Issue: THE LAKE WAS NEVER LOST

When I first saw him at our local watering hole Mzembe looked rather listless, bored and absent-minded. He was dressed in a shabby oversized coat that draped on his bony shoulders like a scarecrow’s outfit, and which was a faded dirty color

Late 2017, I found myself navigating the raw and unfamiliar terrain of grief. I had just lost my father, and the world felt painfully still and colorless. That’s when my uncle and cousins decided to take me on a trip—a small act

Even as a child, I would hear our people speak of muNyanja -going into the lake, with reverence and fear as if it was a separate, enchanted world that took our brothers or made them a fortune. Lake Nyanza, this expansive water

When I worked in Southern Budalangi, much of my work involved mobile health services, the kind where the clinic doesn’t wait for the people, but the people are sought out, even in the remotest corners. Dotted across this region are low-lying islands

What I remember most about waiting at Luanda K’Otieno pier was the absence of fish. It was late afternoon, and the eateries that usually bustled with the aroma of fried tilapia and Nile perch and the laughter of travellers had run out

July 2025 will be a pivotal month for Kenya’s economic trajectory, balancing social stability against fiscal consolidation. The government is facing waves of unrest from the unemployed youth budging the ranks of Gen Z protests as well as from civil service over

The world changes when new technology that allows us to reduce the amount of energy we need to do the same things we do on our daily lives, intersects with new ways of transportation that, in turn, brings disparate spaces together to