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Kenya’s economy is in serious trouble. The country’s leadership has just pushed through Parliament a budget that is driven by the need to collect as much tax as possible. In fact, the government’s target of Kshs 3.6 trillion in the…
In this episode of the big picture, Africa Uncensored’s John- Allan Namu talks human rights activist, lawyer and Executive Director of HAKI Africa Hussein Khalid about the Shakahola massacre.
In this episode of the big picture, Africa Uncensored‘s John- Allan Namu talks to businessman and politician Jimmy Wanjigi on Kenya’s debts.
There have been increased cases of threats to press freedom in Kenya. Kenya is currently ranked 116th out of 200 Countries in terms of limited freedom according to the World Press Freedom Index by Reporters without Borders. Despite the…
In this episode of the big picture, Africa Uncensored‘s John- Allan Namu talks to the International Budget Partnership’s Country Manager for Kenya, Dr Abraham Rugo on Kenya’s Finance Bill.
In this episode of the big picture, Africa Uncensored reporter Raquel Muigai talks to Principal Secretary, State Department for Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga on the Housing Levy fund.
In many parts of Africa, people living with autism and related developmental disabilities are socially isolated. Most African communities often perceive disabilities as a curse. In this story, Africa Uncensored features the voices of…
The rising sun casts a dawn with melodic bird songs, synchronised to a very light, almost quiet rustling of drying acacia leaves. It brings with it a flurry of early morning activities at Eiti Village in Dallalekutuk, on the vast plains of…
Opposition leader Raila Odinga called for mass action in the first week of March 2023, leading to the first protest on 20th March 2023. Our reporters have been following and documenting these protests. This piece by Nyakerario Omari,…
The opposition-led protests over the cost of living entered the second week on 30th March 2023. In Nairobi, a number of estates witnessed violent protests with protestors hurling stones at the police. We spoke to some protestors in…
Exclusive footage of a plainclothes police officer lobbing teargas into this media vehicle during the Thursday protests called by the opposition. Two journalists were injured by teargas canisters.
These are highlights from the Raila Odinga-led opposition protests on 27th March 2023. As the protestors engaged in running battles with the police in Mathare in Kenya’s capital, the Kenyatta family-owned Northlands Farm in Ruiru along the…
These are highlights from the Raila Odinga-led Protests on 20th of March 2023. Business at the central business districts of Nairobi and Kisumu was paralysed for the better part of the day while several protesters and their political…
With Africa suffering some of the worst effects of climate change, civil society organisations and African governments continue to advocate for recompense for loss and damage arising from climate change. The Pan African Climate Justice…
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What is the real cost of corruption in electricity and water production and distribution in Kenya? With the ever-increasing population of the urban settlements and the rising cases of criminality, can the government of the day create…
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In urban Kenya, organized gangs play a bigger role. In Kenya’s cities, the use of organized and violent extortionists has developed to the point where they even control the price and availability of urban services such as electricity and…
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60% of Nairobi’s population resides in informal settlements with limited or non- existent access to electricity, water, housing, sanitation, and healthcare services among others. Most residents here rely on illegal, unreliable and…
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In this four-part investigative series, we go undercover in two of Kenya’s biggest slums: Kibera and Mathare. We uncover the criminal gangs offering illegal connections, and unsafe electricity and water to these informal settlements. In…
The last days of December are unusually quiet at Morijo-Loita location in Narok County. Unlike other rural areas in the Kenya that are made alive by City dwellers who throng their villages during Christmas, life in this nature endowed…
The Billing Burden breaks down the components that constitute your electricity bill, it attempts to explain why they’re steadily rising. This explainer features experts and aggrieved voices in Nairobi, where the prices are biting hard into…
Above featured photo: Voters look for their names on the voter’s roll at the Olympic Primary School polling centre in Presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s home constituency of Kibera ahead of the Kenyan general election. Photo by Samson…
Repression and resistance: how a new generation challenges African autocrats and their international allies A transnational investigation by Ngina Kirori, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Chief Bisong Etahoben, Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Theophilus Abbah…
While the youth are delving deep and getting hooked, the betting companies are smiling all the way to the bank. By Emmanuel K Dogbevi With a betting slip in his hands, Joel, a 32-year-old man wearing a white shirt and a pair of black…
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Our contestants in the final episode of our game show, For Facts Sake, are Angela Zoe and Sylvaine Mwaniki. Angela Zoe is back, looking to walk away with the Kshs 30,000 at stake! Her opponent of the day is Sylvaine Mwaniki who is a…
