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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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US Dispatches Marines to Haiti as Deployment of Kenya Police Delays

Amid escalating chaos and gang takeovers of key installations in Haiti, the US State Department on Sunday 10 March deployed Marines to safeguard the US embassy in Port Au Prince.

This move comes as the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission faces delays.

Gang violence has disrupted operations and blocked Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning after a trip to Kenya. Gang leaders are calling for his resignation and threatening further violence. The Marine Corps deployment follows US discussions of policy measures to address the escalating violence.

Efforts continue to expedite the deployment of Kenyan police and officers from other countries to join the multinational security mission.

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