Jamila Mohamed
98 Articles
JAMILA'S MEMO: #NikoKadi - Resilience of the future
What started as an online initiative has steadily gained momentum, with young people, especially Gen Z, showing up at IEBC offices across the country to register as voters for the very first time. For them, the message is simple: this is how they get a say in the lead...
JAMILA'S MEMO: Yours truly, Comments section
Often, it is because the comments are amusing. Someone once wrote “Kenya sihami!” and you realise just how creative, witty and downright smart Kenyans can be online.
JAMILA'S MEMO: Lest... Yes, We forget!
Among those who passed away was a Member of Parliament, a man described by many as someone who fought for his people, someone who will be deeply missed by his family, his friends, and his constituents.
JAMILA'S MEMO: The kondoo headcount
From where many of us are sitting, it feels like politicians see us less as citizens and more like wajinga, or perhaps kondoo expected to listen, nod, say “baaa” or “meee” and move on. You see, when you hold public office, you do not just get a title, it is also a res...
JAMILA’S MEMO: Election promises – Mind the gap!
Some of these posters proudly carry party colors. Others don’t; perhaps because the battle for party tickets is a contest of its own, one yet to be decided. We’ve heard clear declarations: those seeking to retain their seats, newcomers testing the waters, and those aiming for higher office than the...
JAMILA’S MEMO: Where are the leaders of Dukana?
We met 70-year-old Bobo Sora, sitting quietly inside his manyatta, blind, frail, starving, and abandoned by systems meant to protect him.This is a man who once walked proudly across the vast plains with more than 200 goats. Today, he cannot even see the five goats he has left and he says life has lo...
JAMILA’S MEMO: Singapore - How not to get there
Singapore did not become Singapore by holding conferences about Singapore. It started by fixing the small things roads that don’t drown in mud, promises that don’t dissolve in rain.
JAMILA'S MEMO: The value of a Kenyan citizen
So yes, let us pursue regional cooperation. Let us maintain neighbourly relations. Let us protect trade and travel.
JAMILA’S MEMO: When the uniform forgets its authority
This week, the National Police Service entered a quiet note into the nation’s Occurrence Book.Not about crime, but about esteem, about dignity, about who they believe deserves respect and who they believe deserves force. Because this week we saw the law. But we also saw its bias.
JAMILA'S MEMO: Uganda - Between Murkomen, Njagi and Oyoo
Well, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen recently crossed the border and campaigned for President Yoweri Museveni in Sebei, Eastern Uganda. I am just wondering — and of course, this is wild imagination — what if President Museveni lost the election? ...