Fahamu (Oxford)
Website: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
October 26
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Kenya: 2013 Election Will Be a Referendum on Integrity [opinion]
Two of the four Kenyans charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, are planning to run for president and... Read more »
October 19
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Kenya: Crusading Magazine Fights Grand Corruption [analysis]
A historic court battle is looming that will hopefully clarify for Kenyans the meaning and scope of the fundamental freedoms of expression, the media and access to information as... Read more »
September 21
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Kenya: Journalists Pursuing Genocide Fugitive Flee Kenya
Two Kenyan journalists who claim to have discovered that genocide fugitive, the Rwandan millionaire financier Felicien Kabuga, is continuing to find a safe haven in Kenya, have... Read more »
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Kenya: At the Margins of Kenya's Democracy
The Segeju, a minority community at the Kenyan coast, has undergone forced assimilation perpetrated by the government over the years and is now in serious danger of losing its... Read more »
July 20
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Kenya: Criminalizing Sex Work in Kenya - The Double Standards [opinion]
Sex workers rights are human rights' - this is the slogan that Kenyan prostitutes are arming themselves with as they demand their rights. Read more »
July 13
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Kenya: Kenya - Terror Attacks Could Be Linked to Religious and Ethnic Tensions [opinion]
Kenya is still in shock after hooded gunmen opened fire and lobbed explosives into two churches on 1 July in Garissa, north-east of the country, killing 17 worshippers and injuring... Read more »
June 29
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Kenya: Kenya Railways - A Case Study of Human Rights Travesties [opinion]
Kenya Railways Corporation has over the past two decades gone from being an exemplar of service and care to leaving behind a greed-driven legacy of retrenchment, dislocation and... Read more »
June 22
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Kenya: Kenya - Postcolonial Imperial Hangover - A Note of Caution to the Mombasa Republican Council [opinion]
The secessionist group based at Kenya's coast raises genuine concerns about historical injustices. But they are dead wrong to demand their own state. Read more »
June 1
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Kenya: A Fair Share of Oil Revenue for the Turkana [opinion]
Considering the glaring inequalities in Kenya, the issue of how wealth from the newly discovered oil can be redistributed to the Turkana people must be a core theme for all social... Read more »
May 11
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Kenya: The Latter Day Slave Merchants in the Country
Mass unemployment is forcing thousands of Kenyans into the hands of private employment bureaus who export them to the Middle East where they often become trapped in abusive and... Read more »
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Kenya: What Exactly is the Value of Ethnic Accounting in the Country? [opinion]
Kenya's National Cohesion And Integration Commission (NCIC) has claimed that 'the five largest communities' have a disproportionate share of total workforce in public universities... Read more »
May 3
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East Africa: Somalia, Museveni and Militarising the Region [interview]
'Everybody knows the solution in Somalia is political not military. Even if there is a military victory in Somalia, it will not be sustainable without a political solution.' Read more »
April 27
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Kenya: Setting the People's Agenda for 2012 [analysis]
The very first plank of the Kenyan people's agenda should be a departure from elite pacting: the noxious, personality-driven "succession" political maneuvering. Read more »
April 24
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Kenya: Brutal Demolitions Leave the Poor Destitute
Residents of Nairobi's numerous slums live in constant fear of demolition of their homes. Yet there is no government plan to solve the problem of housing. The residents need to... Read more »
March 16
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South Africa: A Constructive Comparison of Israel and Apartheid South Africa [document]
Comparisons between Israel's control over the Palestinians and apartheid South Africa can yield crucial clues on how to move towards the end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Read more »
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East Africa: Lamu Port May Slow Down Sustainable Development [opinion]
The notion that modern day development is achievable purely through mega projects is perhaps misplaced as it ignores the place of technology and, for Africa, the contribution of... Read more »
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Kenya: A Mother's Fears for Her Lesbian Daughter [opinion]
A mother is not easily convinced that her daughter is okay in the head when she admits to being gay. She thinks that there must be some underlying psychological and emotional... Read more »
March 12
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Kenya: Sex Workers Cause a Stir in Nairobi
A key message the marchers wanted to pass across was the problem of stigma and discrimination they face in their lives and work. These include challenges in accessing health,... Read more »
March 6
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Kenya: The Clash of Kenya's Identities
'We must work from the basis that Kenya is a garment of many colours, which is beautiful because each colour is present. We cannot be one colour because we would be dull. Some... Read more »
March 5
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Kenya: Outlawed Group Calls for Secession [analysis]
It was former Libyan strongman Muammar Gadhafi who, at a meeting of African and Arab leaders in October 2010, warned that Southern Sudan's independence would spread like a... Read more »
February 24
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Kenya: Re-Igniting Agents of Social Change in Kenya [opinion]
Article 43 of Kenya's constitution provides for social and economic rights of the citizens. All proponents of change need to work very hard to realise these rights, which are... Read more »
February 17
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Kenya: The Drama of Politics Ahead of Elections [opinion]
The emergence of presidential candidates like 27-year-old Ms Kingwa Kamenchu and Ms Martha Karua suggests a departure from the past and mirrors the yearnings and aspirations of the... Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya - Uhuru and Ruto Sowing Seeds of Discord
The virulent speeches and chest thumping by two of Kenya's presidential aspirants, both suspected of committing crimes against humanity, is extremely worrying. The government needs... Read more »
February 10
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Kenya: Celebrating Citizenship Bills? [opinion]
In a multi racial society like Kenya is it really necessary to collect data on one's tribal background? Has such data ever helped the country? No! Those without recognized tribes... Read more »
February 6
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Kenya: The Pro-Poor Movement and its Challenges [analysis]
Although it remains one of the best known pro-poor social movements in Kenya, Bunge la Mwananchi faces serious internal challenges that hamper its effectiveness in mounting... Read more »
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