Kenya - reading guide

The East African Railway Strike, 1959-60: labour’s challenge of inter-territorialism

David Hyde examines a pivotal working-class struggle which erupted within East Africa’s transport…

Union members stand strong despite legal threats

Kenyan lecturers defy court ban on strike

Thousands of University lecturers continued their strike on Wednesday, despite a court order to return to work.

Government Road, Nairobi, 1950

The Nairobi General Strike, 1950: From Protest to Insurgency

The Nairobi General Strike [1950] was the culmination of Kenya’s post war strike wave and urban…

The food-aid racket

A former international development worker outlines how the industry has nothing to do with meeting human needs.