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Displaced Kenyans at one of the Internally displaced people’s camps. When neighbour turned against neighbour after the 2007 general elections, blood flowed and 350,000 Kenyans were left homeless.

The Grand Opposition
In the last five months, Kenya’s political history has been re-written several times. Firstly, there was the flawed presidential election results that sparked off ethnic hostilities with unprecedented displacement and killings. ...Read More

.: In the headlines

Why Obama presidency is good for business in Kenya
If the American Senator and Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama wins party ticket, he is likely to triumph on Election Day in November.... Read more

Crime and punishment: Quest for amnesty
It is now a week since President Kibaki appointed a commission to look into the causes of the post-election violence and make its recommendations. And no issue has bee... Read more

Eala’s Sh2bn budget
EAC treaty is full of words like oversight and liaise. As the region moves into a common market, Eala needs teeth to bite because citizens need right of residence, free m... Read more

Why Mt Elgon residents are rejoicing
There were no tears from the villagers who turned up in large numbers to view the body of the self-styled deputy commander of the dreaded Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF)... Read more

Farewell, the Promised Land?
When neighbour turned against neighbour, blood flowed to soak the land. Now the return trip for 350,000 internally displaced Kenyans back on their farms appears unlikely,... Read more

.: Editorial

Grandiose idea of Opposition for its own sake’s vanity
There is no gainsaying that a robust democracy is the only way to revitalise local politics and foster accountability. Read more

Gender Agenda

Curbing sexual violence in humanitarian settings crucial
Forty women recently gave chilling accounts of how police from the General Service Unit (GSU) raped them in the chaos following last year’s General Election. Read more

Satire

Why hand-washing habit is not healthy for Kenyans
Well, well, what’s the gossip medics have been spreading across the country? I hear they are claiming up to 25 per cent of the population do not wash their hands after a trip to the toilet, shaking hands with people who had been to the toilet and did what they did and failed to wash their hands. Or those that poke fingers in their noses, scratch their heads, or go to the fields to fondle the soil as though it were ugali, then rush home to eat the real thing without washing hands. Read more

Spectator

To save the Mau, we must de-link politics from conservation
Kenya’s economy is agriculture based. This activity is in turn dependent on the five water towers spread through arable parts of the country. They are in the form forests. But these natural reserves are threatened by unsustainable exploitation. Read more

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