15 min read. IBRAHIM MAGARA argues that instead of exploring opportunities to heal wounds, and mending ties in pursuit of the national interest, specifically national security,...
16 min read. As Kenya’s forgotten mothers get worn out by the load of a nation’s collective misdeeds in pursuit of political power, a day shall...
1 min read. A podcast of Bulimu Chole's article "Red Earth: The Killing of Carilton David Maina" published on The Elephant
1 min read. Something happened on December 31st, 2011, and seemingly overnight, Kenyans began to religiously comply with the expanding security protocols. I was no exception....
6 min read. The “War on Terror” is a disruption, that makes normal, absurd reality, a privation of humanity, a shape-shifting enemy that yearns for innocent...
1 min read. The sound of the gun was so loud that we thought he had shot at us from inside the building, perhaps from the...
10 min read. I have been thinking about the old man who spoke to me on my way to work. Why me? Why did he follow...
5 min read. There has arisen a new security architecture mostly in the city that commodifies our fears, and develops surveillance products to monetise it. They promote an...
8 min read. After the Garissa massacre, universities became like military installations. Private security firms were deployed to man the gates and the buildings within universities....
5 min read. I. Some years ago, I forgot my national ID in a jeans pocket before a wash and it’s been steadily losing glue ever...
