Governance

The Need for Enhanced Whistleblower Programs in the War Against Corruption

By John Kamau As the world commemorates International Fraud Awareness Week this week, it is important to take note...

Episode #16: The Kenyan Perspective: Unpacking the Opposition to President Ruto’s 2023 Budget Proposals

President William Ruto’s 2023/2024 budget proposals as contained in the 2023 Finance Bill have come under sharp criticism for...

Episode #15: State of the continent – A critical look at Africa’s democracies

Last week most parts of the continent observed Africa Day, a commemoration of the founding of the Organization for...

Kenya Protests: The peculiar case of a hunger and bullets face-off

Say what you may about Kenya’s opposition leader, Raila Odinga, but one thing you cannot take away from him...

NGOs and Political Activists Fear Crackdown as Zimbabwe’s Private Voluntary Organisations Bill Nears Approval

Zimbabwe Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and political activists are living in dread after the country’s parliament passed the Private Voluntary...

Ramaphosa consolidates power as he dithers on cabinet reshuffle

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is in a fix barely a year before the 2024 general elections. He is...

2022 Review: The Ghana perspective with a dash of Nigeria ft Immanuel Obeng’- Akrofi

In this episode, I speak to Ghanaian political scientist and Africa Blogging author Immanuel Obeng-Akrofi about the worrying economic...

Corruption in Ghana; moving from bad to worse

In Ghana, corruption has spread like endemic cancer, endangering future generations and the nation. According to a 2018 warning...

Can Corruption and Development Co-Exist?

By John Kamau While recently discussing the corruption in Kenya with a friend, they pointed out we may be...

The fight against corruption: lessons from Kenya and Zambia

By John Kamau and Andre Chibuye In 2018, a Zambian parliamentary delegation visited Kenya to learn how to effectively...

Stir The Pot: Zimbabwe govt lacks spine to make tough decisions required to protect workers

THE Zanu PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises...

Blame poor planning by SADC for Southern Africa power problems

Many cities and towns in Southern Africa are resembling ghost towns at night as relentless and rolling power cuts...

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