Kenya’s leaderless, social media-driven #RejectFinanceBill protests shook Ruto’s government. Can the movement outlast the moment?

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta, who served for two terms between 2013 and 2022 is once again the talk of town.This comes even as he originally cut ties with social media over unending attacks against ...

In the days immediately following revelations that Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta held secret wealth in offshore tax havens, Odanga Madung noticed something odd on Twitter. In spite of the ...

The dust has settled on the African Union (AU) Commission elections, with Djibouti’s Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, emerging as the new Chairperson. For Kenya’s Raila Odinga, the loss ...

People higher in socio-economic status are likely to become active in politics because they have the time, money and skills.

While some reports attribute Kenya’s postelection crisis to tribalism, most analysts see weak political institutions at the root of problems.

TikTok content moderators' unfamiliarity with the political context in Kenya is among the reasons why some of the inflammatory posts were not taken down.

The agreement that helped stave off a political crisis following the 2017 presidential election has also recast politics in Kenya. The future is looking no less fraught than the past. This time ...

Televised political debates in Kenya started in 2013 and have had a chequered history.

The new centre of Kenya opposition politics has moved after decades of Raila Odinga’s Nyanza region being at the helm.