Boniface Mwangi

Jan 15, 2025 | allafrica.com | Boniface Mwangi

From governments to scientists and unions, momentum is growing behind a demand for a clean energy transition and climate justice. My grandmother Wangechi was a star. Stout, strong, and weather-beaten from tilling the land for days on end, we revered, feared, and loved her in equal measure. She was born when Kenya was a colonial state and married during the struggle for freedom, her role in which is a story for another day.

Jan 14, 2025 | znetwork.org | Boniface Mwangi

My grandmother Wangechi was a star. Stout, strong, and weather-beaten from tilling the land for days on end, we revered, feared, and loved her in equal measure. She was born when Kenya was a colonial state and married during the struggle for freedom, her role in which is a story for another day. My siblings and I, and even our friends, thought my grandmother was all-knowing and could read the weather. No matter how hot it was, she would always drink hot tea.

Jan 14, 2025 | africanarguments.org | Boniface Mwangi |Alex de Waal

My grandmother Wangechi was a star. Stout, strong, and weather-beaten from tilling the land for days on end, we revered, feared, and loved her in equal measure. She was born when Kenya was a colonial state and married during the struggle for freedom, her role in which is a story for another day. My siblings and I, and even our friends, thought my grandmother was all-knowing and could read the weather. No matter how hot it was, she would always drink hot tea.

Oct 12, 2024 | nation.africa | Boniface Mwangi

With lifestyle disease cases on the increase, Kenyans are being encouraged to consume organically-produced food. A farm in Naivasha, Nakuru County, is championing natural pest control methods that could lead to healthier crops and, ultimately, healthier people. Andermatt Kenya produces pests that prey on crop-destroying insects. The biological method involves introducing a natural enemy of the pest into the farm ecosystem without necessarily relying on chemical interventions.

Oct 4, 2024 | nation.africa | Boniface Mwangi

Prisca Tarus sits anxiously by her phone, her heart racing with every passing minute. Her only daughter, Mercy Tarus an outspoken activist is out on the streets once again leading protests against injustice. The thought of Mercy choking on tear gas, facing riot police, or worse, sent worse sends fear through Prisca. As a mother of three, she says she is proud of her daughter's courage but the constant worry gnaws at her.