AwaaZ Magazine

Cover Story: Determining the Destiny of Kenya - Elections 2017

What is democracy and what is it for?

Demise of democracy. As we move rapidly towards the general elections, it important to reflect on the values of elections and democracy. Kenya became democratic at independence but Democracy did not ...

Much to worry about as Kenya goes into elections again

In December 2016, Mkenya Daima, an entity of Kenya’s private sector, convened a conference in Kwale to which they invited all the leading political actors in the country to sign a pledge that they wou...

One person one vote: is that all? Do we need it?

Yash Ghai is fond of saying—and he is not alone—‘The trouble with demo...

Electoral Technology: A Tool of the Trade or a Mechanism of Manipulation?

Election hacking is making headlines. In the wake of Donald Trump’s vi...

What have elections to do with freedom?

As Kenya heads for elections for the 12th parliament in August 2017, i...

Elections, freedom and democracy

Democracy is said to be a universally admired. Actually it is relativ...

Africa, democracy and elections; a critical perspective

Almost 2,000 public officials will be elected by Kenyans in August. Th...

Determining the destiny of Kenya

(TKO) First published in The Kenyan Weekly

Kenya Elections from a theoretical and global perspective

Introduction. I limit my contribution to making some general observat...

Regular Column

Love, Justice and Elections

`Loving` is the title of a 2016 American film about the real-life story of, yes, a Mr Mrs Loving, where the metaphor did match the reality. Love was indeed the driving force of their extraordinary struggle to gain recognition of their interracial marriage that took them all the way to the US Supre...

TRIBE number 44, please

In mid-January this year, I came across an article in The Star, a local newspaper, with the following headline: Asians petition Uhuru to recognise them as Kenya’s 44th tribe. The article went on to reveal that a petition, signed by Hindus, Sunni and Shia Muslims, Sikhs and Goans had been sent to the...

Special Feature

Living Memories in our midst

THE SECOND WORLD WAR - REASONS AND LIFE AFTER. Tucked away in villages in various Kenyan counties are old men in their sunset years. Some are grandfathers and some are grand uncles who fought in the ...

FREE The South Sudanese Four!

Friday, 29 May 2015 is a day families of four Kenyans working in Juba will never be able to forget. ...

Dear Muthoni, I’m in Prison in Southern Sudan

This story is dedicated to the South Sudanese 4 who are being held in illegal detention for the last...

Poems

Voting Again – By Anne Namatsi Lutomia

It is election time, time to vote again ...

New Book!

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