Kamau Wairuri
@kamauwairuri.bsky.social
Caffeine-dependent Kenyan Scholar. Lecturer in Criminology @Edinburghnapier| Podcaster: @TheKenyanist. Politics & Policy. Views my own.
Troubling findings: Most helmets in Kenya are counterfeits, meaning that they will not protect riders and pilon passengers in the event of an accident. We're tragically losing 5 people per day to boda boda accidents in Kenya. A tragic failure of enforcement.
www.the-star.co.ke/health/2025-...
www.the-star.co.ke/health/2025-...
Most Boda helmets cannot save your head – study
Select helmets from Kenya were subjected to international crash simulations. None passed a single test.
www.the-star.co.ke
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Troubling findings: Most helmets in Kenya are counterfeits, meaning that they will not protect riders and pilon passengers in the event of an accident. We're tragically losing 5 people per day to boda boda accidents in Kenya. A tragic failure of enforcement.
www.the-star.co.ke/health/2025-...
www.the-star.co.ke/health/2025-...
"... citizens want more than just the right to vote. They want to shape decisions, hold leaders accountable, and co-create solutions to the challenges they face. Participation is not a luxury. "
Parliaments are crucial to saving democracy in Africa.
Parliaments are crucial to saving democracy in Africa.
60% of Africans don’t believe democracy is working in their interests – how parliaments can fix the problem
Parliaments can rescue democracy by encouraging engagement and genuine public participation.
theconversation.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"... citizens want more than just the right to vote. They want to shape decisions, hold leaders accountable, and co-create solutions to the challenges they face. Participation is not a luxury. "
Parliaments are crucial to saving democracy in Africa.
Parliaments are crucial to saving democracy in Africa.
HIV is not just a young people's issue. Older people are getting infected as well raising important issues that need to be addressed. This recent research, comparing Kenya and South Africa, offers a good starting point for programmatic considerations.
HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South Africa
Ageing with HIV is now a global public health reality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, and the response must evolve to reflect that.
theconversation.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
HIV is not just a young people's issue. Older people are getting infected as well raising important issues that need to be addressed. This recent research, comparing Kenya and South Africa, offers a good starting point for programmatic considerations.
My latest piece with @SJCK_Sheff explores the politics of data within the contest of police abuse in Kenya and South Africa.
We adopted the concept of complaint biography from Sara Ahmed to help us frame our analysis.
Find more about our analysis here: shorturl.at/pYuGS
We adopted the concept of complaint biography from Sara Ahmed to help us frame our analysis.
Find more about our analysis here: shorturl.at/pYuGS
Does data count? The politics of complaint, data and police accountability.
| South African Crime Quarterly
This academic peer-reviewed journal is an open access journal for policy makers, practitioners, and the research community, on crime and related issues in South Africa.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My latest piece with @SJCK_Sheff explores the politics of data within the contest of police abuse in Kenya and South Africa.
We adopted the concept of complaint biography from Sara Ahmed to help us frame our analysis.
Find more about our analysis here: shorturl.at/pYuGS
We adopted the concept of complaint biography from Sara Ahmed to help us frame our analysis.
Find more about our analysis here: shorturl.at/pYuGS
Sobering read about the sexual violence that’s happened in Ethiopia in the context of the conflict in northern Tigray.
It highlights perpetrators, limited support structures and how the last of accountability fuels retaliatory attacks.
#SRHR #SGBV
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07...
It highlights perpetrators, limited support structures and how the last of accountability fuels retaliatory attacks.
#SRHR #SGBV
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07...
Silence over sexual violence in Ethiopia enables yet more abuse, says report
The failure to hold perpetrators to account has fueled revenge attacks.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Sobering read about the sexual violence that’s happened in Ethiopia in the context of the conflict in northern Tigray.
It highlights perpetrators, limited support structures and how the last of accountability fuels retaliatory attacks.
#SRHR #SGBV
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07...
It highlights perpetrators, limited support structures and how the last of accountability fuels retaliatory attacks.
#SRHR #SGBV
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2025/07...
It’s disheartening when Africans are invited over and over again to contribute to science, but then get left out of the benefits.
This really feeds distrust of science. Tragic.
This really feeds distrust of science. Tragic.
Tested in Africa, used in America
The process for translating clinical trial results into action for young women in Africa has been left to our imaginations, write Mark Siedner and Rochelle Walensky.
www.statnews.com
July 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s disheartening when Africans are invited over and over again to contribute to science, but then get left out of the benefits.
This really feeds distrust of science. Tragic.
This really feeds distrust of science. Tragic.
Scoping review finds that criminalisation of drugs increases dependence. www.drugscience.org.uk/does-drug-cr...
Does drug criminalisation increase harmful drug use? A scoping review of underlying mechanisms
This article discusses how unintended side effects from the international regime of drug criminalization may serve to increase harmful drug use among some population segments and performs systematic…
www.drugscience.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Scoping review finds that criminalisation of drugs increases dependence. www.drugscience.org.uk/does-drug-cr...
I have a new piece in The Conversation Africa examining police brutality in Kenya and how we can start to address it.
theconversation.com/kenyas-polic...
theconversation.com/kenyas-polic...
Kenya’s police still kill with impunity – what needs to be done to stop them
Kenyan regimes have long adopted brutal policing approaches to sustain themselves in power.
theconversation.com
June 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I have a new piece in The Conversation Africa examining police brutality in Kenya and how we can start to address it.
theconversation.com/kenyas-polic...
theconversation.com/kenyas-polic...
Reposted by Kamau Wairuri
After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.
Mental health workers go on hunger strike, demanding better pay and benefits
After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.
www.npr.org
April 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.
Reposted by Kamau Wairuri
How are we supposed to get robots to screw little screws in automated domestic manufacturing plants if we exclude all the stuff made with little screws from the tariffs? Also, isn't it nice how tech billionaires can get exceptions for their stuff?
April 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How are we supposed to get robots to screw little screws in automated domestic manufacturing plants if we exclude all the stuff made with little screws from the tariffs? Also, isn't it nice how tech billionaires can get exceptions for their stuff?
Peer reviewer: This manuscript feels long for this journal. The author should ensure it is within the limits.
Also peer reviewer: Consider this half a million points, 100 other sources, give more examples to support your argument and say more about those interviews.
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Also peer reviewer: Consider this half a million points, 100 other sources, give more examples to support your argument and say more about those interviews.
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April 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Peer reviewer: This manuscript feels long for this journal. The author should ensure it is within the limits.
Also peer reviewer: Consider this half a million points, 100 other sources, give more examples to support your argument and say more about those interviews.
😳😳😳
Also peer reviewer: Consider this half a million points, 100 other sources, give more examples to support your argument and say more about those interviews.
😳😳😳
OXFORD FELLOWSHIP FOR AFRICAN SCHOLARS
The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme offers the opportunity to develop collaborations between African researchers and researchers in Oxford.
Applications now open for the 2025/26 AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme.
www.afox.ox.ac.uk/afox-visitin...
The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme offers the opportunity to develop collaborations between African researchers and researchers in Oxford.
Applications now open for the 2025/26 AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme.
www.afox.ox.ac.uk/afox-visitin...
AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme | afox
The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme is designed to allow exceptional African researchers to build international networks and focus on a project of their choice in collaboration with Oxford-based…
www.afox.ox.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
OXFORD FELLOWSHIP FOR AFRICAN SCHOLARS
The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme offers the opportunity to develop collaborations between African researchers and researchers in Oxford.
Applications now open for the 2025/26 AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme.
www.afox.ox.ac.uk/afox-visitin...
The AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme offers the opportunity to develop collaborations between African researchers and researchers in Oxford.
Applications now open for the 2025/26 AfOx Visiting Fellowship Programme.
www.afox.ox.ac.uk/afox-visitin...
Some statistics on shop lifting in the UK: £2bn worth of loss in one year, in 20.4m recorded incidents.
#CrimeStatistics
#CrimeStatistics
March 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Some statistics on shop lifting in the UK: £2bn worth of loss in one year, in 20.4m recorded incidents.
#CrimeStatistics
#CrimeStatistics
Kenya has over 800k registered refugees, the vast majority of whom (57%) are from Somalia.
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Kenya has over 800k registered refugees, the vast majority of whom (57%) are from Somalia.
The exit of USAID creates an opportunity for China to gain more influence in Africa, but Chinese Aid is no simple substitute.
China is more focused on trade and infrastructure while USAID supported a lot of health and humanitarian interventions.
America's cheque is also bigger.
buff.ly/byzChdq
China is more focused on trade and infrastructure while USAID supported a lot of health and humanitarian interventions.
America's cheque is also bigger.
buff.ly/byzChdq
March 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The exit of USAID creates an opportunity for China to gain more influence in Africa, but Chinese Aid is no simple substitute.
China is more focused on trade and infrastructure while USAID supported a lot of health and humanitarian interventions.
America's cheque is also bigger.
buff.ly/byzChdq
China is more focused on trade and infrastructure while USAID supported a lot of health and humanitarian interventions.
America's cheque is also bigger.
buff.ly/byzChdq
Drugs are still winning the war on drugs. According to the UNODC, drugs are more available, stronger, and more diverse than ever.
See a snapshot of the highlights from the World Drugs Report. Sobering statistics.
See a snapshot of the highlights from the World Drugs Report. Sobering statistics.
February 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Drugs are still winning the war on drugs. According to the UNODC, drugs are more available, stronger, and more diverse than ever.
See a snapshot of the highlights from the World Drugs Report. Sobering statistics.
See a snapshot of the highlights from the World Drugs Report. Sobering statistics.
There is some funding available for authors of accepted papers to attend the 2025 DSA Conference.
Follow this link: https://buff.ly/4k1377W
Follow this link: https://buff.ly/4k1377W
February 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
There is some funding available for authors of accepted papers to attend the 2025 DSA Conference.
Follow this link: https://buff.ly/4k1377W
Follow this link: https://buff.ly/4k1377W
Glad that our panel on ‘Youth and protests in Africa’ has been accepted for the 2025 Development Studies Association conference.
The call for papers is open now. Please send in your papers!
The call for papers is open now. Please send in your papers!
December 16, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Glad that our panel on ‘Youth and protests in Africa’ has been accepted for the 2025 Development Studies Association conference.
The call for papers is open now. Please send in your papers!
The call for papers is open now. Please send in your papers!
Scaled up to the 4th floor last week Friday!
Happy for all the blessings in my life … especially the miracle of friendship!
Now let life begin …
Happy for all the blessings in my life … especially the miracle of friendship!
Now let life begin …
December 9, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Scaled up to the 4th floor last week Friday!
Happy for all the blessings in my life … especially the miracle of friendship!
Now let life begin …
Happy for all the blessings in my life … especially the miracle of friendship!
Now let life begin …
Reposted by Kamau Wairuri
‘Staff are not a burden on the University—they are the core of its educational mission….’ Really important piece of work from UCU Edinburgh critically evaluating the Uni’s statements about its financial position (tl;dr there is money in the banana stand) www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/2eppzf7...
Dire Financial Straits at UoE? NO! — UCU Edinburgh
Are things really as bad as they say? Find out the truth behind the numbers!
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 5:31 PM
‘Staff are not a burden on the University—they are the core of its educational mission….’ Really important piece of work from UCU Edinburgh critically evaluating the Uni’s statements about its financial position (tl;dr there is money in the banana stand) www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/2eppzf7...
Reposted by Kamau Wairuri
We're looking for a communications & engagement officer to join us. We're interested in people with experience in events, creating digital content and/ or publications.
Applications close 1 Dec with interviews on 12 Dec
Full info & application here jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_web...
Please share!!!
Applications close 1 Dec with interviews on 12 Dec
Full info & application here jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_web...
Please share!!!
November 19, 2024 at 10:11 AM
We're looking for a communications & engagement officer to join us. We're interested in people with experience in events, creating digital content and/ or publications.
Applications close 1 Dec with interviews on 12 Dec
Full info & application here jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_web...
Please share!!!
Applications close 1 Dec with interviews on 12 Dec
Full info & application here jobs.napier.ac.uk/mthrprod_web...
Please share!!!
Guest lecturing at Strathclyde today on the policing of poor, young men in Kenya.
November 26, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Guest lecturing at Strathclyde today on the policing of poor, young men in Kenya.
We have slid 17 places in the ease of travel rankings, to number 46 out of 54 countries in Africa.
… because we like running stupid experiments (na kifua), and end up shooting ourselves in the foot.
… because we like running stupid experiments (na kifua), and end up shooting ourselves in the foot.
November 26, 2024 at 7:52 AM
We have slid 17 places in the ease of travel rankings, to number 46 out of 54 countries in Africa.
… because we like running stupid experiments (na kifua), and end up shooting ourselves in the foot.
… because we like running stupid experiments (na kifua), and end up shooting ourselves in the foot.