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Best wishes for April

Yonder is April Weeks of promise and tender winds Whether at noon or hurried evenings the common Raven will flap wings for her children to seek shelter, for cloud's darkest hangs precariously, and narcissus only grins Wild narcissus in April bloom

A Look at opposition Politics in East Africa

The beauty of democracy surely lies in vibrant opposition politics! No running away from this open secret. opposition is an integral part in the running of public affairs within a democracy. Opposition represents alternative government or a government in waiting. To prove their mettle, such a party must always project counter policies as well valuable criticism to the government of the day. So what dulls so much the politics of East Africa? The killing of opposition in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. The year 2017 was of great political turmoil in Kenya. A greater chunk of political parties united to front a single presidential bid under National Super Alliance (NASA), and this union was indeed a threat to the ruling party Jubilee. Methinks, one of the strategies of winning the election that year was to weaken the opposition by all means. NASA supporters were mostly branded as violent and thereby justifying setting the police upon them at the slightest attempt to pro...

Democratic hunger, Hunger and anger

Hunger in a Kenya… Hunger is the most conspicuous pointer to a society living in squalor. So much has gone wrong in Kenya It is a pity to move into this drought crisis only months after an election which itself was crisis-like. Food and water are most basic human needs. Lack of these means diseases and deaths are just lurking nearby. Billions have been allocated to ease the suffering in most affected areas… The monies are meant for boreholes and food. I don’t understand how boreholes will improve sustainability of water resources in the long run. Boreholes do not replenish water resources. It breaks my heart to know that the region most affected is the Coast, my region of birth. I dread the feeling that someone I know may not get a wink of sleep because of a cold belly. This not being the first time for such measures to be taken, I am not hoping for a miracle. Relying on relief food undermines the dignity of human life. Human beings all over...

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