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Who balances matrix illustration courtesy: Missing Voices Part of the definition of democracy is rule by the people. Citizens in every democratic nation yearn to enjoy the best of democracy, however, the situation takes a different twist, when citizens receives the contrary. In East Africa, Kenya , Tanzania , and Uganda are resolute members of the East Africa Community (EAC) with one thing in common in terms of their governance structure, democracy. In Uganda, the opposition are always vexed by the government system of suppressing and oppressing Ugandan citizens who are against the government,Tanzanian opposition chiefs are crying foul to the government over mischievous acts which is being by the government. During the 2024 general elections in Tanzania, majority were killed while others are nowhere to be found until today. In Kenya 198 cases of forced victims of disappearances have been reported. Democracy is being vitiated, those in power are incontinence, doing everyth...

Kenya is a youthful country with 50.1% of the total population being below 18 years. According to the census done in 2019, figures show that 21.85 million are children while the latest estimate by UNICEF is 24.9 million children under the age of 18. The statistics do not only display a number to be quoted but a number that should be placed on the radar.  This is the population that is holding and driving the country in the future compared to the older generations which is in the apex of leadership and offices currently.  Ironically, the predecessors who play a major role in being the yardstick are divesting from their obligations and now it is a society where everyone rides on the mantra of freedoms and rights.  The safety of children not only in Kenya but also in other parts of the world is not worth being neglected at the expense of freedom and rights.  TikTok was sued in 2024 over the high degree of data amounts on millions of children under the age of 13, the c...

Photo illustration by: UNESCO Slavery in the previous centuries was marked with humiliation, torture and deaths of the victims.  In 1791, Saint Domingue which is now called Haiti , experienced a fascinating strange event, where the enslaved people revolution . This insurgency led to the inception of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition .  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) remarks this day annually with the dictum "to inscribe the tragedy of the slave trade in the memory of all people". It is a momentous occasion to remember the victims of slave trade, celebrate resistance and freedom, and fight against modern forms of slavery and racism .  As the day is serving a purpose and directly aligned to its course, key stakeholders who have the gist to push the agenda of the day slightly are doing less and have not reached the goal.  Young people, educators, artists, and...

El Niño It Is Before deluge, warnings came, attention ignored and that is how lives are lost, properties carried away and infrastructure destroyed.  Evidentiary El Nino is imminent as forecasted by the Kenya's weatherman with prediction rate going up to more than 80 percent with its adversarial effect to last until early next year of 2027. River Nyando in Kisumu usually burst and paralyzes the transport sector and as well disrupting people's way of life, Nairobi city after every continuous heavy downpour usually gets flooded yet it is the face of the country. Kisumu and Nairobi are one of the eighteen counties that have been labeled as high risk counties regardless of these, the county residents listen and watch El Nino information on media while the experts are in offices without any important communication to make. Communication concerning forthcoming irregular rainfall patterns should not be done through sharing of posters, circulating memos. Worthy to note...

A greater percentage of Kenya's population lives a hard life in the country while the remaining live a lavish life. "Hard living" is a song by Wailing Souls but among those in the streets of Kibra in Nairobi, Obunga in Kisumu, and Old Town in Mombasa, among other slums, it is an epitome of their livelihood. It is this reality, that those in the top ladder are satirizing. The remarks by Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Honourable John Mbadi on the majority of Kenyans consuming soda signifying the reduction in the high cost of living is unpalatable and apathetic.   Politicians in their cadres assume citizens subscribe to their ideologies only to later realize that the majority of Kenyans are awake.  The same speed and agility they have while speaking only makes Kenyan image to degenerate lest other countries alter their perception of what is Kenya. <script src="https://pl31036930.profitableratecpmnetwork.com/42/fb/6e/42fb6edaece576db30b03763452f3344.js...

Kenya is making a shift from chorusing Vision 2030 to a new song of Vision 2060. The shift in vision has been made abrupt that every person seeks to address the authenticity of vision 2060 especially at these critical moments that Kenya is experiencing a polarized political situation.  As experts could view it, that policies driving a country are formed by experts and such policies are independent of political affiliations. President William Ruto launched vision 2060 and formed a committee that would oversee its implementation as well as drawing structural guidelines raises eyebrows. The backlash received upon the launching is not drawn from political class alone but also from the experts, the same way the voice in this article raise concerns about the pragmatism of vision 2060 when Vision 2030 have not been reached. Kenya's vision twenty-thirty has just flew away even before the year of the vision itself. I am tempted to ask one prophetic question that will Vision 2060...