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Black American and Kenyan lives matter

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The slow suffocation and murder of George Floyd shocked the world. It brought into stark relief the chronic terror that black Americans must feel when they encounter the police. Certainly, […]
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YASH PAL GHAI: Please Kenyans, reject the false promise of BBI

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[Jomo Kenyatta: We shall build a country where every citizen may develop his talents [not hers?] to the full, restricted only by the larger aim we have of building a […]
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Do we need a state of emergency and what does it mean?

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Various people have suggested that the Kenyan government ought to declare a state of emergency (like Japan, New Zealand, Ethiopia, among others) to deal with the coronavirus. People with long […]
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There are problems with the Referendum Bill

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A Bill in this sense is a proposed law for decision in Parliament. Not the sort you get in a restaurant. You might perhaps think they have a good deal […]
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Constitutional Relations between China and Hong Kong

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I have in the past written about the relationship between Hong Kong and China, believing that people in Kenya would find it interesting as they try to understand the nature […]
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Brutality: Police give us far more cause to resent and fear than to respect them

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Kenya has hit international headlines for the wrong reasons – again! Police beating crowds at the Likoni ferry. Police beating a boda-boda rider to death. Police shooting dead a 13-year […]
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Explaining ‘Bomas’ and what it has to do with BBI

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The Bomas of Kenya is a place where Kenyans and tourists can learn about the country’s culture, especially traditional housing, and dances. It is a cultural centre in Nairobi. In […]
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Citizen, dual citizen, citizen by birth explained

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Whether people should be allowed to be a Kenyan and a something else as well (Ugandan, American, British or Somali, etc), or allowed to hold a public office and also […]
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