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The national education exams have not been left out of the various major reforms that have been witnessed in key areas of Kenyan life. Exam cheating in Kenyan schools has been a vice the Kenyan National Examination Council (KNEC) has been trying to fight for a long time and the Council’s efforts  seems to be […]

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The Kenya Forum has posted articles in recent times celebrating Kenyans’ passion for football. ‘We are all united by division!’ (11 August) heralded the start of the English Premier League season and only two weeks ago we likewise celebrated the AFC Leopards vs Gor Mahia rivalry (‘Kenya’s El Clasico’, 8 October). Our comments were positive […]

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It was the British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill who is supposed to have said that there are, “Lies, damn lies and statistics”. He may have been right but what is for sure is that the results of surveys and opinion polls make for column inches in our newspapers which if viewed with an objectively […]

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It is of no surprise that the recently released ‘Index of African Governance’ compiled by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation registers Somalia at the bottom of the league table out of the 53 African states surveyed. Somalia is unquestionably a ‘failed state’. In yesterday’s posting the Forum concluded that Kenya’s military action in Somalia was necessary […]

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And so it’s ‘War on Al-Shabaab’. In an effort to beef up security on its border and protect Kenyan citizens and foreign visitors, the government has decided to take the bull by the horns, send its forces in Somalia and do battle with Al-Shabaab. According to Defense Minister Yusuf Haji and Internal Security Minister George […]

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