Henry Makori

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A certain amount of madness: From endless protests to revolution

Henry Makori | Democracy & Governance
11.05.2017
Introduction

Tagged under Democracy & Governance Activism Kenya, Thomas Sankara, Arusha Declaration, Boniface Mwangi, MPigs, Coloniality of power, Gabriel Omolo, Oginga Odinga, Jomo Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki, Daniel arap Moi, Uhuru Kenyatta
Where exactly is Kenya’s 5.8 per cent growth?

Henry Makori | Human Security
27.04.2017
The numbers are in, but who cares?

Tagged under Human Security Kenya economy, Imperialism, Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, Jubilee government, Corruption in Kenya, poverty inKenya
In the Army of the Lord

Henry Makori | Human Security
13.04.2017
Some parents in Kenya would pay a hefty bribe or use their secret networks of influence to have their son enlisted with Kenya Defence Forces. And then the family turns up at their church to offer special prayers of thanksgiving to God for the “miracle breakthrough” of their son’s employment.

Tagged under Human Security Al-Shabaab, War on Terror, Terrorism, KDF in Somalia, AMISOM, Military industrial complex
A just rage

Henry Makori | Pan-Africanism
23.03.2017
Racist!

It is an easy insult

Black people questioning our oppression by White people are racist

We should not speak about our oppression

We are not supposed to accuse anyone

Or we will be labeled racist

By the racists themselves

Tagged under Pan-Africanism Racism, Black Power, White Supremacy
Occupy Laikipia! Kenya’s indigenous people must liberate their land

Henry Makori | Land & Environment
16.03.2017
A mzungu on horseback was killed in Kenya last week.

Tagged under Land & Environment Laikipia invasions, Indigenous people Kenya, Samburu Kenya, Maasai treaty, Director of Criminal Investigations Ndegwa Muhoro, Tristan Voorspuy, Mzungu, Kenya Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People Rodolfo Stavenhagen, Sengwer
Not reform, overhaul the African Union

Henry Makori | Pan-Africanism
23.02.2017
“The future will have no pity for those men who, possessing the exceptional privilege of being able to speak words of truth to their oppressors, have taken refuge in an attitude of passivity, of mute indifference, and sometimes of cold complicity.” -Frantz Fanon

Tagged under Pan-Africanism African Union, Paul Kagame, Reform African Union, The Imperative to Strengthen Our Union, Pan-Africanism, New colonialism, War on Want, The Arusha Declaration: Socialism and Self-Reliance, Tajudeen Raheem, Issa Shivji, Agenda 2063, Nato invasion of Libya, AU headquarters
Doctors’ strike: Kenya government is killing poor people

Henry Makori | Human Security
16.02.2017
"I'm admitted in St. Mary's Hospital, Langata, Ward 1, Female Medical Ward. Unfortunately, it appears that I took one of the last available beds, if not the last one. The doctors' strike means that most public hospitals are not admitting patients ...

Tagged under Human Security Wangui Mbatia Nyauma, Kenya doctors strike, Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), collective bargaining agreement, Kenyatta National Hospital, Uhuru Kenyatta
Raila or Uhuru, Kenyans will lose again in 2017

Henry Makori | Democracy & Governance
26.05.2016
Dangerously broken

Tagged under Democracy & Governance Kenya Kenya, élections, Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, IEBC, People Power
A date with the machete: Looming chaos in Kenya's 2017 elections

Henry Makori | Governance
16.03.2016
AN ATHEIST’S PROPHECY

Tagged under Governance Kenya
The pope had a woman? Deny, deny, deny

Henry Makori | Governance
17.02.2016
Two people fall in love. Intensely. They exchange hundreds of passionate letters over more than 30 years. Create time to be with each other. They break the barriers of distance and busy schedules to meet. Undertake projects of professional mutual interest. Risk deep personal commitments.

Tagged under Governance

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