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No Room to Point Fingers in the Fight to Protect Democracy

July 3, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

“Are we fighting Coronavirus or Democracy?” “Police have killed more people that Covid-19 has” “Where’s Parliament in all this? Why aren’t the MPs addressing police …

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Finance Bill 2020: It is Not Just About The President’s Agenda but The Welfare of Wanjiku

June 25, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

Creation of a spending plan and revenue-raising measures for a country is a highly emotive issue and needs to be looked at with the precision …

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Budgetary Allocation Must Not Impede Justice Dispensation

June 15, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

On Thursday 11th June 2020, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of National Treasury, Ambassador Ukur Yatani, unveiled a Ksh2.79 trillion budget aimed at serving the …

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The Fight Against Covid Cannot Be Won Without Youth Involvement

June 10, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

On 29th May 2020, Mzalendo Trust and Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association (KYPA) jointly held a Virtual Mock Parliament. Centring on their shared mandate on legislative …

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What a MAD-araka Day!

June 2, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

The number is 57. 57 years since Kenya attained self-rule but nothing on the ground reflects what our forefathers had envisioned for this country almost …

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Reclamation of Public Spaces is Important but the Timing of These Evictions is not Right

May 20, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

The president announced the extension of the stay at home orders and dusk to dawn curfew for an additional 21 days as a way of …

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Quick and Practical Interventions Needed to Protect the Future of Our Children

May 15, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

Coronavirus is slowly proving to be the factory reset button that systems have needed for a while. There are two sides of this crisis’ coin; …

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Create Room for Soundness in The Fight Against Covid-19 to Avoid Flip Side Effects

May 5, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

As the government seeks to mash up efforts to flatten the curve on the spread of the coronavirus, it is becoming unclear whether these efforts …

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Kenya’s Youth Most Vulnerable to Covid-19 Shocks

April 27, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

(Guest Blog) By Benjamin Sulle - Programs Officer, KYPA As the global shocks of Covid-19 become apparent for nations, the most vulnerable sections of populations …

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Intolerance to Bad Governance: Our Only Way Out of this Pandemic

April 20, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

The Government of Kenya is gradually moving away from imposing new containment measures to implementing those already in place. These measures have been serving as …

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Chasing Clout in This Crisis is Morally Wrong

April 15, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

Tenda wema nenda zako. A popular Swahili phrase that loosely translates to Do good and go your way, is one that is proving to be …

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It is COVID-19, Not Democracy, that is the Enemy

April 6, 2020 Loise Mwakamba

The world is currently going through what is being described as the worst and most crippling crisis since the Second World War. The COVID 19 …