Nairobi bids goodbye to Kenya’s most resilient and consequential reformist Raila Odinga who tore down country’s institutions of oppression

Nairobi bids goodbye to Kenya’s most resilient and consequential reformist Raila Odinga who tore down country’s institutions of oppression

President William Ruto said Odinga deserved the honour for having been a legislator for 15 years, a role he used to play “a pivotal role in shaping some of the most consequential laws in our Republic’s history.”

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Evidence from refugee camps in Kenya and UK qualify ‘black markets’ symbolise resistance to oppression and subjugation

Evidence from refugee camps in Kenya and UK qualify ‘black markets’ symbolise resistance to oppression and subjugation

I witnessed the same thing in my research on how economies emerge and grow in refugee camps, conducted in Kakuma in Kenya. People in search of safety – from war, persecution, disaster or hunger – end up in camps with inadequate services and poor opportunities.

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