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Arzu Abbasova & Thomas Mukhwana On 23 February 2024, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the watchdog responsible for setting international standards on anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing (AML/CTF), put Kenya on the…
By Wambui Mwaura Doctors in Kenya’s public hospitals have gone on strike, demanding better pay, and for medical interns to be deployed. This strike comes seven years after the longest strike by medical practitioners in Kenya, which lasted…
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For about 2 years, unsuspecting farmers have bought and used a product being marketed as subsidized organic fertiliser. What did they buy? How did it affect their crops? Cynthia Gichiri, an Africa Uncensored reporter and producer, shares…
For nearly two years, a troubling scheme has been unfolding in the heart of Kenya’s agricultural landscape. Unbeknownst to many farmers, what they believed to be subsidized fertilizer was, in fact, nothing more than ordinary sand cleverly…
For nearly two years, a troubling scheme has been unfolding in the heart of Kenya’s agricultural landscape. Unbeknownst to many farmers, what they believed to be subsidized fertilizer was, in fact, nothing more than ordinary sand cleverly…
In 2023, Africa proved to be an increasingly dangerous place, both for journalists and for journalism itself. Not only were at least eight of us murdered and 67 imprisoned in this one year, with scores more threatened and harassed, but…
By ZAM reporter The Network of African Investigative Reporters and Editors, NAIRE, has issued a call to support their efforts in exposing regimes consisting of “kleptocrats who sell out resources, promote incompetence and nepotism, and…
By Tracy Anne Bonareri This piece narrates Issa Otome’s traumatic experience of “conversion therapy”, shedding light on the mental health challenges endured by survivors. The article emphasizes the prevalence of such practices, especially…
By Thomas Mukhwana (Africa Uncensored), Matthew Chapman (The Examination), and Sarah Marsh (The Guardian) Active lobbying by British American Tobacco Kenya has influenced the regulation of nicotine pouches (Velo) in the country. Through…
By Sam Munia One of Kenya’s main forests, the Ngong Forest, home to a diverse range of plants and animals, is under threat due to decades of encroachment. The forest cover has significantly reduced, putting the biodiversity of the region…
In the final episode of the premiere season of Ginger Garlic, Linda Ngari hosts Tim Mwaura, Eli Mwenda, Philip Ogola and Shiv Simani to dissect all the topics covered in this season and more. Like mentorship and men’s mental and physical…
Circumcision is almost a universal practice in Kenya with over 80% of men in the country said to have undergone the cut. For many in the country, the cut is tied to cultural practices, a mark of the transition from childhood to adulthood.…
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,…
