In 2012, findings by info Dev Publication prepared by iHub Research and Research Solutions Africa showed that Kenyan youth spend the biggest portion of their income on mobile phone airtime and trendy clothing. The Mobile Usage at the Base of the Pyramid in Kenya, findings showed that youth aged between 16 and 24 are constantly on their cell phones – texting and surfing the Internet – and send an average of 250 short text messages daily. However, the most interesting bit in the findings is how they sourced for the money as illustrated below the table. It is…
Author: David Indeje
David Indeje
David Indeje is the Community Engagement Editor at Khusoko, East Africa’s leading digital business news platform. He shapes editorial content, drives audience engagement, and amplifies diverse voices. Beyond journalism, he consults on digital strategy across agriculture, governance, technology, and health, while examining AI’s role in the future of media. He also serves as Communications Officer at KICTANet, advancing digital inclusion and policy dialogue.
Longstanding land grievances have created a hostile political environment for concluding Kenya’s Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation process, according to a section of Members of Parliament. “It is like we are trying to legislate in a 1963 parliament,” said Wajir North MP Ibrahim Abdi Saney. “The state has no regard for the 2010 Constitution. It absolutely contradicts the Bill of Rights and the spirit of the Constitution. I don’t think the TJRC report in its original form, could have assisted in truth and reconciliation. At the rate at which it is being mutilated, it will not see the light of day,”…
A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots are withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble-Charles Spurgeon Read: Is there a need for a tombstone?
The 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, released in April this year, reports that Acute respiratory infection (ARI), malaria, and dehydration caused by severe diarrhea are major causes of child morbidity and mortality in Kenya. The report further recommended that: Prompt and effective treatment for malaria is crucial to prevent the disease from becoming severe and complicated. The death of 7 children from malaria-endemic, at Kakamega General Hospital, Kakamega County on Sunday in a span of 24 hours is shocking. It is with grief that the County Government of Kakamega announces the sudden death of 7 children from malaria endemic,……
MASHUJAA (Heroes) Day, formerly Kenyatta Day, on October 20. It is going to be the 4thsince the Constitution of Kenya 2010 was promulgated recognizing only two other national days on the calendar Jamhuri Day and Madaraka Day. During this time of celebration and confrontation (Who should be designated a national hero? What exactly are the criteria), I can think of no better way to give people new vision and new hope than to point to those within their own society who are making a positive difference. Like it or not, every society. Every culture is built upon a…
Kenya marked one (2014) year since the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) presented its report findings and recommendations over to President Uhuru Kenyatta on 21st May 2013. The now-defunct commission was born from the 2007/2008 Post Election Violence and a desire of Kenyans to see a process, which would address deep-seated grievances and historical injustices. Since the Presidential Assent to the TJR Act on 28 November 2008 and coming into operationalization on 17 March 2009, the Kenyan citizens saw it as a means through which historical injustices can be addressed and to propose sustainable solutions including redress for victims.…