Tanzania President during a campaign
A contested legacy: Julius Nyerere and the 2020 Tanzanian election
Examining Nyerere’s legacy through this prism, therefore, complicates characterisations of his domestic legacy as singularly autocratic.
Unravelling why some democracies – but not all – are better at fighting pandemics
The most obvious problem with claims that some countries—or political systems—are better at fighting the virus is that it will be quite a while before we know who did well and who did not. Because the pandemic is nowhere near over, we have no idea how many people in each country will contract Covid-19 or how many lives it will claim.
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Who counts as black?
This debate over “who counts” has created somewhat of an identity crisis in the black community, exposing a divide between those who think being black should be based on physical looks, and those who think being black is more than looks.
Estate planning
Whenever a prominent Kenyan dies, especially if he was rich, his immediate family suffers a double portion of grief. In the first instance, because of the loss of the family patriarch and provider but more poignantly, the fear of the unwelcome but almost certain emergence from the woodworks of a swarm of claimants staking a claim for a share of the estate.
Teaching them to make good friends.
According to studies newborn babies are ready to socialize in natural way, but researches show that parents play a big role in teaching their kids how to make friends. Read on to learn how you can help your child make good friends.
Nairobi’s slum residents pay a high price for low quality services
About 56% of Kenya’s urban population currently lives in slums. Nairobi even hosts one of the largest slums in Africa, Kibera.