PinnedBill Karush MuriukiResuscitating our doctors’ unionKMPDU is in ICU unconscious and gasping for airFeb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Bill Karush MuriukiSipping on Strife — The complex mug of tea, labour and resistance in Kenya.Trouble is brewing in Kenya as tea pickers, akin to the Luddites in industrialising Britain, are actively dismantling tea picking…Mar 5Mar 5
Bill Karush MuriukiWhy we struggle to fight corruption(Reason 2) Focusing on transparency and accountabilityFeb 27Feb 27
Bill Karush MuriukiThe African EliteThey were “anticolonial” in opposing rule by foreigners, but not “decolonial” in that they didn’t want to dismantle the colonial…Feb 12Feb 12
Bill Karush MuriukiWave after waveDoes the course of African politics unfold in waves? The wave of independence in the 60s, the wave of democratisation in the 90s.Feb 51Feb 51
Bill Karush MuriukiWhy were the 2000s so good?One of the less talked about effects of the rise of the Trans Atlantic trade in the 16th century was how it decimated internal African…Jan 27Jan 27
Bill Karush MuriukiAfrica is a countryExamining the historical trends of economic growth in Kenya reveals that our most prosperous decades were the initial one (1963–1973) and…Jan 21Jan 21
Bill Karush MuriukiColonialism in the 21st centuryStudying African history and politics reveals the differences and the nuanced nature of colonialism across the continent, shaped by local…Jan 19Jan 19
Bill Karush MuriukiIF YOU WERE TO COLLAPSE SUDDENLY, WHO. SHOULD YOU CALL?While travelling in the country side,away from the big towns, have you ever thought of what exactly would happen if you were to get…Aug 29, 2020Aug 29, 2020
