IT IS TIME, UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

A classical Review of the failed Delegative Democracy in Kenyan Universities, using MKU SoL as the case study. Universal suffrage can be widely defined as the right of every eligible person to cast their vote during an election. In context of university politics, it means that any student who is dully registered has a right…

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THE STORY OF TRIUMPH

Lucia Mwanzia Student, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America. Champion of Equal access of education, and a college student leader The curtains are soon falling for the 2021st year of the Gregorian calendar, and the best way possible to get down the year is to interview one of the most inspiring people I…

MAGICAL KENYA

The Breathtaking Nyanza tourism destinations that you’ve never heard about! Kenya is indeed a country that enjoys a rich and beautiful nature. While the government and private tourism and travel agencies have done arguably great in marketing the magical scenery within the 582,650 sq km of Kenya however it is worth to note that they…

MR & MISS MKU PARKLANDS

The refreshing tales of the best students fete ever at MKU-SoL *Sponsored Post* MR. AND MISS. MKU 2021On the evening of Thursday, November 11, the fraternity of Mount Kenya University School of law constellated at the famous Nairobi Cinema to witness the finals of Mr. and Miss. MKU Parklands, a fete to celebrate fashion and…

The Kenya 2007 Post Elections Violence

The price of historical injustices On the evening of December 30, 2007, I was seven, I sat legged crossed next to my grandfather as we keenly listened to BBC Swahili World Service broadcast that incumbent President Mwai Kibaki had been re-elected, and that hundred were feared dead minutes after the then electoral commission boss Samuel…

MWINGA MWADZIWE-The promising young politician

It is that one particular chilly Saturday morning. Nairobi weather can sometimes play games on you. The day before this, the weather forecasts department of a leading media house had predicted an extremely sunny day for this day, but here we are, shivering helplessly like the himalayan goats. That one aside, I am with Mwinga…

1994 GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA

The 100 Days Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda Among the most told and notorious history stories in Africa there exists the Rwanda Genocide of 1994. The history of Africa cannot be told without mentioning this scary bloodbath that can only be compared to Hitler’s Holocaust (pundits argue that Genocide against the Tutsis was far…

JESSE SARUNI- Young Changemakers Edition

PRESIDENT, MOUNT KENYA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF LAW STUDENTS ASSOCIATION It is a cloudy Tuesday morning. I make my way into The Mount Kenya University , Law Campus in Parklands Nairobi. I walk straight to the office of the students’ President in the Basement of the gigantic MKU Law Complex. After knocking, the ever smiling Jesse…

Time to Rethink Youth Leadership?

For a very long time, the leadership spectrum in this country was dominated by the old people, majority being 50 years and above. The parliament was often referred to as the house of retirees. This name came to be because people were seeking elective positions after their retirement from the public service. The trend was…

FLEXBOY DEEDAT ON YOUNG-CHANGEMAKERS-EDITION

One of the most difficult things I have ever done was to interview a public figure on a busy road and oh boy, this was tough, and let me tell you why. So it is a cloudy afternoon, I am with the Cinderella hitmaker Abdul Deedat alias Flexboy Deedat, we are walking from the main…