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Patrick Gathara

Patrick Gathara

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The coro­na­tion of King Charles: A fresh lay­er of roy­al white­wash

The coronation of Britain’s King Charles III this weekend will be presented as steeped in history, a re-enactment and remembrance of ancient...

06.05.2023 100

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Patrick Gathara

Kenya: The mak­ing of a po­lit­i­cal cri­sis that nev­er was

For all their faults, or perhaps because of them, Kenyan politicians have always heeded the advice never to let a good crisis go to waste. In a...

17.04.2023 80

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Patrick Gathara

How an LGBTQ court rul­ing sent Kenya into a moral pan­ic

Kenya is in the throes of a full-blown existential moral panic. If the country’s politicians, clergy, self-anointed defenders of “traditional...

16.03.2023 200

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Patrick Gathara

Could the African Union push Is­rael into in­ter­na­tion­al iso­la­tion?

Even by the low standards of a country used to being regularly condemned for human rights abuses, disregarding international law and committing war...

06.03.2023 300

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Patrick Gathara

The new year promis­es lit­tle change in Ruto’s Kenya

Like in many other cities around the world, 2023 in Nairobi was welcomed with impressive displays of fireworks. The largest of these was put on at the...

23.01.2023 100

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Patrick Gathara

In 2022, Kenya cel­e­brat­ed the Queen and for­got its own strug­gle

“Partners. Allies. Friends.” That is how British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced on Twitter that the British government was committing...

27.12.2022 100

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Patrick Gathara

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