Cover Story: Satirising Society
A Brief History of Political Cartoons
Knife-edged and salient, there is no simpler or more effective form of journalism than the editorial or political cartoon. The message – usually critical – is instantaneous, and often funny.
Cartoonist Godfrey Mwampenmbwa (GADO)
Eunice Luchera Kamaara and Naomi Luchera Shitemi (Editors) interviewed...
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Focus On Corruption
The snarl up experienced on the Nakuru-Gilgil stretch last Sunday was caused by various factors; tremendous increment in vehicle population as the “highway” cries out for multiple lanes. There are also dozens of new drivers trying to prove that their cheap, little white second hand Toyota imports from Japan are “deadly...
The Return of Minorityman
On July 25, 2015 Barack Obama landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as the first ever sitting US president to visit Kenya. This wasn’t his first visit. He had come three times before: the first as an impecunious youth, to see with his own eyes where his father had come from, the second as a young man starting out in life, eager to expose his fiancée to his African roots and the third a...
Europe`s migrant crisis: history`s revenge!
Europe has been in the grip of a `migrant` crisis for most of this year and it shows no sign of abating even as winter beckons. The line of movement of the people in question stretches from the south east of the continent, across the narrow stretch of water separating Greece from Turkey, to Calais on the French side of the English Channel, where large numbers of wannabe migrants and asylum seekers...
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Memorial to the Mau Mau Victims of Tortu...
INAUGURATION CEREMONY September 12, 2015, Freedom Corner, Uhuru Park We thank you dear friends for standing with us, for fighting with us, and now for celebrating with us. This day is like no other because it’s been long in coming - they say that the arc of history is long, BUT that it bends towards JUSTICE. They al...
Remarks of Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga at Inauguration of Mau Mau Monument, September 12, 2015
I am honoured to witness this significant event that is both a closure and a beginning. The fate of the freedom fighters in Kenya has been extremely close to my heart. As Prime Minister in the grand coalition government, I was privileged to discuss the fate of Mau Mau fighters with the highest officials of the British government.
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