Kenya
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Florence Kamaitha: #YouthDay Message on How Young Africans Can Contribute to Civic Engagement
Aug 12, 2015Africa’s youth population boom means that they cannot be left behind in civic engagement because whatever decisions made matters on their future, hence the need for African youths to actively participate in civic engagement. We spoke... -
Rural Africa Weekly Report: Leaving No One Behind In Kibera and Other Reports
Aug 11, 2015Every week, Rural Reporters collates a report on development in rural Africa and its environs. The reports include are some of our top picks of recent must-read research, interviews, reports, blogs and in-depth articles to help... -
YOUTH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN KENYA, A DILEMMA AMIDST SOARING UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Aug 10, 2015By Yegon Emmanuel In the recent past, Kenya has been facing lots of challenges with regard to youth unemployment, poverty and inequality. There have been lots of cases of crime reported and the most recurrent reason... -
Kenya: A Hotbed Of Culture For Obama Homecoming
Jul 28, 2015By Robert Aseda When the leader of the world sneezes, the globe catches a cold. Without a doubt President Barrack Obama, is not just the president of the United States of America, but he is... -
How To Successfully Put Together An Open-Space Event [pictures]
Jul 11, 2015Sarah Kutahi recently covered “Wildlife Worriers” put together by Wildlife Direct Kenya. She draws from her experience at the event to provide us with tips on how to successfully host an open-space event- all in pictures.... -
Kenya Senate: Amend And Pass The Reproductive Health Care Bill Now!
Jul 11, 2015By Robert Aseda We have had the statistics over and over again. The Kenya Demographic Health Surveys, the Multiple Cluster Indicator Surveys, the Kenya AIDS Indicator Surveys, the Google Zeitgeist results, the census reports all... -
What Climate Change Means To Female Pastoralist
Jun 30, 2015By Catherine Nyambura and Sarah Kutahi With the just commemorated World Environment Day on 5th June 2015, most people had hopes and aspiration emanating from the theme “Seven billion dreams, One planet, Consume with care”. It was... -
Gender Based Violence? Not A Laughing Matter
Jun 26, 2015Have we stopped laughing yet? Great. Now let’s have a sober conversation about gender based violence in Kenya that has metastasized so much that it no longer shocks us, it provides a basket of laughter. Last... -
Daring To Dream Beyond The Ghetto
Jun 3, 2015I bet this will be the next big thing in the world of dreams after the famous “your dreams are valid” and “I have a dream.” My friend, Catharine Nyambura, who is an active feminist and I... -
Kenyans React To Flooding Emotions In Nairobi
Jun 2, 2015Kenyans, particularly Nairobians, can be described as influential people who wear their hearts on their sleeves and an action oriented lot. We have been blessed to receive the long rains, which started sometime in March and...