Governance

This interview aimed to get an insight into the role of grassroots-level organizations in the electoral process in Kenya. Gacheke Gachihi's views are very informed and therefore enriching as he is associated with Bunge la Mwananchi (Peoples' Parliament) [1] and the Unga Revolution [2].

Over the years, the Black athlete has been the subject of both popular and scholarly examination. Nothing has changed the face (literally) of professional sports in America like the Black athlete.

The reach of the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) leaders was palpable this week, not just here in Durban where they gathered on Tuesday and Wednesday to plan investments and infrastructure, but everywhere up continent where extraction does extreme damage.

For Liberia, the 2017 presidential, senatorial, and local government elections stand to ignite a collective anxiety for both the nation and its international partners.

In its issue, 2nd -8th March 2013, The Economist magazine drew a rosy picture of Africa in a 14-page special report of what it described as “the world’s fastest growing continent,” with a cover page title “Aspiring Africa”1, featuring the picture of a giraffe with an exaggeratedly long neck scan

The introduction of biometric voter identification and results transmission systems by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was a stipulation of the election act that was meant to ease the problems associated with the manual voter registration and tallying after the Krigler

Many of us who pontificate about the dissonance between dissent and patriotism remain oblivious to the fact that these are actually very loaded terms.

On January 21, 2013 the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg found Mr Henry Okah guilty of 13 charges related to terrorism. We’ll get to that and other matters; but for now, it is pertinent to point out a few anomalies.

The general consensus is that political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi’s ‘tyranny of tribal numbers’ theory was the determining factor for Uhuru Kenyatta’s contested recent win in the March 4 elections.