Yvonne Okwara
88 Articles
YVONNE'S TAKE: Kenya's winter of revolt meets short memories
Let’s not forget what got the protestors out on the street in the first place—the clamour for good governance, for people-centred leadership.The push for public participation and involvement in decision-making is in its most sincere form.
YVONNE'S TAKE: Just how low is our trust of government intentions?
Remember the initial secrecy surrounding the identity of the German firm that had been awarded the tender? Let’s even throw in the Finance Bills of 2023 and 2024.What do they all have in common? Mistrust. Doubt. From the people of Kenya.
YVONNE'S TAKE: Adios, Inspector of contempt!
Masengeli failed to honour court summons seven times and was eventually convicted by Justice Lawrence Mugambi, who handed him a six-month sentence.However, instead of accepting the judgment, Masengeli responded by recalling the security personnel assigned to protect Justice Mugambi.
YVONNES TAKE: Just who does Gilbert Masengeli think he is?
Gilbert Masengeli, has for the 5th time today ignored court summons. And I mean court summons, actually the High Court.A habeas corpus court order on the 26th of August to produce three abducted persons, two court summons on the 3rd of September, and another two today.
YVONNE’S TAKE: We're back to the dark era of enforced disappearances and abductions
Political dissent, difference of opinion, the right to gather peacefully is something the powers that be seem quite uncomfortable with.In a period of just two months, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has recorded over 60 abductions and a record 682 arbitrary arrests.
YVONNE’S TAKE: What a Bangladesh! Fellow Kenyans, we are not special
When protestors burned down the Parliament in Burkina Faso 10 years ago in 2014, I doubt that anyone there could have anticipated that event that changed the country’s future. You see, the people went out on the street because of the President’s attempt to remove constitutional term limits....
YVONNE'S TAKE: Meet null and void
While the MPs rant and rave and froth at the mouth, blaming everyone else, they would do well to look in the mirror and, while at it, read the Constitution.
YVONNE'S TAKE: What happens when trust is lost?
In February this year, Kenya was grey-listed. In a manner of speaking, this is a huge indictment of the faith of the financial action task force in our ability and perhaps even intention to fight corruption and money laundering.
Yvonne's Take: The 'invisible gorilla experiment' in Kenyan politics
Folks, keep your eyes on the gorilla; the bigger issues, the ones that are more important. In the midst of all the rabbits being thrown in our faces, keep your focus.
YVONNE’S TAKE: The irony of maximum taxes and minimum wages
To what extent are Labour Day pronouncements reflective from present realities, and is it a piecemeal approach vs a whole general understanding of the economic situation that prevails?This year, the proposal is to increase the minimum wage by 6 per cent. Now this is well and good.