unconvincing'... Read more »
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Kenya: Will the Java Generation Please Stand Up? [opinion]
It seems that Kenya's middle class of shoppers at Java have become complacent with constitutional change at a time when they should be pushing for further implementation of the... Read more »
April 25
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Kenya: Was the Fight for Independence in Kenya a Lost Cause? [opinion]
The struggle for freedom from colonialism in Kenya was based on the wish to recover lands that had been forcibly acquired by the colonial settlers. After independence, freedom... Read more »
May 02
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Kenya: KCA Calls for Enhanced Security for Journalists and Respect for Labour Rights [document]
Whereas Kenya enjoys considerable media freedom, there are frequent reports of threats or harassment of journalists in connection with their work. Media owners violate the labour... Read more »
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