Erick Oundah

Governance and Accountability

Inside Kenya’s Systemic Rot: Unmasking the Sociology of Corruption in Africa

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, headquartered in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, conducted the National Ethics and Corruption Survey in 2023 to establish the status and perception of corruption in the country. The study consisted of a representative household sample of 5100 respondents aged 18 years and above distributed across all 47 counties. 57.3% of the respondents […]

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Raila Odinga: World Leaders and International Bodies Eulogise Odinga As Champion of Democracy and Pan-Africanist

“Baba summoned many of us to the Serena Hotel, and asked if we wanted to proceed with the plans of ODM at 20 celebration, I didn’t know that Baba was bidding us bye,” Senator Godfrey Osotsi opened with this strikingly sorrowful statement. Reality of the end of Odinga’s friendly conversation with him and other mourners

Youth Leadership and Socio-Economic Empowerment

Food Security: Transforming Flower Beds into Kitchen Gardens in Kenya’s Public Schools 

Cultural inheritance practices, urbanization, and population growth form part of the factors that have resulted in land fragmentation in Kenya. Consequently, the effects of land fragmentation have been agriculturally unfavourable. Big chunks of fertile land have been subdivided into smaller, uneconomical portions, a practice that has threatened food security by reducing agricultural productivity. In Kenya,

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Africa vs The West: Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger exit the International Criminal Court (ICC)

At a time when the world grappled with serious crimes against humanity as instigated by those in power, the International Criminal Court (ICC) was collectively founded to address the challenges. Seventeen years into its existence, the majority of member have expressed their discontent with the institution. Why the Alliance of Sahel States withdrew from the

Climate and Environmental Sustainability

Climate Change: How Kenyan Artist is Creating Value from Disposed Human Hair

Human hair, often overlooked as a source of environmental pollution, contributes significantly to waste worldwide. Globally, salons and individual haircuts generate an estimated 0.8 to 2.2 million tonnes of hair annually, much of which ends up in landfills or is burned, releasing nitrogen compounds and toxic gases such as ammonia and hydrogen sulphide. Hair, unlike