Felix Kilonzo

WHY THE HOMOSEXUALITY PRACTISE IS NOT A WIN FOR THOSE OPPOSSED.. For many years, Africa has been described as a dark continent. It has perfected the assumption by clinging onto the outdated practices that have caused intense damages to generations that come at a later stage. Despite the fact that dangers that come with FGM, many communities supported by their own leaders have continued promoting the vice that has left our girls not sure whether they deserve to be in this world. A lot has been said but who is right? Who is definite that fighting other people's choices of lifestyle would ensure our happiness? This continent has been best known for its openness to accept new cultures and practices if not believes. This is evident in the millions of church buildings and mosques across the continent. Before the coming of the white man, Africans worshiped in Shrines ' Mathembo' , others went to high places and there was no Marian Theology, there was no Jesus Christ or whateve

F or many years, Africa has been described as a dark continent. It has perfected the assumption by clinging onto the outdated practices that have caused intense damages to generations that come at a later stage. Despite the fact that dangers that come with FGM, many communities supported by their own leaders have continued promoting the vice that has left our girls not sure whether they deserve to be in this world. A lot has been said but who is right? Who is definite that fighting other people's choices of lifestyle would ensure our happiness? This continent has been best known for its openness to accept new cultures and practices if not believes. This is evident in the millions of church buildings and mosques across the continent. Before the coming of the white man, Africans worshiped in Shrines ' Mathembo' , others went to high places and there was no Marian Theology, there was no Jesus Christ or whatever other believe known to us. Above all homosexu

Following the rejection of the infamous bill by President Yoweri Museveni came at a time when Africans are fighting to unite under the same banner of lasting peace and unity. I don’t know where to start from but the words of the Kenyan president of the Supreme Court and the chief justice, Dr. Willy Mutunga of the need for East African legislative bodies to create laws which do not contradict with the provision of the bill of rights and liberties.  Dr. Mutunga while in Uganda shortly after he was appointed as Chief Justice in Kenya, he stressed that East Africa should give a clear blueprint in the implementation of the human rights. He argued that the controversy that does exist in the individual constitutions should not be used at the expense of human rights adding that gay rights are human rights too. While working for Ugandan Media, the subject of whether Gay Rights are human rights or not was deemed as ‘not to talk about issue’.   I remember protesting to Giles Muhame

When Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni opposes an anti-gay bill passed by lawmakers that calls for life imprisonment for gays, even as he characterizes homosexuals as "abnormal" people who should be rehabilitated, then I smell the Africa that is changed from the one which pretends to abide with the cultures which may be in one way or another outdated. When I read the letter by the president its clear that the Ugandan President has made it known that the U turn he made on the same in 2011 still stands and that he represents all Ugandans whether Gay or Straight. Museveni is a president who doesn’t give in to pressure from the so called evangelicals as well from lawmakers from his own party NRM. Although the Sexual minorities fault the president on the characterization of the homosexuals, I feel it’s the time they live with that because its better than rotting in prison. Like Museveni I wonder, what do you do with an abnormal person? “Do we kill him/her? Do we impris

Dear Sir, I have been dreaming of a nation with huge freedom of the press... but what am getting from the Social Media today is shocking. Today, i enjoy the practice of my career not because it pays me but because thats what i Dreamt of attaining. i have seen the evolution of the media freedom in kenya through the last 15years to what we have attaine d in the recent past. As a journalist i am forced to pose this serious question, Is it necessary for the government of the day to impose turf rules and regulations to this field that involves self denial and compassion to undertake? Is the 4th arm of the government under threat and eventual attack? As a journalist who has worked in Both Kenya and Uganda, I have come to believe that however we embark on professionalism there are certain busy bodies in the leadership who would love to use the pre existing laws and legislations to hide their dirty profiles. At 24years i Managed to do many stories for my country and the region, I follow the ca

When I look at the Ukambani region, I see not only unexploited potential but also the land that has been neglected since independence. I see a vast land full of fertility to feed Kenya and booster the fertility of the country. But successive regimes have left the region to waste since independence for reasons best known to them. The only question that begs to be answered is that, why Kenyan development agenda has has only revolved around the ‘who is who’ in leadership. Back in 2012, I spend my entire industrial attachment in the vast county of Kitui where I was privileged to visit the Malalani in Endau in the Mutito Sub-County where the century old conflict between the Kamba and the Somali has continued despite the existence of security apparatus in the area. What amazed me most was the fact that the area did not have GSM connectivity leave alone the outdated landline. I happened to represent the Ministry of Information in the DSIC (District Security and Intelligence Committee) which a