The stories of the Northland

  A Shocking Revelation and Its Devastating Consequences A recent bombshell revelation from an ally of the former Kenyan president Mr. Jirongo ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duyh8Qg4IY4 ) has cast a dark light on a deeply troubling episode in the country's history: the alleged burial of nuclear waste in parts of Northern Kenya during the 1980s. This disclosure underscores a potential link to the ongoing health crisis in these communities, particularly the rise of various cancers, including throat cancer. These allegations are not entirely new. In 2016, a local TV station (NTV) aired an investigative piece ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLpeJZ2cmI ) featuring interviews with community members and leaders who recounted the horrors of an unknown disease ravaging their lives. The disclosed information suggests that individuals in protective gear buried nuclear waste decades ago, leaving behind a distinctive odor and causing sore throats among residents. Disturbingly, som...

  The youth of Marsabit County represent a reservoir of untapped potential, yet they grapple with a myriad of challenges that hinder their progress and well-being. From economic hardships to social exclusion, the youth face a complex web of obstacles that demand urgent attention and concerted efforts for resolution. The key observation is that youth perceive devolution as mere decoration or tokenism, as it has not delivered the intended services and positive changes to Moyale town. In some areas, such as access to water, the situation has deteriorated. Prior to devolution, most households received water regularly, with some even having access as late as 2016. However, since then, the taps have run dry and connections have been destroyed. Here are some of the key barriers/challenges specific to youth affecting their participation in social, economic and political spaces 1.      Cross-border Movement: Situated on the border between Kenya and Ethiopia, Moyale's loc...

  Kenya has communities with different economic activities spread across the country. The central region, Western and Nyanza regions, and a part of the Rift Valley regions rely on subsistence or large-scale crop farming, whereas all other regions, particularly the northern, parts of Rift Valley and upper Eastern, rely on livestock keeping. Though there is change of rain pattern across the country due to climate change, the impact is much severe on the livestock keepers’ regions, with people losing animals to the pangs of drought and disease, and the pangs have now turned to the people, with a lack of food and water claiming human lives. Other than the effects of nature, successive governments have purposefully disregarded regional needs. The region was merely regarded as a buffer zone between Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia during colonial times up until 1980. Because of this, the populace they have had very little concept of democracy or service delivery; all they know is th...

  In life every one of us has their own story, unique and different like the DNA. The same applies to every nation in the world at least to those colonized (external or internal powers) or being colonized. The late Kofi Annan once said, “No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather, both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. Young people must be included from birth. A society that cuts off from its youth severs its lifeline”. This simply means we are equal at birth but what happens thereafter sets us apart. Youth is a phase in our lives that matters most to our growth as well as to the democracy, without the inclusion of the young then the process of democracy becomes an event and not a process. Though the richest continent in terms of natural resources, Africa has to date been perceived to have 3 key problems, determined by the colonialists who regarded the African community as a backward illiterate society.  The issues include I...

From 1963 to 2013 I was totally ignored, butchered and sidelined 2013 to the present I thought the constitution offered me a break, but nope, I still have to carry my ID, buses and private vehicles are stopped on the road only to check if I'm a Kenyan with an ID card, which is then verified through questions. Those who verify my identity are not registrars of persons, but rather a man armed with rifles and bullets, his face completely concealed. And keep in mind that I did not issue the documents to myself. I gained my confidence and asked what justified such treatment that is not found anywhere else in the country, and I was told order from above, and the above no one knows, so I think hata president will tell orders from above? Mr. President, you've ordered the security apparatus to deal with banditry in the north but they are establishing the kipande system, or is that what you mean by banditry? Bandits are killing villagers and stealing their livestock in the...