Stephen Oduor

Jan 17, 2025 | nation.africa | Stephen Oduor

Operations at the Tana River County headquarters have come to a standstill as a power outage caused by unpaid electricity bills stretches into its second month. Kenya Power disconnected electricity at the offices in November 2024 over an outstanding bill exceeding Sh1.5 million, leaving staff scrambling to perform their duties. With no power, officers have been forced to work from cyber cafes or national government offices to access electricity for online meetings and essential tasks.

Oct 25, 2024 | nation.africa | Stephen Oduor

Esha Ziebi is still traumatised months after watching her house crumble into River Tana on one January morning. “It was only a matter of time,” she says, having seen the river claim her neighbours’ homes in the days before. “I told my husband the river was getting aggressive, and I advised we demolish the house and move to safety, but he refused,” she recalls. That night, the danger became inescapable.

Oct 15, 2024 | nation.africa | Stephen Oduor

At the Hola Referral Hospital mortuary, families of four men killed over the weekend gathered to reclaim the bodies of their kin. Men gathered under a tree, while women converged separately to deliberate the fate of their loved ones amid the postmortem procedure, others groaning in low tones. They walked into the morgue and exited through the other door filled with anguish and utter grief.

Oct 14, 2024 | fullerproject.org | Megha Rajagopalan |Qadri Inzamam |Allan Olingo |Stephen Oduor

Earlier this year, our investigation with The New York Times into Maharashtra’s sugar cane farms revealed a brutal system of debt bondage that controls women’s lives from early adolescence — and has resulted in thousands getting coerced into unnecessary hysterectomies. Our latest collaboration reveals why nothing has been done about this open secret: The majority of mills are owned by political figures, meaning the very people who could protect workers are profiting from their exploitation.

Oct 13, 2024 | nation.africa | Allan Olingo |Stephen Oduor

What you need to know:Marriage potential makes girls a sort of ‘life insurance’ for families that have lost their livestock to drought or floods. The education of sons is given priority over that of daughters, with girls more likely to take on the burden of household work. In April last year, classrooms at Asa Primary School in eastern Kenya fell silent as the worst drought to hit the region in four decades forced children to stay home.