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Samuel Abonyo


  • Guilt of experiment

    Samuel Abonyo | Arts & Book Reviews
    02.03.2018

    Samuel Abonyo's poem narrates disappointments from supporters of President Donald Trump who trusted and hoped that he would bring changes to their lives.  

    Tagged under Arts & Book Reviews North America Donald Trump

  • This post-truth thing

    Samuel Abonyo | Artificial Intelligence & Technologies
    09.02.2017

    What is truth? Now that people speak of a post-truth period, could we possibly assume that there were pre-truth and truth eras?

    Tagged under Artificial Intelligence & Technologies Post-truth

  • What exactly is the value of ethnic accounting in Kenya?

    Samuel Abonyo | Governance
    10.05.2012

    Kenya's National Cohesion And Integration Commission (NCIC) has claimed that ‘the five largest communities’ have a disproportionate share of total workforce in public universities and constituent colleges in Kenya. But how does this make a contribution to national cohesion and integration?

    Tagged under Governance Kenya

  • Kenya: How funeral announcements tell what tribes we are

    Samuel Abonyo | Resources
    08.12.2010

    Admitting his ‘staggering disappointment’, Samuel Abonyo reports that while ‘occupation’ influences funeral announcements in Kenya, ‘tribe’ is the primary determinant.

    Tagged under Resources Kenya

  • Why Kenya needs to act on inequality

    Samuel Abonyo | Governance
    12.11.2009

    As social inequalites in Kenya continue to widen, Samuel Abonyo argues in this week’s Pambazuka News that policies that encourage the redistribution of wealth are what the country needs if it is to achieve economic growth and reduce poverty.

    Tagged under Governance Kenya

  • Kenya is fated to federalism

    Samuel Abonyo | Governance
    05.11.2009

    In light of the Kenyan ruling class's clear vested interest in autocracy, Samuel Abonyo makes the case for a federalist system of government to achieve better representation and prosperity for all across the country.

    Tagged under Governance Kenya

  • 'Tribe' and tribal statistics in Kenya

    Samuel Abonyo | Governance
    03.09.2009

    Concerned by government statistics on Kenya's ethnic composition, Samuel Abonyo laments the enduring difficulty presented by the concept of tribe in Kenyan society. First developed under the auspices of colonial-era governance, the practice of tribal geography, writes Abonyo in this week's Pambazuka News, is still going on in today's Kenya. But what really is a tribe? What is the government actually counting? Figures on tribes, Abonyo concludes, remain at best inaccurate and at worst highly damaging in depicting false, divisive categorisations.

    Tagged under Governance Kenya

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