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Dr Richard Saningo New Start Health Clinic joins Ginger Garlic hosts to address the issue of male sterility. What causes it? Why is it becoming so widespread in Kenya? What can be done about it? All those questions are answered in this…
Stories of men dying “in the line of duty” in Kenya are far too common these days. The one thing most of them have in common? The use of drugs that enhance the physiological response to sexual stimulation. Like Viagra, for instance. Is…
Welcome to Ginger Garlic, a new podcast from Africa Uncensored hosted by Cynthia Gichiri and Linda Ngari that seeks to demystify and explore how indigenous plants found in Africa can serve as remedies for common ailments. In this episode,…
From 1st January 2024, start the New Year on a high by listening to Ginger Garlic, a new podcast from Africa Uncensored hosted by Cynthia Gichiri and Linda Ngari that seeks to demystify and explore how indigenous plants found in Africa can…
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Is there a way forward for land ownership in Kenya? In this final episode of ‘Title Deals’, we look into the different areas that need attention from our past four episodes. Where does accountability come into play?
By Stephen Kafeero In June 2020, in a rare move ahead of upcoming, and contested, elections in 2021, President Museveni fired the then-Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), Judy Obitre-Gama.…
By Zack Ohemeng Tawiah Ghanaian journalist Enimil Ashon had it on good authority, he wrote in the Daily Graphic on 25 November 2022, that the President of his country had thought that a new candidate applying to head the then moribund…
By Josephine Chinele Zomba Mental Hospital (ZMH), 70 kilometres north of Malawi’s business capital Blantyre, used to be a place where mental health patients were brought to die. While mental conditions led to suicide, violent actions,…
By Taiwo Adebulu In front of a teeming crowd at the family medicine department of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria, a young nurse bravely tries to sort out piles of patient files for the day. She does not get very…
By Ngina Kirori The story of the fire brigade in Kenya’s eastern Tharaka Nithi county shows that it is perfectly possible to maintain a successful public service – and not only put out fires but also inspire hope in citizens – in a rural…
How dedicated officials help the public from within By Taiwo Adebulu, Josephine Chinele, Ngina Kirori, Zack Ohemeng Tawiah and Stephen Kafeero In many countries in Africa, public services are inadequate or dysfunctional. Yet some public…
By Tom Mukhwana In the inaugural year of President Ruto’s term, he and his deputy embarked on an extensive series of 51 trips to 34 countries, incurring a staggering expenditure exceeding Kshs 1.3 billion between July 1, 2022, and June 30,…
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…
