Our community, over the past few weeks, has had a sustained fight against noise pollution, especially from nightclubs. This heightened campaign is welcome especially when we see other neighbourhoods such as Kileleshwa and Thome Estates rising to stop this menace. We are encouraged. This is not the first time our…

There is that distinct feeling living in Nairobi, that of a passer-by. Yes, you have your apartment, your job, and your life all in one place, but you still feel alienated. Like someday, you’ll leave this place and live out the remainder of your life at some other more permanent…

The point I’m making is that Kenya isn’t working for all of us because it was designed to be so. As far as the people who formed this state are concerned, Kenya is working as it should: keep the many poor, continue the extraction but make sure there is no civil war. Young people are asking for jobs, but there aren’t any because it was designed to be so. Corruption: the state is designed to be corrupt. Huge amounts of debt because the biggest resource in Kenya is her people. Your labour. Your blood.