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Alexander Chagema

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Kakamega, Nairobi
As seen in: The Standard (Kenya), Kenya Television Network, Hoja za Wahariri, Siasa, The News-Chronicle
Covers:  Politics, Features, Analysis, Commentaries
Doesn't Cover: Health
Alexander Chagema is a Kenyan born Journalist currently employed by The Standardmedia group working as an editorial writer, copy editor and columnist.

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Alexander Chagema is a Kenyan born Journalist currently employed by The Standardmedia group. He has been with the media house for seven years in which time he has worked as an editorial writer, copy editor and columnist.
Chagema has published many articles in his weekly column that majorly touch on language and political issues. Lately, he has also been writing feature stories from Western part of Kenya (Kakamega, Vihiga, Bungoma and Busia counties) that is rich in diverse culture and natural …

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Only consultative meetings will find answers to indiscipline in schools

Only consultative meetings will find answers to indiscipline in schools

Education CS George Magoha's pledge to build more approved schools brought to mind Lucky Dube's song; Prisone…

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Hurling epithets indicates you have a shortage of ideas, Ruto

Hurling epithets indicates you have a shortage of ideas, Ruto

Front-runners for the upcoming presidential election in August are playing by their own rules. Ideally, the I…

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Fights among leaders, cultural clashes imperil Luhya unity bid

Fights among leaders, cultural clashes imperil Luhya unity bid

The call for Luhya unity is not new. Not surprisingly, it only comes alive every five years -coinciding with …

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Little-known Kakamega man wants to become Kenya's president

Little-known Kakamega man wants to become Kenya's president

The list of 2022 presidential aspirants is growing. Eliab Imbiakha, a little-known man from Emusanda village …

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Has Musalia Mudavadi failed to rise to the occasion in Western backyard?

Has Musalia Mudavadi failed to rise to the occasion in Western backyard?

Mixed reactions greeted Cotu Secretary-General Francis Atwoli's call for the Bukhungu II meeting on December …

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With friends like Malala, Mudavadi should forget the presidency

With friends like Malala, Mudavadi should forget the presidency

Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala has the word impetuosity written all over him. He is besotted with Amani Nat…

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Kenya's press laws a colonial relic that should be done away with

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By Alexander Chagema Verified
| The Standard (Kenya) Verified
Journalists at a past event. [File, Standard] Kenyans discard what no longer serves them with remarkable ease. We have buried courtship rituals our grandfathers swore by, swapped the payment mode in public service vehicles with mobile payment, and watched marriage customs that once took months get compressed into a single weekend ceremony. Yet, despite evolutionary changes everywhere, journalism remains shackled to instruments forged for a Kenya that no longer exists.
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'Disrespected' jobs not at risk of invasion by artificial intelligence

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By Alexander Chagema Verified
| The Standard (Kenya) Verified
AI is reshaping employment.[File, Standard] Anxiety is slowly spreading across universities and in corporate offices in Kenya. It is the anxiety of people who have built their lives around academic qualifications and are only now beginning to wonder whether artificial intelligence (AI) has invalidated their investment. They include the lawyer who spent four years at the university. The radiologist who sacrificed years mastering the art of reading scans.
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The Luhya vote is powerful on paper, yet remains paralysed in practice

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By Alexander Chagema Verified
| The Standard (Kenya) Verified
Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya and National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula.[File,Standard] The excitable nature of our leadership, in part, arises from an allergy to truth. When Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya admitted that canvassing votes for President William Ruto in Western Kenya had become a herculean task, local loyalists bridled.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Editorialist and columnist

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

By delivering it almost instantaneously. Sadly, without the benefit of verification and moderation.
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