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Zohran Mamdani: The Insurgent Path To City Hall

Zohran Mamdani: The Insurgent Path To City Hall

“Insurgency is not marginal. It is the grammar of the present.”

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze
Investigative Journalist | Public Intellectual | Global Governance Analyst | Health & Social Care Expert | International Business/Immigration Law Professional

Executive Summary

This twelve-part series traces the insurgent rise of Zohran Mamdani — a Ugandan-born, Indian-heritage, Queens-raised assemblyman whose politics embodies both disruption and design. It is not biography but architecture: a literary-political framework that treats Mamdani not as anomaly but as prototype, refracting the contradictions of New York into a blueprint for the American left’s unfinished experiment.

The story opens with Origins of Rebellion, …

Kenya- Garbage Collectors Strike, Litter Nairobi Streets

Kenya: Garbage Collectors Strike, Litter Nairobi Streets

Garbage collectors contracted by City Hall have downed their tools due to non-payment, even as the county’s Finance and Environment departments trade blame over who is responsible for the mess.

The disgruntled workers, while clad in their bright red overalls, could be seen marching through parts of the Nairobi central business district (CBD) early Tuesday morning while emptying bins onto the streets.

They chanted angrily in protest, leaving roads littered with solid waste in their wake.

Nairobi County Environment Executive Larry Wambua, while confirming the protest, said that the garbage collectors contracted to collect solid waste within the CBD have