The Absolute Podcast

A section of CSOs in Nairobi county is holding decision-makers accountable by analyzing the health budget with an intention to produce evidence briefs and scorecards. They do so by tracking health allocations and utilization.

What we want all governments around the world to do is to ensure they are setting ambitious targets to cut their carbon emissions so that we can keep the 1.5-degree goal within reach~United Nations Climate Change Conference president Alok Sharma

That almost one in five Kenyan teenage girls is a mother represents not only a huge cost to the health sector but also a betrayal of potential on a shocking scale. But look, A group of teenage mothers in Kibra slums is approaching life differently.

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In a community where men are the custodians of culture, it is seemingly hard to break certain barriers without involving them. A section of the men from the Maasai community is at the forefront to ensure Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a thing of the past

A look at how a family in Kibra was left depressed as one of their members is suspected to have joined Al Shabaab.

In order to fully and efficiently respond to the challenges and threats that terrorism and violent extremism pose to nations, regions, and communities today have adopted various techniques to ensure extremism is a thing of the past.

Illegally mined stones and Murram quarries in Western Kenya have left locals scratching their heads due to an increase in Malaria infections and risks of drowning they pose to locals, especially children. But a group of residents and students seemingly has a solution to that

Does the ordinary citizen understand the role of leaders at the grass-root level?

The entrenched gender inequality in the country where women feel marginalized in elective politics and decision making could finally find a solution if the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Constitutional Amendment Bill (2020) is passed.

But how far have we come to the realization that women are under-represented in Kenya?

Urban growth, political patronage of gangs, and the criminalization of urban municipal services are inextricably linked in many instances. This has created lucrative profit-making opportunities for gangs and other criminal groups in areas characterized by high unemployment, especially among the youth. Certain criminal gangs have become wealthy by providing informal services or taxing residents for transport, waste removal, electricity, and water provision. As a result, they have become deeply embedded in the everyday lives of citizens in Nairobi and Mombasa.