Prof John Harbeson For the first time in the twenty-year history of Afrobarometer surveys of African citizens’ political, economic, and…
Browsing: Essays & Editorial
By Mohamed Billow Abdi The enactment and suspension of Section 22 of the Election Act by Parliament appears paradoxical to…
The pile of integrity statutes appear unable to shake the entrenched corruption ecosystem; Kenya needs a complete shift in its…
Kenyans continue to prefer democracy, and over the last decade, a fully democratic Kenyan state has appeared to become more…
Dr. Edwin Wanjawa Every political system lives by some principles and precedents, whether it is a constitutional system or not.…
Flip-flopping interests and selfish, deal-cutting regional leaders determined to monopolise power: only a credible, non-partisan electoral body can deliver a…
By Prof John Harbeson Kenya’s democratic Constitution reached its tenth birthday a year ago, the outcome of more than three…
Prof John Harbeson Ethiopia’s very existence as it has been known for more than a century may well be at…
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) emerged as an incongruous liberation in the mid-1970s. Theirs was a befuddled agenda that…
Eritrea is endowed with enormous potential. Boasting a 1,200-kilometer coastline and a fair share of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait —…
