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Nov 11, 2024 | 
theelephant.info | Kamau Wairuri
Log into your member account to listen to this article. Not a member? Join the herd. Kenyans are quite fond of saying that we have good policies but we fail at implementing them. I suspect this sentiment, along with “lack of political will”, comes from many years of political analysts attempting to make sense of the failures of our government. In fact, we are often told that many countries have come to copy our policies and they have gone on to prosper.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
thekenyatimes.com | Kamau Wairuri
Public protests in Kenya have often been criminalized, leading to brutal police crackdowns. This played out in recent protests against the cost of living in Kenya, and amid an attempt by the government to introduce new taxes. The police responded with force, using live bullets and lobbing teargas at protesters. More than a dozen people were reported killed and hundreds injured.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
policinginsight.com | Kamau Wairuri |Edinburgh Napier
Protest in Kenya has often been criminalised, leading to brutal police crackdowns as seen in recent protests against the cost of living in Kenya, and an attempt by the government to introduce new taxes, where police responded with live bullets and teargas, reportedly leaving more than a dozen people killed and hundreds injured; Dr Kamau Wairuri, who has studied the policing of protests in Kenya, explains what contributes to the violence witnessed during public demonstrations.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Kamau Wairuri
analysisPublic protests in Kenya have often been criminalised, leading to brutal police crackdowns. This played out in recent protests against the cost of living in Kenya, and amid an attempt by the government to introduce new taxes. The police responded with force, using live bullets and lobbing teargas at protesters. More than a dozen people were reported killed and hundreds injured.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Kamau Wairuri |Edinburgh Napier
By Kamau Wairuri, Lecturer in criminology, Edinburgh Napier University
Public protests in Kenya have often been criminalised, leading to brutal police crackdowns. This played out in recent protests against the cost of living in Kenya, and amid an attempt by the government to introduce new taxes. The police responded with force, using live…Read complete article© The Conversation
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Kamau Wairuri
Public protests in Kenya have often been criminalised, leading to brutal police crackdowns. This played out in recent protests against the cost of living in Kenya, and amid an attempt by the government to introduce new taxes. The police responded with force, using live bullets and lobbing teargas at protesters. More than a dozen people were reported killed and hundreds injured.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Moina Spooner |Douglas Lucas Kivoi |Emma Elfversson |Gedion Onyango |Kamau Wairuri |Kristine Höglund | +3 more
Kenya’s police are being criticised for their violent response to protests over the past week against government proposals to . Hundreds of thousands of people, across 35 of Kenya’s 37 counties, have poured out onto the streets in opposition to the tax hikes. The police have reacted with force, using live bullets and tear gas. At least five people are known to have been killed and hundreds have been injured. The reaction by the police force didn’t come as a surprise.
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Jul 8, 2023 | 
theelephant.info | Kamau Wairuri
A few weeks ago an uncle of mine, who’s very active on our family Whatsapp group, shared a meme that read as follows: “When will the next slave trade be? I want to leave [the country].” This was not the first time he sent one. Actually, we get several of them almost everyday, which very quickly generates laughing emojis or funny stickers as responses. That’s what happened in this case too. Some cousins laughed at this meme, after having surely shared it with other people.
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Mar 17, 2023 | 
theelephant.info | Kamau Wairuri
Disputes are an integral part of our daily lives. Both literally and figuratively, people are constantly stepping on each other’s toes. That being said, disputes are not all created equal—some are more serious than others. The determination of the seriousness of a dispute is subject, and often contingent, on the context. No matter the seriousness, disputes follow different trajectories. That is, they have different lives.
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Feb 12, 2023 | 
medium.com | Kamau Wairuri
Just finished Prince Harry's book Spare. I have found it quite interesting. I have appreciated hearing him telling his own story. The key takeaway for me is, as obvious as this is, this guy is a prince. The incredible levels of privilege he's had come through in the book so clearly. Sometimes it feels as if he could have grappled with some of those issues more deliberately. I also get that this is not the point of the book.
