Mar 11, 2021Securing Your Blog, Websites or Logins OnlineNever use the same password for your sites. Generate different secure passwords for your sites of at least 15 characters long, which includes letters, numbers and symbols. My favourite password generators are those by Bitwarden and LastPass. Use a Password Manager (free or premium). A password manager takes away the…Website Security2 min read
May 23, 2020Simple Tips to Speed Up Your WordPress SiteI have been working with WordPress as a blogger since 2012. First with WordPress.com and then WordPress.org. I started my first blog on wordpress.com in 2012 before I moved to wordpress.org in 2015 after finding my blogging niche. …9 min read
Jul 29, 2019Why Some Proposals in the Punguza Mzigo Bill Are ProblematicShould counties share of national revenue be increased to 35%? — I had the chance to go through the Punguza Mzigo (Constitution of Kenya Amendment) Bill, 2019 sponsored by the Thirdway Alliance. The bill seeks to amend close to 32 Articles of the Constitution. …Open Government6 min read
Jun 16, 2019Hatred against Women in the Kenyan Society is on the RiseThe hatred against women in Kenya seems to be on the rise. A radio presenter even writes that Kenyan men hate their own women. She says that Kenyan men do not love, cherish, or protect their women. Yet, you can feel the genuine sense of concern emanating from her sentiments…Feminism4 min read
Jun 16, 2019Do Kenyan Men Love, Respect and Cherish Their Women?Do Kenyan men hate their women? Radio host Renee Ngamau thinks so. In a Facebook post, she says she is convinced that Kenyans do not love their women. Specifically, she says that Kenyan men hate their women. She concludes that “Kenyan men do not love, cherish, respect or protect their…Feminism5 min read
Jun 14, 2019Are General Elections in Kenya the World’s Most Expensive?What is Kenya’s average per capita spending on elections? — In early 2016, IEBC said it needed sh30 billion to properly conduct the August 2017 general elections in Kenya. In addition, it requested sh2 billion from the government to conduct a comprehensive voter registration exercise. The government gave IEBC sh500 million for the latter, but IEBC said it was not…Politics4 min read
Jun 14, 2019Some Useful Resources for GeneratePress Theme UsersFor those who use GeneratePress Theme, here are some useful resources I use. Since the theme’s core spirit is speed, so are these resources. If you care about your website speed, I suggest strongly that you buy the premium version of GeneratePress. 1. Social Share plugin — here you can…CSS6 min read
Jun 6, 2019Is the Government Starving the Counties of Devolved Funds?Since the rollout of devolution, the issue of revenue allocation to county governments has been under discussion on various platforms. In February 2017, opposition leader Raila Odinga said that President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto had starved counties of devolved funds. Raila claimed that both the president and…Kenya4 min read
Jun 6, 2019Three Issues that Remain Unsolved Since the Collapse of ICC CasesICC’s Senior Trial Lawyer Anton Steynberg expressed the regret that the court’s prosecution had over the collapse of the Kenyan cases. Speaking in Arusha, Steynberg blamed lapses in prosecutorial strategy as the cause for the collapse of the cases. …Kenya4 min read
May 30, 2019Why We Should Rethink what is African or Un-AfricanA large number of Africans are still trapped in the traditional understanding of ‘what is’ and “what is not’ African. For example, they will often use absurd connotations to defend male chauvinism. These male chauvinists claim that the African woman ‘will never walk in the shoes’ of an African man…Gender Equality4 min read
