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18 Jul 2025
Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Act: U.S. Law’s Ripple Effect on Kenya
President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill was passed on July 4, 2025, becoming the One Big, Beautiful Act. The law is a budget reconciliation act, a special type of legislation used to ex...
18 Jul 2025
Public Service Tracking App: Innovation or Invasion of Privacy?
On Wednesday, while in Samburu, Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku said that civil servants will soon be required to install a government mobile application on their phones to track their ...
18 Jul 2025
Digital Debt and the Law: Why Kenya’s Watchdogs Are Now Paying Attention
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) is set to launch an investigation into the digital sector after receipt of multiple complaints of abuse by digital lenders. The complaints raised include conce...
18 Jul 2025
Meta Lawsuit Settlement Signals a New Era in Corporate Governance and Human Rights
Meta abruptly settled a USD$8 billion shareholder lawsuit this Thursday with a last-minute agreement for an undisclosed amount, avoiding a trial that would have subjected its top leadership to rare pu...
11 Jul 2025
Speak Out or Stay Silent? The Dangerous Balance of Corporate Voice in Times of Political Unrest
The protests that gripped Kenya on June 25 and July 7 this year were not merely a contest between the government and citizens over tax hikes and economic hardship. They also marked a profound moment o...
11 Jul 2025
Kenya’s Plan to Tighten Data Protection Compliance Unveiled in ODPC’s 2025–2029 Strategy
The operationalisation of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in 2020, with Immaculate Kassait as its inaugural Commissioner, marked a new dawn in Kenya’s data protection landscape...
4 Jul 2025
Currency Regulation: A Necessary Measure or a Risky Move?
Currencies across East Africa have been experiencing significant volatility and sustained depreciation against the US dollar and other major foreign currencies. This trend has been driven by a mix of ...
27 Jun 2025
The Will to Die: How Kenyan Protests Forged a New Political Consciousness
On Wednesday, Kenya’s Gen Z marked one year since June 25, 2024, when many of their compatriots lost their lives to police brutality while protesting against the Finance Bill, 2024. The protests beg...
27 Jun 2025
Watchdog or Muzzle? CA’s Media Ban and the Fragile Balance of Media Regulation in Kenya
The commemoration of the June 25, 2024, protests on Wednesday gripped the nation. The swift and controversial directive from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), ordering major media outlets, i...
27 Jun 2025
Vellum Investigative Series: Insured Monopolies? How Kenyan Lenders Are Bleeding Borrowers Through Forced Insurance, Part 1
This investigation reveals a system where corporate self-interest prevails over public interest, where borrowers are reduced to mere revenue units, and regulatory institutions have abdicated their res...
20 Jun 2025
Inside Kenya Kwanza’s ‘One Government, One Voice’ Communication Policy:
The government has faced persistent challenges in coordinating and disseminating information about its policies, projects and overall progress under the Kenya Kwanza administration. These shortcomings...
13 Jun 2025
Budget FY 2025/26 Highlights
The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary, Hon. John Mbadi, this week delivered his first official Budget Day speech before the National Assembly under the theme: “Stimulating Sustainable Economic Rec...
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