{"id":17853,"date":"2022-03-20T08:44:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T08:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barazalab.com\/?p=17853"},"modified":"2023-09-04T05:44:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T05:44:53","slug":"not-your-cheerleader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Your Cheerleader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2022 general elections in Kenya are just months away, and there\u2019s increasing talk of voter \u201capathy\u201d, \u201c, especially among the youth\u201d. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the body which oversees the elections, last year set a target of registering six million new voters who have become eligible since 2017. They have only managed to register a third of that target, writes Halima Gikandi in a report for The World Radio. Rasi Masudi, director of voter registration and electoral operations at the IEBC is quoted in the story as saying, \u201cWe have never seen a situation like this before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t know why folks would be surprised at this turn of events. We\u2019ve been a country of political musical chairs and boardroom deals for decades now. The contest is between the same old characters. It\u2019s abundantly clear that the outcome of a presidential election, in particular, isn\u2019t dependent on the number of votes each candidate receives. It is through \u201cextra-legal\u201d means, as Kanyi Wyban writing for De.bunk Media puts it, making voting \u201can exercise in futility\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But I wouldn\u2019t be so quick to describe this as straightforward futility. I see the seeming apathy as a valid protest in and of itself, as I\u2019ve argued before, and as so eloquently explained by the formidable Yvonne Okwara in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o1lnIpdaVl0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yvonne\u2019s Take<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last Thursday (watch it!).<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.idea.int\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/voter-turnout-trends-around-the-world.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Data from Freedom House<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shows that voter turnout is high in countries that it describes as free, and those that are not free. The former is straightforward &#8211; in politically free countries, voting is a genuine demonstration of choice, so people come out and make their voice heard because their voices count.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In electoral autocracies (i.e. not free countries), elections are actually not designed to enable citizen voice or really measure popular preferences; instead, authoritarian regimes compel participation \u201cas a demonstration of allegiance\u201d, and serve to legitimize incumbents, and so voter turnout is compelled to be high.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But in this strange middle ground of what Freedom House calls partly free countries, of quasi-democratic political dysfunction, where your vote is likely to be futile (but you will be counted as part of the voter turnout), voters consistently choose to disengage from voting and even seemingly from \u201cpolitics\u201d, as participating will give the whole exercise a veneer of legitimacy. This is not just in Kenya but is an African and global phenomenon \u2013 of much lower voter turnouts in countries that are neither full democracies nor complete autocracies, the kind that holds regular elections but without a chance of any real impact on entrenched interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, in an arena where our choices are limited and the whole thing seems like this bizarre cross <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o1lnIpdaVl0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">between sport and tasteless comedy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, what \u201capathetic\u201d voters are saying is \u2018you can put on your performance, but I\u2019m not going to be one of your little cheerleaders, or even be part of the audience\u2019. That\u2019s a valid protest, and should really be seen as such.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the meantime, here\u2019s:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What We\u2019re Reading:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2021\/12\/06\/the-secretive-libyan-prisons-that-keep-migrants-out-of-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias. Read this in the context of what\u2019s happening in Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>What We\u2019re Watching: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The YouTube series <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xgvJiKny66s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THAO <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Africa Uncensored, which on the surface is \u2018the story of money in Kenya\u2019, but is really an incredibly rich dive into Kenyan economic and political history, narrated in Sheng. Economic histories can be really dry and boring, this is the furthest thing from that &#8211; believe me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>What We\u2019re Listening To:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ke\/podcast\/the-messy-inbetween\/id1575173957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Messy Inbetween<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a podcast about life, messy as it is &#8211; talking about love, money, relationships, friendships, and everything in between. The podcast is hosted by Murugi Munyi and Lydia K. M. (and recorded here at Baraza by Semabox! \ud83d\ude0e)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As always,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christine Mungai<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Curator | Baraza Media Lab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2022 general elections in Kenya are just months away, and there\u2019s increasing talk of voter \u201capathy\u201d, \u201c, especially among the youth\u201d. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christine-mungai","category-barua-ya-baraza"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Baraza Media Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Not Your Cheerleader - Baraza Media Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2022 general elections in Kenya are just months away, and there\u2019s increasing talk of voter \u201capathy\u201d, \u201c, especially among the youth\u201d. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Baraza Media Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/BarazaLab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-20T08:44:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-04T05:44:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Cheerleader.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"819\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"461\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Baraza Media Lab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@barazalab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@barazalab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Baraza Media Lab\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Baraza Media Lab\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4c20544102d81e11c20c32c3e0d5808\"},\"headline\":\"Not Your Cheerleader\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-20T08:44:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-04T05:44:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":676,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Cheerleader.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Christine Mungai\",\"Curator's Desk\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/\",\"name\":\"Not Your Cheerleader - Baraza Media Lab\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Cheerleader.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-20T08:44:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-04T05:44:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Cheerleader.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/03\\\/Cheerleader.png\",\"width\":819,\"height\":461},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/not-your-cheerleader\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Not Your Cheerleader\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/\",\"name\":\"Baraza Media Lab\",\"description\":\"A new initiative that aims to serve as a crucial building block as we look to strengthen the Kenya\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Baraza Media Lab\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Baraza-Media-Lab-Logo-Full-Color-Rgb-900px-w-72ppi.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Baraza-Media-Lab-Logo-Full-Color-Rgb-900px-w-72ppi.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":204,\"caption\":\"Baraza Media Lab\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/web.facebook.com\\\/BarazaLab\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/barazalab\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/barazamedialab\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCdbde10rOAg3dguw6s9u_Tg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/baraza-media-lab\\\/?originalSubdomain=ke\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d4c20544102d81e11c20c32c3e0d5808\",\"name\":\"Baraza Media Lab\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dccf07d7becedf74b2aef8560dfae73fe28605eaf80f88acd63b112e0ae9089f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dccf07d7becedf74b2aef8560dfae73fe28605eaf80f88acd63b112e0ae9089f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dccf07d7becedf74b2aef8560dfae73fe28605eaf80f88acd63b112e0ae9089f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Baraza Media Lab\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tuwele.com\\\/baraza_update\\\/author\\\/baraza-media-lab\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Baraza Media Lab","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Not Your Cheerleader - Baraza Media Lab","og_description":"The 2022 general elections in Kenya are just months away, and there\u2019s increasing talk of voter \u201capathy\u201d, \u201c, especially among the youth\u201d. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/","og_site_name":"Baraza Media Lab","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/BarazaLab\/","article_published_time":"2022-03-20T08:44:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-04T05:44:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":819,"height":461,"url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Cheerleader.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Baraza Media Lab","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@barazalab","twitter_site":"@barazalab","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Baraza Media Lab","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/"},"author":{"name":"Baraza Media Lab","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#\/schema\/person\/d4c20544102d81e11c20c32c3e0d5808"},"headline":"Not Your Cheerleader","datePublished":"2022-03-20T08:44:49+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-04T05:44:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/"},"wordCount":676,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Cheerleader.png","articleSection":["Christine Mungai","Curator's Desk"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/","url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/","name":"Not Your Cheerleader - Baraza Media Lab","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Cheerleader.png","datePublished":"2022-03-20T08:44:49+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-04T05:44:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Cheerleader.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Cheerleader.png","width":819,"height":461},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/not-your-cheerleader\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Not Your Cheerleader"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/","name":"Baraza Media Lab","description":"A new initiative that aims to serve as a crucial building block as we look to strengthen the Kenya","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#organization","name":"Baraza Media Lab","url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baraza-Media-Lab-Logo-Full-Color-Rgb-900px-w-72ppi.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Baraza-Media-Lab-Logo-Full-Color-Rgb-900px-w-72ppi.png","width":900,"height":204,"caption":"Baraza Media Lab"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/BarazaLab\/","https:\/\/x.com\/barazalab","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/barazamedialab\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdbde10rOAg3dguw6s9u_Tg","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/baraza-media-lab\/?originalSubdomain=ke"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/#\/schema\/person\/d4c20544102d81e11c20c32c3e0d5808","name":"Baraza Media Lab","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dccf07d7becedf74b2aef8560dfae73fe28605eaf80f88acd63b112e0ae9089f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dccf07d7becedf74b2aef8560dfae73fe28605eaf80f88acd63b112e0ae9089f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dccf07d7becedf74b2aef8560dfae73fe28605eaf80f88acd63b112e0ae9089f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Baraza Media Lab"},"url":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/author\/baraza-media-lab\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17853"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19276,"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17853\/revisions\/19276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}