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By Collins Mutua Have you ever wondered how the pills in your medicine cabinet actually make it to you? It takes a village to develop new medicines. The village comprises researchers, clinicians, clinical trial participants, regulatory…
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Land tenure security underwrites the economic and social cohesion in Kenya. The fourth episode of Title Deals exposes serious gaps within land ownership systems and shows you cases where individuals indicated in land-grabbing cartels…
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Owning land in Kenya is a nightmare. Kenyans often find themselves in between two realities. Unsuspecting buyers fall prey to ruthless scams while genuine landowners face relentless grabbers who stop at nothing to seize their property. In…
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More than five million acres of land have been taken away from their original inhabitants since Kenya’s independence. But losing land is not just about losing the land itself, it’s also about losing a sense of belonging and identity. This…
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Over sixty percent of EU-funded “returnee projects” fail “Rescue centres” in Saudi Arabia keep women detained for years Cameroonian businesspeople…
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Nine out of ten Nigerians said they want to “escape” “Frustration of excellence” is behind an exodus of doctors, IT experts, and teachers…
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba The financial exploitation of migrants is a multimillion-dollar business for agencies, rackets, syndicates, and scammers Many state officials are…
By Elizabeth BanyiTabi, Emmanuel Mutaizibwa, Ngina Kirori, Theophilus Abbah and Brezh Malaba Awareness campaigns about the risks of (illegal) migration, even the risk of dying, have little to no effect Aspiring migrants feel sadness about…
By Ngina Kirori/ZAM Magazine On Christmas Day in 2019, at her wits end after failing for long periods to put enough food on the table at home, Faith Murunga left Kakamega, her rural area in Kenya, with an “agent” who offered her a domestic…
A ZAM TRANSNATIONAL INVESTIGATION By Elizabeth BanyiTabi (Cameroon), Theophilus Abbah (Nigeria), Emmanuel Mutaizibwa (Uganda), Ngina Kirori (Kenya) and Brezh Malaba (Zimbabwe) A new ZAM transnational investigation into migration from five…
By Patrick Alushula Health facilities are fast coming closer to the households. Patients are flocking in. But there is a problem: many doctors, nurses, and other key health personnel are at home nursing the pains of unemployment. Employed…
By Claret Adhiambo Mama Phoebe Asiyo takes careful steps at her expansive mansion in Kanyaluo area in Karachuonyo constituency, Homabay County. Her slow steps are perhaps because of her old age. But it could also be the aftermath of a…
By Stephanie Wangari There is often a preconceived notion of how women parliamentarians should look, speak or behave, the National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei, has said. This, she says, discourages and slows down some female…
By Osoro Kenn They are still recognized as unfit to be in leadership and to vie for positions of prominence in society. They are afraid of vying for competitive elective positions because of the ugly, expensive, uneven, and patriarchal…
The world has lost one-third of its forests since the last ice age Expansion for agriculture accounts for up to 99% of tropical deforestation Up to half of forestland cleared is not put into productive use Agriculture is gradually killing…
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Avani Shah and Stuart Herd, while living on opposite sides of the city of Nairobi, Kenya, share the same predicament. The land they own is either the subject of ongoing judicial proceedings after having been invaded by intruders keen to…
By Halima Gongo In a surprising twist that could rival your favourite sitcom, a team of vaccine mobilizers in Likoni Ferry, Mombasa, Kenya, have suited up in reflectors ready to tackle the pandemic with a side of sass. It’s worth noting…
This is the final episode of season two of The Big Picture with John Allan Namu. In this episode, we recap the best of The Big Picture featuring Africa Uncensored reporter and host of the show, Raquel Muigai, fact-checkers Nyakerario…
BISSIL, Kenya — Heat waves are on the rise globally, and countries least culpable suffer the worst effects. While temperatures continue to rise worldwide, new research published in the journal Science Advances shows that poor tropical…
Who influences what you eat and how you prepare your meals? Television shows, influencers, traditions? In this episode of the big picture, Africa Uncensored‘s John-Allan Namu talks to celebrity chef Dennis Ombachi about food and culture in…
With an upsurge of gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Kenya especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, what is being done to protect the victims? In this episode of The Big Picture, Africa Uncensored‘s John-Allan Namu talks to Dr Kizzie…
Featured image: James Njuguna, a shepherd who lives near the Manguo swamp. Photo: Calvin Rock Odhiambo/Mongabay. By Calvin Rock Odhiambo LIMURU, Kenya — Kiambu County in Kenya is facing a major water scarcity crisis that is threatening not…
With an upsurge of gender-based violence (GBV) cases in Kenya especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, what is being done to protect the victims? In this episode of The Big Picture, Africa Uncensored‘s John-Allan Namu talks to Dr Kizzie…
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What makes up a PPP (public-private partnership)? Were the Arror and Kimwarer dam projects PPPs or projects fully funded by the Kenyan public through the government? What happened there? Africa Uncensored‘s John-Allan Namu looks at the…
