If Kenya was reduced to a village of 100 people, 22 of those people would be Kikuyu, 14 would be Luhya, and 13 would be Luo.

Of the remaining, 11 would be Kamba, 6 Kisii, 6 Meru, 15 of other African tribes, and 1 Asian/European. Only 1 would be Maasai. 10 people live in Nairobi, 3 in Mombasa and almost 2 in Kisumu.

Read more from Nanjala Nyabola here.

What does a woman do with a pregnancy that is the result of rape?

Read as Amina Mohamed discusses Amnesty International new policy that will support a woman's right to abortion after a rape.

It goes without saying that abortion is not an easy procedure for all parties
involved, however, in instances of violence it is a crucial step on the journey
of healing for the woman.

Read more here.

Abortion is illegal in Kenya. The Kenyan penal code criminalizes it, promising stiff punishment to those who practice it.

This effectively means that any woman or girl lucky enough to survive a backstreet (which they usually are) abortion ordeal, and who is subsequently found out by the authorities, risks getting hauled off to court where society will condemn her further for breach of what many legal intellectuals increasingly view as a moral wrong (an offence in the same league as say adultery or premarital sex, for those countries with secular legal regimes, which nevertheless still punish these).

Atieno Ochieng' on a discussion about decriminalizing abortion. Read here.

"Too Young??? I don't understand..." "Just do it, I won't have anything to do with you nor the baby if you don't give it up." You know, words must be used wisely sometimes, but these words will never be forgotten by myself.

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I was more convinced now that I wanted my baby. I asked God for a son. My Son is now three years old. A handsome young gentleman. To this date, right from my son's birth, still no word from Derick. Not a pound spent by himself and you ask me why I am anti-men???

Charity Kivuli narrates here how her fiance forced her to have an abortion.

I always thought I was pretty certain about my views on politics. In the modern world, I find I am firmly with the European left.

I am green, anti-gun, pro- gay rights, anti-war, pro-free trade, anti-racism, anti- capital punishment, pro-Palestinian, anti-nationalism, anti-fiat money, anti-privatisation, anti- fascism -civilised in a word. Every position discursive and not intuitive, my escutcheon unblotched by superstition. I bore all those badges you could proudly wear to a good university on the European mainland, maybe even on Albion but more and more certainly not in the USA. I needed to be persuaded by reason and history, not by the threat of displeasing the sky-god or a fiery hell or sleeping ancestors.

John Ogot on why his stance on abortion has changed. Read more on his interesting journey here.