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Julie Masiga

Are you willing to die for the change you really want?

What does change looks like for you and are you willing to die for it

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Are you willing to die for the change you really want?

Criticise leaders, but only over their performance

Criticise leaders, but only over their performance

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Fellow Kenyans, we need not be this hard-headed

Fellow Kenyans, we need not be this hard-headed

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Let’s prepare to rewrite our gender-relations manifesto

Let’s prepare to rewrite our gender-relations manifesto

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

End confusion over corona inoculation

End of the day, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in these parts has been marred by the kind of confusion that you have bad dreams about.

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

End confusion over corona inoculation

I am grieving just like many other Kenyans

Raise your hand if you’ve learned a new skill during the pandemic.

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

I am grieving just like many other Kenyans

Why I’m placing all my bets on Samia Suluhu Hassan

When I was child, the journey to my village seemed never-ending.

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Why I’m placing all my bets on Samia Suluhu Hassan

Poll violence has no place in democracy

We must roll back the normal on gratuitous violence against women during elections

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Poll violence has no place in democracy

Why my love for Raila Odinga has dwindled

The way I see it, this problem is not a people problem; it’s a crisis of leadership.

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Why my love for Raila Odinga has dwindled

Shrug off setbacks and aim for the stars

You’ll have to fight your way past negative people through toxic situations and difficult circumstances

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Shrug off setbacks and aim for the stars

Leaders should tone down their verbal war

It’s unfortunate that despite our past, which is very well documented, we continue to sit by and watch as the election bonfire is built

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Leaders should tone down their verbal war

The cane will not end indiscipline in schools

If caning was the answer to indiscipline, then we wouldn’t have a crop of such ill-behaved leaders

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

The cane will not end indiscipline in schools

No winner in hustler, dynasty war of words

She has an inbuilt GPS system that leads her straight to my last nerve multiple times a day, but I can handle it

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

No winner in hustler, dynasty war of words

A woman president could serve us better

We are at a point in our history where a woman in the office could just be the change that we need to see.

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

A woman president could serve us better

Mudavadi could be a safe pair of hands

It is often said that Musalia Mudavadi has the safest, and least threatening pair of hands in Kenya’s modern history

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Mudavadi could be a safe pair of hands

Thank God we are still alive, enjoy Christmas

I’m only just beginning to get my energy back. And I’m not just recovering from a cold, I’m recovering from 2020.

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Thank God we are still alive, enjoy Christmas

Why Kenyans badly need an advocate

The people are angry, but they are sick, and they are tired.

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

Why Kenyans badly need an advocate

State's tight hold on information unsettling

Communication is like a lubricant; it clears the way for hard decisions to be made, and decisive action to be taken

By Julie Masiga 3 years ago

State's tight hold on information unsettling

Covid-19 is taking toll on our mental health

Whatever it is, don’t relegate your peace of mind; keep it in a premier position, or risk falling out of the league altogether

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Covid-19 is taking toll on our mental health

Kamala rise highlights power of single moms

Single parents start off from a disadvantage because there is an unspoken expectation on raising children

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Kamala rise highlights power of single moms

It is morality, not good legislation, that we lack

Over the years, our legal framework has been pruned and polished with the view to becoming better suited for purpose

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

It is morality, not good legislation, that we lack

Elites have hijacked constitution making

The clamour for Africans to ‘share in the prosperity’ of their lands and resources eventually led to a debate around the drafting of a constitution

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Elites have hijacked constitution making

Good and bad mums: Who are you to judge?

Fathers have the option to wash their hands off the sons and daughters of women, but mothers don’t

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Good and bad mums: Who are you to judge?

MPs must do what is right or suffer the pain

There’s no more time for whys and wherefores; a solution has to be found, and that solution has to be found now

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

MPs must do what is right or suffer the pain

Raila should consider growing dreadlocks

If you’re a reggae lover like myself, go on and bop your head, even if you’re missing that natty loc ingredient.

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Raila should consider growing dreadlocks

The sexist insults that men hurl at each other

In fact, in the Body Part Olympics, considering both male and female organs, vaginas take the gold.

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

The sexist insults that men hurl at each other

State is under heel of government in Kenya

There is an implicit demand from the government that we concede our autonomy, and give up our power

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

State is under heel of government in Kenya

Why dignity is in very short supply in Kenya

The actor was a few breaths away from death when he delivered some of the most transformative performances of his career

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Why dignity is in very short supply in Kenya

This is an excellent time to be a woman

Which is not to say that Khamala wefwe should be judged on skin colour and gender alone – obviously, she is much more than that.

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

This is an excellent time to be a woman

My war with baboons is getting out of hand

It sounds a lot like the global power structure that is replicated in many countries around the world, this one included.

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

My war with baboons is getting out of hand

There is no excuse for men to beat women

If a man has to raise his hands, instead of elevating his mind, there is a problem

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

There is no excuse for men to beat women

Ms Imbuga, alcohol is no problem, get it right

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Ms Imbuga, alcohol is no problem, get it right

In life struggles lie chance to look inward and reflect

The pandemic has affected minds, lives, and livelihoods with systemic and deadly precision

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

In life struggles lie chance to look inward and reflect

Anita, being an ally is not the same as taking advantage of someone

Blackness in many ways, has become a prop, a commodity to be leveraged for personal or corporate gain.

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Anita, being an ally is not the same as taking advantage of someone

Pandemic has stressed value of cash and love

Feeding people figures in a vacuum can only have one result: Mental indigestion

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Pandemic has stressed value of cash and love

Simple solution to teen pregnancy nightmare

We’re living in a hyper-sexualised age, where only things with sensual connotation or sex-related sell

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Simple solution to teen pregnancy nightmare

Why should we pay rich Raila, Kalonzo millions?

The offices of Messrs Odinga and Kalonzo have also been allocated Sh72 million each

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Why should we pay rich Raila, Kalonzo millions?

It is not yet uhuru for some people in Africa

The architects of our endemic inequality grew horns as we watched

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

It is not yet uhuru for some people in Africa

Let us create a country all of us can be proud of

Your children can test you well beyond your limits, the operative word being ‘your child’

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Let us create a country all of us can be proud of

Is this the best time to gain political mileage?

Some people could be manipulating a public health emergency for political gain

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Is this the best time to gain political mileage?

There is a silver lining in dark coronavirus cloud

Cessation of activities that the new coronavirus has visited upon us is so surreal

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

There is a silver lining in dark coronavirus cloud

Slaying graft is difficult but not impossible task

If that’s the case, then that supreme text only looks good on paper. And that is what you call a crisis of implementation.

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Slaying graft is difficult but not impossible task

Corona has robbed me of something precious

Just the thought that I can’t break curfew, or leave the city limits is giving me serious anxiety.

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Corona has robbed me of something precious

Domestic violence on the rise amid pandemic

Not a day goes by without unreported accounts of women being battered or evicted in the dead of night

By Julie Masiga 4 years ago

Domestic violence on the rise amid pandemic

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