Slightly more than two decades ago, in the heated crucible of Kenya’s constitutional reform struggles, a giant was born. The ...

In what is shaping up as the battle of the deputies, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki who replaced Mr Rigathi Gachagua after ...

This working paper contributes to a research series exploring the politics of anti-gender backlash, sharing insights from ...

Keria Nkumbo, a dusty trading centre on the border of Meru and Tharaka Nithi, carries within its daily struggles the unspoken truth of Kenya’s politics: When poverty hardens into a way of life, ...

Kenya’s former Prime Minister and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80. Widely regarded as one of the country’s most influential political figures, Odinga shaped Kenya’s ...

Africa has increased the number of women in parliament but still looks set to miss a global goal of gender parity in politics ...

As the echo of the 17-gun salute thundered through Nyamira village on Sunday evening, followed by the roar of a military fly-past, a profound silence descended across Kenya. Amid the emotion lay the ...

When Nigerian scholar Babafemi Badejo published Raila Odinga: An Enigma in Kenyan Politics in 2006, he captured something moving about the man who would dominate Kenya’s political imagination for half ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - The United Nations says the Kenyan government is blocking Western countries like Canada from resettling LGBTQ+ refugees, leaving hundreds of desperate people languishing in dangerous ...