The empty thrones: Kenya’s political cults and the cost of blind devotion
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo It is a norm that in political rallies that thousands chant a single... Read more.
Do we learn nothing? The recurring tragedy of school fires in Kenya
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo Kenya’s boarding schools, once symbols of discipline, aspiration, and upward mobility, have repeatedly... Read more.
Beyond the job ticket: Rethinking education’s true purpose in an era of uncertainty
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo Education systems worldwide, particularly in postcolonial nations like Kenya, face a profound tension.... Read more.
The Imperative of Law: Anchoring Human Society Against Chaos
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo From the earliest recorded civilizations, the presence of codified rules has distinguished ordered... Read more.
Eternal Vigilance: Why Constitutions and Human Rights Demand Constant Defense
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo Constitutions and human rights declarations, for all their lofty language, have never been... Read more.
THE TRIBE AS WEAPON: Ethnicity, Power, and the Long Shadow of Political Manipulation in Kenya
A Critical Essay By: Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo Who killed Kenya before the bullets were ever fired? The... Read more.
How wonderful that death, at least, does not discriminate against the poor
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo Every eleven seconds, somewhere on this earth, a child under the age of... Read more.
The right to annoy the state: A Kenyan reckoning with dissent
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo In April 2017, Justice Mwita of the High Court did something quietly radical:... Read more.
Eating the elephant: Governance, corruption, and the Kenyan state’s long war against itself
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo There is a scene in Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People that... Read more.
When the ballot box becomes the Kenyan voter’s most expensive amnesia
By Jerameel Kevins Owuor Odhiambo There is an old proverb that cuts like a panga through the fog... Read more.