Author: David Indeje

Botswana has published its first anthology by women in an effort to cultivate a reading culture in the country by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Press women. The book establishes some record of what Batswana women think and how they live, while simultaneously reflecting issues women face, not only in Botswana but globally: domestic abuse, poverty, single motherhood, just to name a few.  However, it also reflects sexual freedom and pleasure, intellectual engagement, expressions of joy, playfulness, and assertion of a political presence. “At the same time, it reflects the richness and challenges of their particular social, political and cultural context,”…

Expect Stiff Competition from 1947 MGTC, 1934 Rolls Royce Boatail and the 1965 Mercedes-Benz 230 SL CBA Africa Concours d’Elegance, Kenya’s annual motorsport calendar, has gone international with three motorcycles from South Africa and 13 from Uganda and five cars from Uganda.  Peter Wanday, the Chairman of the Alfa Romeo Owners Club on Thursday said: “This highlights the African continental status of the classiest event on the Kenya motorsport calendar.” The 49th in the annual series organized by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club since 1970 and sponsored by CBA Group is themed “Afromotive, a celebration of the history of vintage…

A proposed bill, The Kenya Information and Communication (Amendment) Bill, 2019, intended to curb the misuse of social media has raised concerns from the public that it is a threat to free speech. The Bill, sponsored by Malava MP Malulu Injendi, will require online users to seek clearance with the Communications Authority, failure to which could attract KSh500,000 fine or a two-year jail sentence. “The objective of this Bill is to amend the Kenya Information and Communications Act to provide for regulation of use of social media platforms,” says Injendi. **** Clause 3 seeks to introduce a new Part to…

Three members of the Nubian Community through its Nubian Rights Forum will testify before the Kenyan High Court to show how they will ‘suffer significant discrimination’ if the Huduma Number system is implemented as proposed by the government.  The National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) is popularly known as the Huduma Number. The NIIMS is intended to be a single repository of personal information of all Kenyans as well as foreigners resident in Kenya. The hearing was heard before a three-judge bench composed of Justices Weldon Korir, Mumbi Ngugi and Pauline Nyamweya.  Counsel Waikwa Wanyoike, representing the petitioners  says, “For…

“The law cannot fix what technology has broken,” Anand Venkatanatayanan, National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) Expert Witness told the Kenyan High Court on Tuesday on behalf of the Nubian community on the viability of the centralized data collection system. Anand was being cross-examined by Lawyer Njoroge Regeru representing the Ministry of Interior said, “For a project that affects everyone, one would expect a lot of information to be available about it, but lack of it creates mistrust.” According to Anand, the state cannot have data protection without a data protection law in place in terms of functionality.  Regeru argued…

“Is democracy a necessary condition for development and social progress? Which political system is the best enabler for development in a nation like Kenya: a presidential or a parliamentary political system? These are the arguments that Prof. Anyang Nyong’o writes as the premise in his book ‘Presidential or Parliamentary in Kenya? That he advocates for the adoption of a parliamentary political system. The book examines the weakness of the presidential system of governance, especially its role in denuding democratic ideas and creating post-election conflicts. “The book seeks to persuade Kenyans to adopt a parliamentary democracy as we engage in intense…