Public Policy

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Opinion

Afrophobia: Why South Africa’s Crisis Should Worry Kenya Too

By Ronny Choge | 6th July 2026 Across South Africa, a wave of anti-immigrant vigilantism — often described as "black-on-black xenophobia" or Afrophobia — has moved from scattered community anger into an organized, politically consequential force. Groups like Operation Dudula and the #PutSouthAfricaFirst movement didn't emerge overnight; they grew steadily by tapping into years of unaddressed economic pain, and they now shape mainstream political conversation rather than sitting on its […]

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Governance

Kenya’s Biggest Budget Yet: CS John Mbadi Unveils Ksh 4.84 Trillion Spending Plan for 2026/2027

By Ronny Choge | June 12, 2026   On the afternoon of Thursday, June 11, 2026, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi walked into the National Assembly carrying the traditional black briefcase emblazoned with Kenya's coat of arms and the word Harambee. What followed was a more than three-hour address that laid out the most ambitious spending plan in Kenya's history— and instantly split the country down familiar political fault lines. […]

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Child Welfare

We Must Do More to Protect Our Children: Why Kenya Needs a National Safeguarding Framework

Written by Ezekiel Olande on Tuesday, 19 May 2025. Like many Kenyans, I was shaken after reading The Teacher and the System, the recent exposé by Africa Uncensored. It was a harrowing account of repeated abuse, institutional silence, and systemic failure at one of Kenya’s most well-known schools. But that story is not an isolated case. It reflects a larger systemic problem: the lack of a safeguarding culture in our schools. […]

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