The publication's entire staff is made up of eight people and operates out of a modest four-room office in downtown Nairobi. It survives on funding, mostly from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland. The connection with the Finns came about after Makali put out a grant proposal to start a media monitoring organization. But the journal goes beyond watching the media or chasing risky stories like drug trafficking. It also tackles human rights and democracy issues.
Writers can submit poems and short stories.
For some critics, this points to a lack of journalistic purity. But Makali and others, especially those active in human rights issues, disagree. Our professional skillswhether as lawyers or journalistsmust be put to the service of certain values which will bring about increasing democratization in Kenya. Law Monthly, also sits on the 14-member board, which represents a variety of professions. Karanja refers to when Makali worked for a weekly paper owned by a prominent opposition leader.