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  • Contributor, V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) – Democracy, Elections and Political Parties in Zanzibar(2000-2020).
  • Researcher, Providing for Peacekeeping Project – International Peace Institute (IPI) (2015-Ongoing).
  • Research in Popular Music and Culture (2019-Ongoing).
  • Research in Politics and Elections in Tanzania (Ongoing).
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Fixed: There was a problem resetting your PC error on Windows 10

If you interrupt it, Windows will just ask you again the next time you reboot. It’s an advanced disk check utility tool available for Windows 10 computers. The software runs on both 32bit and 64bit operating systems, and it provides users with lots of advanced options. If you don’t like opening the chkdsk utility from the command prompt, you need to give Check Disk GUI a try. It’s a simple and easy-to-use tool that lets you scan and fix various disk-related errors. What’s essential is that CheckDiskGUI allows users to...

The Scientific Flaws of Online Dating Sites

Skip fishing through unreliable age filters and try a site dedicated to those looking for romance later in life. HER is a rapidly-growing space for queer women to make real connections while avoiding unicorn hunters. A queer women-only app that will introduce you to tons of lesbians you didn't even know existed. A trendy, more serious Tinder alternative, Hinge wants to find you a relationship so you can delete the app all together. If you're dying to find the one and settle down ASAP, eharmony's proven success is so...

The Pulpit President: Religion and Ruto

By Iddah Apondi   The great Marxist thinker Karl Marx once opined that “religion is the opium of the people.” These words hold great resonance in the African continent. In examining Kenya and its dance with religion like other African countries, one can see that there exists a mixture of religion and the daily lives of people. The 2020 report on International Religious freedom: Kenya estimated that as of 2019 approximately 85.5% of the total population of Kenyans are Christians, 11% Muslim and less than 2% fall in to the religious groups...

How Social media shaped the 2022 Kenyan Election

By Ted Apondi   Having just concluded the controversial general election on August 9th, a wide array of actors in Kenya have taken steps to create a controlling narrative. Political parties, analysts, agents and voters and non-voters alike have all stormed the social media scene on Twitter, Meta and Instagram to give their view and assert their position on the outcome of the election. The Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) has been at helm of hilarious memes, political analyses and some worrying clickbait stories. Now, the Supreme Court will determine whether...

Kujenga Amani: Opposition as ‘Incumbent’ and ‘Incumbent’ as Opposition: Analyzing the Key Issues in Kenya’s 2022 Presidential Campaigns

By Nicodemus Minde Recent victories by opposition parties in Zambia, Malawi, Cape Verde, and Ghana are challenging the power of the incumbent thesis in African elections. In Kenya, no sitting president has ever lost an election but a sitting president has seen his preferred candidate lose an election. In 2002, longtime President Daniel Moi saw his chosen successor Uhuru Kenyatta defeated by Mwai Kibaki in what was seen as the freest elections in Kenya’s history. Fast forward, twenty years on, President Uhuru Kenyatta is backing his longtime political nemesis turned ally...

My Analysis on TheConversation: Change of guard in Kenya: the 5 reasons neighbours watch every step

By Nicodemus Minde Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta – whose final term in office ends after the 9 August polls – has been a key figure in east Africa. Over the last nine years, he has tried to create markets and address issues like peace, malaria and climate change. Within the East African Community, he signalled the end of an era on 21 July when he handed over the bloc’s leadership to his Burundian counterpart, Evariste Ndayishimiye. International relations scholar Nicodemus Minde explores five reasons neighbouring states follow the change of guard in Nairobi very keenly. You can read...

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Lessons Lessons!

By Umu Jalo These past few years have come with heavy lessons that life prior had not prepared us all for. Nobody alive now was there during the last global pandemic of the Spanish flu to prepare us now for the skill set that we required for buoyancy and resilience of having our lives turned upside down. The thing is, this has been a real test of survival, reinvention, risk taking, at least for me, in navigating this new world the best I know how, and here are the lessons I...

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Trust the process; let go of fear

By Umu Jalo   You probably have had this phrase a gazillion times in your journey through your current life so far. It’s become a catchphrase with modern gurus and their endless motivational rants. Have you ever stopped and dissected this phrase though? Tried looking at it from all angles at first, then depending on which lens that resonates with your life journey, applied it and sat back to see it work it’s magic?   Well, the two phrases, trust the process and let go of fear are powerful enough on their own, leave...

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Tässä esimerkissä funktion tiheys suorittama laskutoimitus oli hyvin yksinkertainen. Tässä esimerkissä pyöristettiin siis kokonaislukuja haluttuun tarkkuuteen. Eli round-funktion toinen parametri ndigits tarkoittaa sekä positiivisten että negatiivisten lukujen kohdalla "pyöristä tarkkuuteen 10-ndigits". Mutta eiköhän nämä kaikki taas degeneroidu pois, kunhan ensimmäiset puuterit pääsee kokeilemaan. Kolmen tunnin päästä oltiinkin Pirkkalassa. Ongelma oli siinä, että että tuo kuva tuli bmp-muodossa ja piti muuttaa erinäisillä tempuilla jpg muotoon, jotta kuvanlisäyksen sain toimimaan.Niistä taas löytyy sen virallisen totuuden haastavia juttuja.Voisiko TIM selaimen asetusten mukaan määrittää tekstien kielet. Videoissahan alueelta nousee jo massiivinen savu ja sitten vasta räjähtää kahdessa...