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General Submissions are currently open for our winter/spring issue, 52.2! Click the link in our bio to learn more and submit your work.

General Submissions are currently open for our winter/spring issue, 52.2!
Click the link in our bio to learn more and submit your work.
United In Grief (@justinewanda) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wandia Njoya always says “tell your kids stories. Tell them the stories of your time!” This helps put into perspective the kind of growth/momentum we’ve lost. Communities are getting poorer and it’s all by design

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Our August edition is out now! Featuring: fiction by Immaculate Halla and Joseph Jegede, nonfiction by Jude Dibia, poetry by Erinola Daranijo, hybrid by Rafeeat Aliyu, drama by Allison Whittenberg, and visual by Jeremy Onyango. lolwe.org

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Once, I was in a Simba Coach Bus. Nimekaa the first seat on the left clear view of the road. The driver overtakes a truck, he sees oncoming light (bike) in a distance on the oncoming lane then says, 'huyu namtoa kafara akikosa kuondoka.' He accelerated and charged straight on.

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With a People’s Board in every police station, citizens will finally have a direct hand in oversight. Communities will no longer just suffer the consequences of police actions , they will have a structured voice in shaping priorities, curbing abuse, and ensuring the police serve,

With a People’s Board in every police station, citizens will finally have a direct hand in oversight. Communities will no longer just suffer the consequences of police actions , they will have a structured voice in shaping priorities, curbing abuse, and ensuring the police serve,
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Raila Odinga died on October 15th, aged 80 In the humid haze of a Kerala morning, as the sun crept over the Ayurvedic hospital grounds in Koothattukulam, Raila Amolo Odinga embarked on what would be his final walk. The 80-year-old Kenyan statesman, ever the indefatigable

Raila Odinga died on October 15th, aged 80

In the humid haze of a Kerala morning, as the sun crept over the Ayurvedic hospital grounds in Koothattukulam, Raila Amolo Odinga embarked on what would be his final walk. The 80-year-old Kenyan statesman, ever the indefatigable
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Uganda is going through a phase of both freelance and decentralised repression and de- democratisation. The centre is losing grip. You can run against President Museveni for the presidency, but not against some powerful NRM politicians in constituencies. There was a time M7

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They are making running a business so complicated that people prefer lazy money like parking cash in investment vehicles or bank fixed deposits.

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Not a saint, not a villain but a mirror for a nation. Raila Odinga’s greatest legacy may be that he made politics matter, that he convinced millions, for decades, that the ballot could be a moral instrument. The baton now passes to a generation less defined by struggle and more

Not a saint, not a villain but a mirror for a nation. Raila Odinga’s greatest legacy may be that he made politics matter, that he convinced millions, for decades, that the ballot could be a moral instrument. 
The baton now passes to a generation less defined by struggle and more
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From Hola Detention Camp 1959 to Central Police Station 2025: Kenyans Are Still Fighting for Accountability in Custody Deaths the254report.co.ke/p/from-hola-de…