To critics, the partisan stance of Kenyans once lauded for promoting democracy illustrated how heavily they invested in an Odinga victory. “Just like the politicians, they are taking sides,” Denis Galava tells Declan Walsh. “They have become mercenaries.” nytimes.com/2022/09/02/wor…

The ruling of the Kenya Supreme Court on the Aug. 7 presidential election, also means the campaigns for the 2027 elections have also started. It’s the way Kenyan politics rolls.

If you don't understand why people terribly affected through her reign are using humour at the moment, you can do two things. 1. Read more about the way humour is used to flip the tables of agency. 2. Have a little think.

Some people don’t like it when Africans tell their own (his)stories. What in the Berlin Conference is this? 🚮

This guy deserves a column in a national daily @BenardMwinzi Mike Owuor

The future is spelling itself for me the media...it would be interesting to see the revenue split to tell whether it's Google and Meta gobbling up everything or smaller, nimbler players are running away with the cheese

None whatsoever! Banish the term

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I am deadened with laughter

Encore!!!!

The Universität Bayreuth, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) & CODESRIA launched a collaborative research project & seminar series themed: The Changing African Idea of Africa & the Future of African Studies Seminar Series 2023 Date: 20/4/23 Zoom Link: bit.ly/3YhVRIM Meeting ID: 679 4833 0883 Passcode: 201486

Truth told in a staccato stings deeply.

March 2023, Trade CS Moses Kuria speaking to CNN speaks of the government-to-government to "restructure the way we transact oil between GCC & Kenya so that we can ease the pressure on our foreign currency situation" Ends! arabic.cnn.com/world/video/20…

How many income sources can you tick off?

Shakahola. Many people are very vulnerable to cults. Years ago, as I wrote my thesis, and later as we built a national disengagement & reintegration system for violent extremists, I found Professor Robert Jay Liston’s work on cult manipulation useful. Here are his 8 criteria. A🧵

Muscles without strength Status without respect Rank without power Prestige without influence Form without function Ripeness without wisdom Pomp without authority (The modern monarchy)

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, in power for 37 years, has been in confinement in the last few days, recovering from Covid-19. Even several of his enemies are wishing him quick recovery. One said; “we just aren’t ready [for his sudden passing]. We're sitting on a time bomb” /A

Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe becomes first African to be awarded the US$575,000 Holberg Prize, an annual award presented to an “outstanding researcher” in the humanities, social sciences, law, or theology /1 universityworldnews.com/post.php?story…