AwaaZ Magazine - Volume 14, Issue 2

Cover Story: Elections 2017 - Did Your Vote Count?

#Decision2017: Political Parties and Electoral Integrity the weakest links in Kenya’s nascent democracy

Post-colonial Kenya has had four key moments of democratic renewal and optimism. The repeal of Section 2A of the old ...

In our election: ‘Money talks. Integrity and ideas walk’

By Caroline Lukalo who was an Aspirant for the Dagoretti North Seat in the 2017 Elections. I have always felt that...

Evans Gichungu

I think every Kenyan at some point, should be part of a politicians ca...

Boniface Mwangi

Boniface Mwangi is a Change Maker and Leader who has spent his life fi...

Attack on civil society is a bad sign for the future of democracy in Kenya

Last week felt like history repeating itself for civil society. It fel...

The Kenya Human Rights Commission Denounces Attempt Of Illegal De-Registration By The NGO Coordination Board

The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) takes great exception to a do...

Maraga might be the stone that the builders rejected

David Maraga, the future Chief Justice of Kenya, gave me my first job ...

Kura Yangu Sauti Yangu Press Statement

Monday, September 4, 2017 On Friday, the Supreme Court of Kenya spoke...

Reinforcing Stereotypes – A Grave Danger

This is a good time to realise the power of stereotypes and their role...

The Githeri Man

It felt like an eerie calm before a storm. We were in the midst of wha...

Why the Police Brutality on Children, Civilians and the Media in Kenya?

Following the August 8 presidential election in Kenya, one child was s...

South Asian Aspirants

Hon Abdul Rahim Dawood Reelected as MP for North Imenti on the Jubi...

Regular Columns

Does Philanthropy Have Limitations?

From 12th to 14th August this year, Kenya’s Asian Foundation organised Stawisha Maisha – Support Lives - the first exhibition of its kind dedicated to philanthropy, an activity in...

Geo-Politics At Play

As Kenyans recover from the aftermath of the election, what to write that may relieve the tension and yet seem relevant to the well-being of the country? There is...

Special Feature

A tribe, a nation, a people – or just Ke...

A funny thing happened on Friday, 21 July 2017 (funny peculiar not funny ha ha!) The President issued something called a Gazette Notice (it was number 7245, supposedly issued as Gazette Number 102 for...

Poems

No Kenya, No Peace

If Kenya didn’t burn in 2013, why should...

Witness #145

imagine the stifled voices, words fall...

Mentor Across The Ether

(In memory and in imitation of *Kofi Awo...

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About Awaaz

Awaaz is a magazine published tri-annually out of Nairobi, Kenya. It aims to provide a broad platform for debate and reflection on issues of both contemporary and historical interest. What started off in 2002 as a focus on the role of the South Asian community in the historical, political and socio-economic spheres of Kenya; has now broadened to cover the larger debates on diversity, democracy, human rights and social justice. The magazine also critically examines the role of minorities both as communities in Kenya and East Africa; as well as a concept of human rights in a society be they ethnic, racial, gender based, sexual or political.