The African Trumpet

The state of Sudan has consistently and often precariously juggled its cocktail of historical, ethnic, religious and cultural history the sum total of which has been hits and misses of major proportions. Now a younger generation of restless women and men are demanding a total reckoning that would hopefully usher in a whole new chapter in the country’s history. As narrated byJohn Githongo and Ms Re...

The state of Sudan has consistently and often precariously juggled its cocktail of historical, ethnic, religious and cultural history the sum total of which has been hits and misses of major proportions. Now a younger generation of restless women and men are demanding a total reckoning that would hopefully usher in a whole new chapter in the country's history. As narrated byJohn Githongo and Ayn V...

The state of Sudan has consistently and often precariously juggled its cocktail of historical, ethnic, religious and cultural history the sum total of which has been hits and misses of major proportions. Now a younger generation of restless women and men are demanding a total reckoning that would hopefully usher in a whole new chapter in the country's history. As narrated by Magdi El Ghizouli, Sal...

The state of Sudan has consistently and often precariously juggled its cocktail of historical, ethnic, religious and cultural history the sum total of which has been hits and misses of major proportions. Now a younger generation of restless women and men are demanding a total reckoning that would hopefully usher in a whole new chapter in the country's history. Narrated by Magdi El Ghizouli, Salma...

The state of Sudan has consistently and often precariously juggled its cocktail of historical, ethnic, religious and cultural history the sum total of which has been hits and misses of major proportions. Now a younger generation of restless women and men are demanding a total reckoning that would hopefully usher in a whole new chapter in the country's history. As narrated by Magdi El Ghizouli, Sal...

How do over 3 million Kenyans abroad navigate life in foreign lands? We will be running this series over the next 8 months in a bid to put life abroad into context. The aim is to add nuance, debunk, and explain what it is like to leave the country and navigate your way in a foreign country while keeping tabs of life and relations back at home in Kenya. Today we are joined by Ms Victoria Ng'eno fro...

Two years ago economist David Ndii broke down the duality within the Kenyan economy, the power of political choices to shape economic reality and the economic boycott as a political strategy. and as he further elaborated to Ms Khadija Churchill, great economics rarely survive bad politics which should be the fundamental reason everyone should safeguard political freedom as a buffer against repress...

The current calls for a referendum have been proven anomalous to the journey of constitution-making that has been on in the last 20 years. The players, the interests and the motive of enacting such sovereign and sacred documents always ought to be reflective of a society's needs and as eminent lawyer Atsango Chesoni reiterates such decisions require careful deliberations.

How do over 3 million Kenyans abroad navigate life in foreign lands? What is it like settling in the respective country? What’s the immigration process like? How’s the food, culture, accents, and language like? How do you navigate racial complexities? How do you keep abreast of news from home? How do you process Kenyan news from that far away? What’s interaction with their foods? events? Local nua...

The central government has ceaselessly insisted that part of the increase in national debt and spending is due to devolution. However, broken down by numbers the nearly Ksh. 9 trillion debt accrued and mismanaged by the national government cannot be possibly accounted for by mere devolution. and as lawyer Kamotho Waiganjo, analyst Abraham Rugo and economist David Ndii explain to host John Allan Na...

Ksh. 7 Trillion later and countless promises, the Kenyan Treasury finds itself stuck with spiralling debt, depressed demand and resultant business downsizing and job losses. The president and Treasury boss have gone on a begging bowl diplomacy and the creditors have put stringent measures that will no doubt worsen the state of household economics. As John-Allan Namu, Economist David Ndii, IBP-Keny...

How do over 3 million Kenyans abroad navigate life in foreign lands? What is it like settling in the respective country? What’s the immigration process like? How’s the food, culture, accents, and language like? How do you navigate racial complexities? How do you keep abreast of news from home? How do you process Kenyan news from that far away? What’s interaction with their foods? events? Local nua...

The current crop of politicians is demanding for a constitutional change barely 10 years into the 2010 constitutional era. These calls for constitutional change are being made in the middle of spiralling debt, worst pandemic in modern history, and a wobbly economy which makes certain quarters to question the urgency of a referendum amidst these other pressing national issues. The Elephant in conve...

The year 2020 Marks the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Beijing Platform for Action), a pivotal agenda towards achieving gender equity. Significant progress have been made to this end and as Crystal Simeoni, Director at Nawi: Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective and Memory Kachambwa of FEMNET clarify major work is still yet...

The Kenyan coastal strip has had a 1000 year history, rich culture and heritage that has been overshadowed by the colonial entrenchment of Nairobi. and as scholars Munga Mwachiro and Muturi Katana explain, for coasterians the competing reality of their Kenyan identity, therefore, lies at the heart of contestation around language, history, pride, and stereotypes that have in recent years ended up i...

The 2010 Kenyan constitution has been hailed as a governing masterpiece. Now in light of possible changes through the BBI referendum critical questions about the necessity of amendments have been fronted. As Prof. Issa Shivji says constitutions don't make revolutions, rather revolutions make a constitution and that sequence is rarely upstaged.

The hustlers narrative is simply the tag thrown at Kenya's current class struggle which has been at play since the hut tax in 1920. The successive Kenyan elites have failed to reform the colonial political economy and inclusive despite its gradual decay. The class struggle under the hustlers narrative is now pitting those whom the system was never meant to serve vs those who feel entitled to run t...

For a country laden with lots of unresolved high and low profile homicides, the need for better forensic models, better cooperations, and a seamless judicial system will expedite a closure for families. Even then that will demand a more deliberate involvement of communities, the indictment of culprits and engendering a culture of valuing human life and our approaches to justice. A conversation by...

The victims of extrajudicial killings tend to be largely male, largely poor, largely from informal settlements. The classism implicit in the murder speaks into how our society ranks lives based on their socio-economic fate. The mantra seems to be, whatever you do, don't be poor, as told by activist Njoki Gachanja, state pathologist Johannssen Oduor, lawyer Kariuki Karanja, state legal advisor Emil...

The National Coroner Service Act 2017 availed an opportunity for independent forensic documentation and reporting by qualified pathologists in the case of extrajudicial killings by police. It hasn't yielded much fruit though and as panellists; activist Njoki Gachanja, state pathologist Johannssen Oduor, lawyer Kariuki Karanja, state legal advisor Emily Chweya, and police oversight director David N...

How do over 3 million Kenyans abroad navigate life in foreign lands? What is it like settling in their respective country? What's the immigration process like? How's the food, culture, accents, and language like? How do you navigate racial complexities? How do you keep abreast of news from home? How do you process Kenyan news from that far away? What's interaction with their foods? events? Local n...

In recent years we've seen corruption move form the fringe to become the unofficial operational policy of those close to the president. Kenyan politicians, in turn, have abandoned all pretence of legitimacy as industrial-scale lotting has messed the economy, spiralled national debt and compromised our judicial and penal philosophies. The Elephant in conversation with Hon. Martha Karua, former pres...

Night-time raids, assassinations, muzzled reporting, and clandestine paramilitary unit have been the reality for dozens of Kenya's coastal residents since the 9/11 terror attack. As The elephant producer John Githongo and investigative reporter Namir Shabibi recall, 19 years since the 'War on Terror' began the terrain looks ever more precarious with heroes turning into villains, innocent people ha...

The impact of the COVID virus on production, demand, supply, credit market and labour demand continues to be felt differently by different sectors. This calls for a halfway review of its respective effects and how best we can craft the path towards full recovery. As narrated by Darius Okolla.

The centrality of affordable, available, variety of food to the peace infrastructure of the horn of Africa cannot be underestimated. And as food expert Guled Ahmed clarifies the regional governments have to prioritize the political and economic aspects of food security to guarantee the stability of their respective nations.