The violence plaguing the North Rift region in Kenya is complex, as it is caused by a multiplicity of factors
Historic land injustices, changing land ownership and use, and heightened competition for natural resources — exacerbated by the effects of climate change — make for a...
“Conservancies” in Kenya are presented as an example of conservation by and for local people, but they can be a device to grab land. Unless this...
Away from the urban spaces, internalized anthropologies, cultures and rites are getting disrupted with people’s ways of life coming apart. Life has changed significantly, ushering in...
BETTY GUCHU visits a cluster of IDP villages in Laikipia East where the ghosts of the post-election violence are still very much alive and where families...
Sometimes when I see an acacia tree, if the location is just right, I am transported back to my first home. For a moment, despite the...
The conflicts in Laikipia and elsewhere in northern Kenya ought to be looked at as a national security issue exacerbated by historical land injustices and the...