The constitution debate has taken an interesting turn. Kenya has now adopted American talking points with some legislators harping “pro-life” sentiments. They even got a boost from some amorphous organization staging a pro-life demonstration.

When the first “peace village” was set up in Burundi in 2003, it was meant to foster healing and reconciliation among the country’s three ethnic groups – Hutu, Tutsi and Twa – at the end of a prolonged civil war

Nairobi resident Sitawa Wafula, 26, suffered sexual abuse in the hands of an acquaintance as a teenager, but refused to live with the bitterness and guilt.

The Shisias looked like a relatively healthy and young Kenyan couple of peasant extraction with form four education. Their story started in Western Kenya, where they met in high school.

Hi. My name is Jessica but my friends (who are very few) call me Jezzie while my enemies –a constituency of them – call me Jezebel. I am 25 years old and HIV-positive. I am a mother of 4 -year –old twins – David (Didi) and Terry (Titi). This is my continuing story.

“Mundu wa Nyambura, I have an important matter at hand,” my friend Jack Kimana told me one morning as we were preparing for an early spring cook-out.

Three years before the 2007 elections, President Mwai Kibaki’s administration conducted seminars and drills for poll rigging. The machine of choice was the provincial administration in the office of the President.

You might have witnessed this scenario in the streets of Nairobi. A lady walks minding her own business before a ‘flock’ of men descend on her, undress her to nudity, claiming she is indecently dressed, leaving her humiliated and embarrassed.

If you have worked for any period of time you will know how it feels like to be kept out of the loop. Imagine your reaction whenever your boss makes major decisions in your absence, sends important emails without copying you and calls for crucial meetings when you are not available.

A national campaign to encourage sexual fidelity in Uganda has achieved something few recent campaigns have ever done – got the country talking.

Hi. My name is Jessica but my friends (who are very few) call me Jezzie while my enemies –a constituency of them – call me Jezebel. I am 25 years old and HIV-positive. I am a mother of 4 -year –old twins – David (Didi) and Terry (Titi). This is my continuing story.

The dating arena is a women’s galore with different experience levels. We all come with our credentials; single with or without children, married, separated or divorced.