AO: This is a digital copy of the 2011 Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act which I use in discussion of the ways that travel and immigration policies shape the internal raced hierarchies of who is considered to be and compensated as an expert in Kenya. Under the Kenya Citizenship and...Read more
I archive this important report by Mathare Social Justice Network to help grow the respository of important, grassroots work being conducted to document and help address injustices in Nairobi. This report by the Mothers of Victims and Survivors Network of The Mathare Social...Read more
AO: The article explains (see excerpt below) that the Government of Kenya (GoK) demonstrated its tangible support of the Internet when it decided to lay down its...Read more
This brief Medium post was written by an influential leader in the Nairobi tech space, Ory Okolloh, who was a former co-founder of Ushahidi. In the post, she raises several points including that "we as a tech community must examine the series of events that led us to a point where an...Read more
This is the outline program for the "Extending Knowledge and Publishing Infrastructures in and from Africa" Workshop held at the British Institute of Eastern Africa (BIEA) on December 8 and 9th, 2025.Read more
This quote from page 11 strikes me for two reasons:
1) It names citizens as "people" once -- applauding their creativity, work ethic, education and entrepreneurial skills -- then refers to...Read more
I find it interesting that in the entire article, which includes descriptions about tech helping to fill voids on the "dark continent", race is not mentioned once. In the...Read more
AO: This artifact was shared with the Research Data KE Working Group (via whatsapp) on Monday March 23, 2020. It is an article in The Elephant authored by Patrick Gathara.Read more