Aug 10, 2009 Social Issues
Female genital mutilation (FGM)in Kenya and arranged marriages for some Kenya girls as young as 8-years-old has never been a strange phenomenon. Some girls in believe that if they do not undergo circumcision they would never get a partner and would end up as outcasts in the Maasai community. There has been many campaigns against [...]
Aug 8, 2009 Environment, Governance, Social Issues, The Economic
Lack of adequate water in Kenya has become the source of sometimes violent conflict particularly among pastoralist groups. The problem, however, is not confined to the arid and semi-arid parts of the country. All parts of the country are now experiencing serious Kenya water crisis with a combination of culpable factors. Among these are climate [...]
Aug 8, 2009 Governance, Patriotism, Social Issues
The dispensation of justice in Kenya is a big, emotive and often times controversial issue. This issue has captured the public’s attention particularly with regards to the trial of people suspected to have masterminded the Kenya post election violence of late 2007 and early 2008 following the bungled presidential election of December 2007. The trial [...]
Aug 8, 2009 Environment, Social Issues, The Economic
The Mau Forest issue has and continues to dominate public discourse in Kenya. This is largely because the forest is one of Kenya’s most important water catchment areas whose wanton destruction has had deleterious consequences on the country’s environment and attendant issues like water and power production. Let us explore this important topic by looking [...]
Jun 18, 2009 Environment, Governance, Infrastructure
Traffic jams are aggravated by malfunctioning traffic lights and inept traffic policemen. But the cause is overpopulation, which we simply cannot wish away overnight. Lets just build a whole new capital in some remote part of the country and start all over again. 1. Do you think this is the long term solution to our [...]
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