Eric GatobuSheng: How a Kenyan urban vernacular is gaining national acceptanceEarlier this month on Labour Day, a Kenyan Member of Parliament electrified a public gathering and Kenyans online when he used his…May 20, 2019May 20, 2019
Eric GatobuSLACKTIVISM: Questioning Social Media’s democratising potential in KenyaWe might have all been infatuated with the idea of social media as a leveller of political inequalities, especially in developing…Feb 21, 2019Feb 21, 2019
Eric GatobuPhony philanthropy: The folly of applauding post hoc interventions by Kenyan politiciansPoliticians realise citizens value reactive efforts more, so they have a perverse incentive to spend less effort on longer-term preparednFeb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
Eric GatobuCHURNALISM: The death of creativity in the Kenyan newsroom and the unlikely casualtiesA few weeks ago, a former colleague was a guest at a local university’s media studies department to give a public lecture on a now…Nov 7, 2018Nov 7, 2018