'Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson’s accuracy of description is very much in question'

Bruce D. Patterson is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is also an …

Kenya’s election: Institutional safeguards are still a work in progress

Lessons from 2013 & 2017 indicate media, parties, civil society, citizens should be as vigilant as ever

Ruto government has its work cut out: Kenya’s development challenges new President must address

Country hopes promises made for agriculture, healthcare, environment, water, housing, sanitation will be fulfilled

Antimicrobial resistance in Kenya: interview with Samuel Kariuki

Samuel Kariuki is professor and head, Centre for Microbiology Research at KEMRI, Nairobi. His research interest lies in the epidemiology and …

Flowering contentions

A Kenyan bid to enter the global flower market withers some of the North's near-monopoly profiteering

Fall Armyworm attack: Desperation pushes Kenya farmers to danger

Overall, 43 of 47 counties in Kenya reported the presence of FAW, indicating that about 80 per cent of Kenya’s crops-producing landmass was …

11 lions killed in a week in Kenya as climate-linked human-wildlife conflicts escalate

Climate change, changing land use and human, livestock and wildlife population increase are the major drivers of spiraling human-wildlife …

This indigenous tribe of Kenya needs the world’s attention

The Sengwer hunter-gatherer people of the Embobut forest are being criminalised and dispossessed of their ancestral lands by the Kenyan State

On the world’s largest and longest UBI experiment

The experiment is ongoing in 'sequestered' 200 villages in Kenya for the next eight years and India has some lessons as it plans for a similar scheme

What Kenya needs to do to take advantage of its rainfall

Farmers need to be better informed where they can sell their crops for good prices so that they’re confident they can recoup the cost of …

Plastics ban calls for deliberation, not draconian measures

While a plastic-free society may sound good, issues like lack of alternatives to banned products and potential threats to livelihoods of millions …

What mapping Kenya’s child deaths for 50 years revealed – and why it matters

Kenya performed well above average, with a rate of 46 deaths per 1,000 live births compared to an average of 76 across sub-Saharan Africa region

Kenya’s dairy sector is failing to meet domestic demand. How it can raise its game

The sector faces significant challenges that affect the realisation of its full potential

As press freedom continues to struggle in Kenya, alternatives keep hope alive

As we mark World Press Freedom Day 2021, let us remember that 2020 was terrible for the press in many parts of the world.

Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

Given that Kenya shares a porous border with Uganda – and is a busy international travel hub – is Kenya ready to handle an outbreak?

Baptised by fire

Wildlife saviour Richard Leakey, hailed as messiah by some, and hated as hell's messenger by others, is now in the thick of Kenyan politics

Inflation is rising in Kenya: Here’s why, and how to fix it

Politicians eyeing Kenya’s 9 August polls have been offering solutions in exchange for votes  

Kenya’s population: 5 key findings in the past 20 years of research

There are huge differences in health, education & other social outcomes among residents of urban informal settlements when compared to other …

African court orders Kenya to pay $1.3 million as reparations to indigenous Ogiek people

The government will also formally recognise the Ogiek, one of the most marginalised groups, as an indigenous people of Kenya

How corruption encourages illegal fishing on Lake Victoria

By encouraging illegal fishing to continue, corruption is undermining the comanagement system implemented to encourage more sustainable practices

How Ethiopia and Kenya have put a world heritage site in danger

The lake inflow hydrology has already changed, which means that nutrient inflows and their distribution through the lake have also been affected

Flood situation in East Africa still remains grim

Communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda are facing fresh bouts of flooding besides facing hardships due to earlier bouts

Dam collapse kills at least 38 in Kenya; flood situation in East Africa remains grim

Torrential rains have wreaked havoc in the last few weeks, destroying thousands of homes and displacing more than half a million people across …

Nairobi's water crisis likely to continue till 2026

On December 26, 2016, the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Ltd first announced “temporary” reduction of water supply, and the …

How Kenya’s new personal data protection law could affect researchers

The law requires express, explicit, unequivocal, free, specific and informed consent to personal data processing from the data subjects