📰 Kenya’s Watchdogs Return: Why the Investigative Journalism Renaissance Matters
There was a time in Kenya when Sunday evenings felt like a collective reckoning. From the mid-2000s through the early 2010s, the nation would gather around their screens to watch Jicho Pevu by Mohammed Ali and Inside Story by John-Allan Namu, holding their breath as corruption, crime, and hidden injustices were laid bare for all to see ; they became platforms where the hidden rot of corruption, crime, and injustice was brought to light. It was an era when investigative journalism pierced the walls of power, forcing the mighty to squirm under the weight of public scrutiny. In one unforgettable piece, Paruwanja la Mihadarati (The Drug Web), Mohammed Ali exposed the dangerous networks of drug trafficking in Kenya, revealing how politicians and businesspeople were entangled in a web of profit and destruction, especially along the Coast. It was a report that shook the nation, forcing conversations in Parliament and making it impossible for leaders to ignore the cries of a societ...