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Safaricom face backlash building backdoor access for Kenyan police

Safaricom is accused of helping to obfuscate call record data for victims seeking justice from police kidnappings and killings, helping the state avoid responsibilities for the crimes against its citizens.

October 30, 2024

Long Read

The Adulting epidemic

As the educated youthful population, we are expected to deliver an economic boom when there will be two active youth for every child and pensioner.

October 1, 2024

Opinion

A note to those carrying out abductions

Money is sweet and makes the world go gaga, everyone is looking for it, myself included. But being paid to abduct your fellow human beings to instil fear in them, or to silence them for good by making them disappear, just for

July 30, 2024

Podcast·Project Unemployment·Videos

EP 1: Gen Z demand for jobs

Two Kenyan business journalist who have covered debt and economy over the last decade have a conversation about misdiagnosis of the Gen Z crisis amid a debt, political and geopolitical crisis and why we need new political actors.

July 28, 2024

Economy & Politics

President Ruto balances Gen Z, IMF in olive branch

Despite the offer Gen Z protesters turned up in huge numbers for the Saba Saba rally, marking the historical day of protests with calls for President Rutos’ resignation

July 8, 2024

Economy & Politics

Tik Tok… is govt running out of time to quell protests

Investors are watching how Kenya will manage the anti-tax protests and negotiate to keep International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme on course given the scrapping of the Finance Bill could derail more funding.

July 5, 2024

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