Kenya’s satire is under threat
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Patrick Gathara

Patrick Gathara is a Kenyan journalist, cartoonist and writer. His blog (www.gathara.blogspot.com) covers Kenyan and international affairs and has been nominated for the Best Political Blog section of the Bloggers Association of Kenya Awards. He is also a regularly published commentator on regional and international affairs.

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Kenya’s satire is under threat

Kenyans have long challenged power by laughing. But the Kenyan government has started cracking down on humour. “At a...

America’s Colonial Election

The political stalemate in the United States challenges many of the commonly held notions about democracy in the nuclear-armed,...

Is Traditional Medicine Africa’s Secret Weapon Against COVID-19?

Covid-19 infections across Africa are on the rise. Although the confirmed number of infected people on the continent is...

COVID-19: The Illusion Of Upper – Class Safety

In November of 1871, the then Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VII, contracted typhoid fever, a deadly...

Press Freedoms Under Threat In Kenya

The arrest and detention of two Kenyan bloggers, Robert Alai and Patrick Safari over pictures of dead Kenyan security...

BLACK, RED AND GREEN: The story behind the Kenyan flag

Fifty-six years ago, on July 26, 1963, the national flag of the soon to be newly independent state of...

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