When Covid-19 struck, the government moved fast to impose containment measures, including movement restrictions. Those hit the hardest, especially by the partial lockdown, were obviously residents of cities, particularly Nairobi. It was not surprising, then, that when the restrictions on movement were relaxed, “Nairobi people” quickly streamed to their respective rural homes — many with
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Last month’s ghastly murder of four older women in broad daylight by bloodthirsty, savage, ferocious and cruel individuals in a village at Marani Ward of Kisii County should prick our collective moral conscience. It should also serve as a call to the urgent need to address the state of the older people in the country — in
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The horror of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country was literally thrown into the faces of Kenyans last week with the shocking news of the brutal killing of a young star athlete. And before the sad news of the fatal brutality that cut short the life of the 25-year-old celebrated long-distance runner Agnes Tirop in
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If current indications are anything to go by, Kenya will have a record number of women elected in next year’s general election. It is even more heartening to note the increasing number of women, progressively coming out to announce their intention to go for the top seat in the county — governorship. It gets most
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Mention of 2022 immediately leads Kenyans to the forthcoming general election, the anxiety about it notwithstanding. But there is a more critical event than the polls. On June 4, 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta gave a firm guarantee and assurance to the largest global convention for gender equality, wellbeing of women and health rights that he
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