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Exporting a Nation: Why Kenya's Best and Brightest Are Leaving

For generations, migration was seen as a personal choice. Some left for adventure, others for education, and a few in pursuit of better opportunities abroad. Today, something more profound is happening in Kenya. Leaving has become an aspiration. Ask university students what they want after graduation. Ask young doctors completing their internships. Ask software developers, engineers, lecturers and accountants. Increasingly, the answer is remarkably similar: they want out. The dream is no longer to build a life in Kenya. The dream is to escape it. That should trouble us far more than it does. Because when a country reaches a point where its most educated and ambitious citizens increasingly see their futures elsewhere, it is not merely experiencing migration. It is exporting itself. The Great Kenyan Checkout There is nothing unusual about human mobility. People have moved in search of opportunity for centuries. What is unusual is the scale and normalisation of departure. Today, stories o...
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Kenyan Special Forces Kill Al-Shabaab Fighters in Garissa


Kenyan Special Forces (SOG) have neutralised Al-Shabaab militants en route to Fafi Constitncy in Garissa. 

The highly-trained soldiers eliminated 5 militants and captured 4 fighters who are currently undergoing interrogation. They recovered 2 PKM, 1 RPM, 6 AKs, and a number of IED-making materials. 

Additionally, mobile phones and SIM cards were also recovered. A quick exploitation of the phones has so far provided important leads on a number of local Al-Shabaab facilitation networks.

The intelligence-led operation caught the Al-Shabaab fighters by surprise as they crossed into kenya to establish a temporary camp in the Fafi area of Garissa.




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