Patrick Gathara

Nairobi

Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian

Inveterate complainer, armchair activist, keyboard warrior, cartoonist, writer, columnist. Snr Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian.

Articles

East Africa's rulers saw what Gen Z can do

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Patrick Gathara

Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian Last Friday, Albert Ojwang, a young blogger in the western Kenyan town of Migori, was arrested over a complaint by a senior police officer regarding a post on X and taken 350km (217 miles) away to the Central Police Station in the capital, Nairobi. By the next day, he was dead, with police claiming - incredibly - that he had committed suicide by banging his head against the cell walls.
East Africa’s rulers saw what Gen Z can do – now they’re striking first - Patrick Gathara

2 weeks ago | qoshe.com | Patrick Gathara
A Gaza serve la politica oltre alla solidarietà

3 weeks ago | internazionale.it | Patrick Gathara

L’etica non è fine a se stessa. È espressione di valori morali più profondi: princìpi codificati che guidano le nostre azioni sulla base di quello che consideriamo giusto. Ma l’etica può sganciarsi dai valori che dovrebbe servire, e quando lo fa può portare non solo alla confusione, ma anche alla complicità con il male.
Decolonise How? When ethics become alibis

1 month ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Patrick Gathara

Republish this article Editor’s note: This column, Decolonise How? charts efforts towards more ethical reporting of humanitarian crises.
When tradition is a colonial trap

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Patrick Gathara

Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian Across Africa, debates about cultural preservation and traditional values are increasingly being influenced by forces that promote conservative social agendas rooted in colonial and missionary legacies. These movements, often backed by generous Western funding, seek to impose rigid, exclusionary values that contradict the continent's diverse and historically dynamic cultures.
The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap - Patrick Gathara

1 month ago | qoshe.com | Patrick Gathara

Across Africa, debates about cultural preservation and traditional values are increasingly being influenced by forces that promote conservative social agendas rooted in colonial and missionary legacies. These movements, often backed by generous Western funding, seek to impose rigid, exclusionary values that contradict the continent’s diverse and historically dynamic cultures.
Il patto del silenzio tra il Kenya e i militari

1 month ago | internazionale.it | Patrick Gathara

Il 28 aprile le autorità keniane hanno vietato la proiezione a Nairobi di un documentario della Bbc sul ruolo dell’esercito nell’uccisione dei manifestanti che l’anno scorso protestavano contro il presidente William Ruto. Non è stato solo un atto di censura.
Kenya's pact of silence with its military is breaking

1 month ago | aljazeera.com | Patrick Gathara

Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling at The New Humanitarian When the Kenyan government blocked the public screening of a BBC documentary investigating the military's role in the killing of protesters, it was about more than censorship. It was about protecting a decades-old pact - a silent agreement between the military, the state, the media, and the public: the army stays out of overt politics, and in return, no one looks too closely at what it's doing.
Kenya’s pact of silence with its military is breaking - Patrick Gathara

1 month ago | qoshe.com | Patrick Gathara
Decolonise How? Who owns the story?

2 months ago | thenewhumanitarian.org | Patrick Gathara

Republish this article Editor’s note: This column, Decolonise How? charts efforts towards more ethical reporting of humanitarian crises.