Kenya - reading guide

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.

The post-war strike wave in East, West, and Southern Africa

From the end of the Second World War until the mid-'60s there was a wave of strikes in British East…

Kenyan nurses reject the union & bosses deal and continue striking

Kenyan nurses have been on strike for the last four days over pay. Yesterday, their trade union…