Sungu Oyoo

Kenyan doctors have been on strike for over two months now. They have made several demands including: better remuneration, availability of more doctors in public hospitals, better equipment and availability of drugs in these facilities, and more allocation of funds to health research.

The gruesome murder of lawyer Willie Kimani, his client Josphat Mwenda and their taxi driver Joseph Muiruri has evoked a countrywide uproar, and chillingly reminded us that impunity is still alive in Kenya.

The world woke up to news of the Panama Papers a few weeks ago.

The phrase ‘Africa rising’ is often used to refer to the positive trend of economic growth across the continent. Majority of the world’s fastest growing economies are in Africa. Six of the world’s ten fastest growing economies in the past decade were African nations.