Essays
By Lee Kamutu This week, high-level meetings brought together senior health officials, teachers’ unions, and the teachers’ employer in what many hope would cure the troubled relationship between teachers and the state’s healthcare system. At the center of the talks…
By Lee Kamutu Kenya’s reading culture in recent has been quietly reshaped by the growth of online bookshops. What was once an after-work errand of visiting a physical bookstore hoping your title is in stock has been reduced to a…
By Lee Kamutu The recent investigative exposé into the Kenya Women Teachers Association (KEWOTA) has sent shockwaves across the education sector, casting a disturbing shadow over an institution that once symbolized empowerment and welfare for female teachers. The revelations, ranging…
By Lee Kamutu Kenya’s publishing industry is often understood as a creative sector driven by enterprising authors, diligent publishers, distributors, and book shops. But recent events suggest something else entirely. The Grade 11 textbook standoff marked by delayed approvals, procurement…
By Lee Kamutu Kenya’s education sector has long stood as one of the best structured and influential pillars of national development, guiding millions of learners through its successive levels marked by national examinations. Beneath this high-stakes annual exercise is a…
By Lee Kamutu As Kenyans rushed to work on the morning of March 27, television cameras were fixed on two venues barely 10 kilometers apart within Nairobi, each teeming with political activity. Both were hosting parallel delegates’ conferences of the…
By Lee Kamutu For many people, Kenya’s publishing industry appears straightforward, where authors write, publishers print, and bookshops sell. But beneath this structure lies an intricate and largely invisible system that determines which books succeed, who profits, and how stories…
By Lee Kamutu The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is bracing for a busy few months following a surge in youth voter registration across the country. Young people, popularly known as Gen Z, began streaming into polling stations towards…
By Lee Kamutu A recent Court of Appeal decision on the Junior Secondary School (JSS) internship programme has thrown government efforts to staff schools into disarray, raising fresh questions about the sustainability of Kenya’s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). The appellate court…
By Lee Kamutu This is a general guide from several inquiries, especially from new authors in the past few weeks. Today, I would like to break down the key parts of the process to give all authors some insights on…