Dalle Abraham

2 months ago | riftvalley.net | Dalle Abraham

In the Mandera triangle—a pastoralist region encompassing the point at which the borders of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia meet—the reality of local and cross-border trade often diverges widely from official state policies of control. This disjunction has created a grey zone in which policy contradictions form an integral part of the regulatory environment.

Oct 9, 2023 | theelephant.info | Dalle Abraham |Samantha Balaton-Chrimes |Mustafa Mahmoud |Bronwen Manby

The general picture that emerged on the 23rd of August 2023 was very simple: in urban areas that have traditionally voted for the opposition, polling stations delayed in opening, voters had to sleep in queues, ward borders had been tortured to accommodate gerrymandering, and ballot papers were missing. In the rural areas, the story was different.

Oct 9, 2023 | shorturl.at | Dalle Abraham |Samantha Balaton-Chrimes |Mustafa Mahmoud |Bronwen Manby

The general picture that emerged on the 23rd of August 2023 was very simple: in urban areas that have traditionally voted for the opposition, polling stations delayed in opening, voters had to sleep in queues, ward borders had been tortured to accommodate gerrymandering, and ballot papers were missing. In the rural areas, the story was different.

May 30, 2023 | theelephant.info | Dalle Abraham

May 30, 2023 | theelephant.info | Dalle Abraham

Log into your member account to listen to this article. Not a member? Join the herd. Somewhere between 2007 and 2012 Kenya underwent a symbolic transition—from analogue to digital. Comedian Smart Joker became the spokesperson for this transition. It was funny that a jester who amplified the confused-villager-in-the-city motif, the staple of Kenyan comedy, was the one declaring that Kenya had migrated to the digital world. A utopia.