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The African Trumpet
The African Trumpet is a podcast run by The Elephant, a platform for engaging citizens to reflect, re-member and re-envision their society by interrogating the past, the present, to fashion a future.
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Okiya Omtatah: Your Rights, Use Them or Lose Them
On September 17-18 2025, the Civic Freedom Forum held a two-day Civic Space Protection Summit in Nakuru, a gathering focused on the challenges faced b...
The Youth Need Both Formal and Informal Platforms - Prof. Maria Nzomo
In this episode, we converse with Prof. Maria Nzomo about what Gen Z misses by bypassing formal institutions, and that achieving policy leverage is no...
The Levers of Power Are Reckoning – Prof. Karuti Kanyinga
The current political moment is forcing many spaces where power is exercised and visualized to reckon with the Gen Z revolution. And as Prof. Karuti K...
Activism Is a Relay, Not a Sprint - Martha Karua
In this episode of our Intergenerational Solidarity series, we sit down with Martha Karua, a trailblazer, advocate, and political icon, for a candid a...
Gen Zs Forced a Reckoning for All the Levers of Power - L. Muthoni Wanyeki
The online and offline agitation by the Gen Z cluster has forced the centres of power and political negotiations to grapple with their relevance, func...
The Gen Z Moment Has Redefined Power and Politics - Atsango Chesoni
The Gen Z protests created a critical political moment whose impact has unravelled many political assumptions. In the midst of it, the constitution st...
Governments Thrive on Good Ideas - John Khaminwa
Since independence, successive Kenyan governments have—even in the worst of times—relied on a few honourable men and women to sustain the civic public...
Reflecting on Protest and Power Among Kenyan Gen Zs – Gitobu Imanyara
Kenya’s third liberation is laden with all kinds of tentative solidarities between the Gen Zs and their elders, with lessons drawn from the past findi...
History as Society’s Warning System – Pheroze Nowrojee
In light of the recent political events since June 2024 in Kenya, a dearth of voices have tried to situate and tie these sets of events to immediate p...
The Generation Question in Kenya’s Evolving Protest
The Kenyan society is yet to decide what the 2024 protests meant for the country, and its citizens, and where to situate it in a long history of agita...
Reclaiming Black Girl Magic Through African Spiritual Traditions
As more black folks, particularly black women, in Africa are becoming more interested in exploring non-Christian faith systems, the need for more spac...
Street Worship: The Pulse of Nairobi City
In this conversation, we delve into the vibrant phenomenon of street worship in Nairobi City. Righa explains how spontaneous praise and worship events...
The Gathering Storm: Europe Readies Itself for Another War
After an eight-decade hiatus, Europe is again at war, and as with all European conflicts past, the invasion of Ukraine is about business; when capital...
A Review of Kenya’s Governance Landscape
The recent protests have brought Kenya’s governance trajectory into sharp focus. As the dust settles, many questions are begging for answers. In this...
Rights of Persons with Disabilities are Human Rights Too
The 2010 constitution turns 14 years today and has been observed in breach more than in observance. Key among these is the implementation of the right...
Gen X Vs Gen Z Protests: A Fireside Chat
This podcast features psychologist and wellness coach Salima Macharia as we explore the unique characteristics of each generation’s protest movements....
The Nuts and Bolts of Constitutional Oversight
To mark the 14th anniversary of the promulgation of Kenya’s new constitution, we speak to Dr John Mutakha Kangu, a constitutional law expert. As a key...
Dealing with Post-Protest Stress: Part II
People who are involved or directly exposed to the protests may have experienced emotional trauma, anxiety, and stress disorders. Some protesters repo...
Dealing with Post-Protest Stress: Part I
People who are involved or directly exposed to the protests may have experienced emotional trauma, anxiety, and stress disorders. Some protesters repo...
The Evolution of Protests in Kenya
Kenyans have always exercised their rights to protest as enshrined in the Constitution. The safety, dynamics, respect for rule of law between the prot...
Inatuhusu: We Belong in the Streets
The Gen Z protests have provided an interesting crucible with which citizens interact with spatial spaces as they air their grievances. In this episod...
Fact-Checking the Kenyan Protests
Join us in this compelling episode as we delve into the intricacies of Kenya's recent Finance Bill protests, exploring the pivotal role of fact-checki...
Gen Z Protests: A Revolution Aided by Technology
Gen Z shows the power of digital activism - driving change from screens to the streets.
On This Father's Day
How was your relationship with your dad and how has fatherhood shaped you? On this Father's Day, we honour grandfathers, foster dads, adoptive dads, s...
Madaraka For Whom: A Gen Z Perspective
Madaraka Day is a special occasion in Kenya's calendar. But beyond the festivities, Madaraka Day is also a time for reflection and unity. Do you feel...
Inatuhusu: Mind Your Health
For a long time, very few used to talk a lot about mental health, and thankfully many more people do now. In this episode, we explore what has changed...
The Political Economy of Ruto-Raila Handshake
We are hostages of this venal, idiotic class that harps on sovereignty and independence because all they can do now is enclose us in these colonial bo...
Entitled or Woke? Exploring Gen Z's Perceptions and Realities
In recent years, Generation Z has garnered a reputation for being both entitled and woke, but what does this mean for the future? This conversation ex...
Gen Z: Flipping the Script or Just Hitting 'Ctrl+Z'? Exploring the Power and Potential of the Next World-Changers
Generation Z has emerged as a population increasingly worthy of attention, especially now as its older members are in their 20s and have...
Okiyah Omtata: We Are Paying For Non-Existent Debts
Fresh controversy is swirling over Kenya's ballooning debt crisis even as President William Ruto prescribes painful tax measures to fund his 3.68 tril...
Finance Bill: High Court Says, No
More than 90% of Kenyans have rejected the Finance Bill 2023, which includes the government’s taxation plan for the financial year starting in July 20...
Finance Bill 2023 - Whose Finance Whose Bill
The Kenya Finance Bill 2023 is an unfair and regressive legislation favouring the wealthy and corporations at the expense of the working-class and poo...
The Politics Of Love And Sex
The rise of movements such as Feminism and the Men’s Rights Movement in a landscape long divided raise valid concerns regarding gender-specific issues...
Kenyan Youth, Economy, And Political Hope
Failing to examine youth engagement trends may be a serious blind spot— and thus a threat to democracy. It is a question that merits closer examinatio...
A Hustler's Finance Bill
The Kenyan government's new tax proposals that seek to boost revenue collection and cut public borrowing have been met with much opposition, especiall...
Finance Bill 2023 - A Prowling Economic Hitjob
The Kenyan government's new tax proposals that seek to boost revenue collection and cut public borrowing have been met with much opposition, especiall...
Who Will Rescue Our Political Economy
Kenya’s cost of living demonstrations has as much to do with popular discontent as they do with the opposition capitalizing on frustrations. The Eleph...
Alcohol Central: Don't Drink Gachagua's Myth
In recent weeks, lawmakers and politicians in Kenya, including Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua have decried the alleged spectre of widespread alcoho...
Gov. Nderitu Muriithi: You Can’t Divorce the Economy From Politics
This government faces significant political risk in the middle of an economic crisis. Lucky governments are those that are able to avoid having both,...
Land, Kenya's Unfinished Revolution
Property invasion has emerged as a core facet of the recent demonstrations including the Northlands in Nairobi, and Kedong ranch in Isiolo. Is our fai...