Reality is that we have had fantastic press freedom in Kenya. Sadly the same media have gone overboard. The stuff we see and read puts to shame even the west who we try to emulate. Even now with the 3 Key TV stations shutdown they are still streaming online. The net has NOT been affected...Read More

Democracy And Human Rights Festival organised by Forum SYD at the Kenya National Theater  on 31st of January and 1st of February of 2018 supported by the Embassy of Sweden in Nairobi.   Speech by the ambassador of Sweden to Kenya Anna Jardfelt‏ Forum SYD works to strengthen marginalized people who organize to claim their rights....Read More

Having starting a business consulting firm at a point in his life when he was dejected, crashed and unfairly fired from a bank job, with nothing but a borrowed laptop in Ghana, Mr. Derrick S. Vormawor who describes himself as the young man from nowhere God is taking somewhere, runs Platinum Africa Solutions Limited which...Read More

Recently, the police invaded businessman Jimmy Wanjigi’s home. Nasa leaders among them Raila Odinga went to his defence. In fact, sources indicate that Mr Odinga spent a night at Mr Wanjigi’s home. Despite the two being from different tribes, they are not at odds with each other. GREATER TRIBE Why? The answer is simple. There...Read More

Working Group on Human Rights Defenders that comprise of CSOs and development partners in Kenya, concerned with the protection of human is organizing 2017 Human Rights Defenders Awards.The event that will be held on 29th November 2017- International Human Rights Defenders day -is designed to publicly celebrate and award the exceptional people of valor who...Read More

Football, as we know it, is a tough male dominated game. A game of blood, sweat, tears and strict rules. And seeing women play it like men do, is equally hard believing as it is imagining eggs turning spherical. You know, my mother launched me to life when boys from my neighborhood played cool by...Read More

As Television channels continue to emerge every heartbeat of a clock, so does low quality programs that erode the foundation of our cultural values to feed the competing industry. But here, with us, is Makcee Oscar. A female TV presenter whose show ‘Gospel Alert’– which she co-hosts with DJ Kenyan – has chosen a different...Read More

Below are thoughts of one Ndungu Nyoro who is the manager of Ndungu Nyoro Charity Network as expressed on his facebook wall: I must say I admire Raila Odinga. He’s a political genius. He knows how to play his game with finesse. Yesterday we woke up to the news that NASA has kicked out JIMMY WANJIGI from...Read More

Dr. Richard Munang is currently the United Nations Environment (UNEP) Africa Regional Climate Change Programme Coordinator responsible for guiding the actualization of UNEP’s climate resilient development strategy for Africa through coordinating implementation of diverse projects in adaption and mitigation in key economic sectors especially agriculture, and energy as well as informing strategy and policy development...Read More

China’s richest man continues to add to his fortune. Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba, got $1.3 billion richer in the day following his company’s latest quarterly earnings announcement, which was released on Thursday afternoon. During the first quarter, Alibaba posted huge growth numbers, including a 58% jump in revenue over...Read More