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Season 1

May 6, 2022

Kenya’s 2022 Elections & The East African Community (EAC)

In this episode of The Kenyanist, Sylvanus Wekesa hosts Nicodemus Minde who is a lecturer of International Relations at the United States International University (USIU) in Nairobi, Kenya. The discussion is focused on the ris...

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Oct. 26, 2021

Kenya’s Foreign Policy in Uhuru Kenyatta’s era

Kamau Wairuri hosts Sylvanus Wekesa to discuss Kenya's Foreign Policy during the presidency of Uhuru Kenyatta (2013 - to date). We have a wide ranging conversation ranging on the impact of President Kenyatta as Kenya's foremo...

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Sept. 17, 2021

The Cost of Politics in Kenya

In this episode, Kamau Wairuri talks to Tom Mboya, a governance consultant, on the cost of politics in Kenya. Our discussion is based on the findings of a study that Tom conducted with Prof Karuti Kanyinga on the topic. The …

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Sept. 4, 2021

The politics of street naming in Nairobi | Kamau Wairuri and Melissa …

In the first episode of The Kenyanist, Kamau Wairuri (host) talks to Melissa Wanjiru-Mwita, a lecturer in Spatial Planning at the Technical University of Kenya in Nairobi. Melissa argues that street names reflect what those i...

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