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Kenya Power exposed Kenyans to a Sh15 billion unsecured project
Kenya Power single-sourced for a contractor to carry out a Sh15 billion rural electrification project despite the National Treasury...
Aug 17, 2020
Two Kenya police officers charged with murder after Garissa shooting
Two Kenyan police officers were charged on Thursday with murder after they allegedly shot dead two people in the eastern county of...
Aug 14, 2020
Kenya’s LGBTQ refugees face threats, attacks at Kakuma Camp
LGBTQ refugees in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp say they are subjected to violent attacks and destruction of property by other refugees and...
Aug 14, 2020
Kenya is trying to end child marriage. But climate change is putting more young girls at risk
In a small hut in the village of Bubisa, a young bride named Tunne sits alone on a makeshift pallet bed. Smoke from a smoldering indoor...
Aug 13, 2020
Kenya among countries hostile to environmentalists - report
The brutal killing of Esther Mwikali, a 57-year-old land rights activist whose mutilated body was found dumped near her home at Mithini...
Aug 4, 2020
Kenya’s reverting to one-party state
The Independence constitution was a product of negotiations that largely reflected the aspirations of Kenyans. We had a devolved...
Jul 30, 2020
Kenyan police officers arrested after fatal shooting in Garissa
Two police officers in Kenya have been arrested in connection with a shooting in which two people were killed. The shooting happened at...
Jul 27, 2020
Kenya’s government is abandoning its citizens in the face of disaster
Even at the best of times, Kenyan governments have not shown themselves to be paragons of efficiency. But these are hardly the best of...
Jul 27, 2020
Kenya’s indigenous complain of forceful eviction form forests
The Ogiek and Sengwer ethnic groups in Kenya say authorities have forcefully evicted them from the Mau and Embobut forests, burning...
Jul 24, 2020
Kenya environmental defenders win landmark $12m court battle
Environmental defenders in Kenya are celebrating a landmark $12m court victory against the government that could pave the way for more...
Jul 23, 2020
Kenya turns its Covid-19 crisis into a human rights emergency
Not long after Kenya announced its first Covid-19 case on March 13, President Uhuru Kenyatta invoked the Public Order Act to activate a...
Jul 23, 2020
Kenya needs more strong institutions
I am in my final days in Kenya, and so tend to be reflective about my tenure here as ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya. I believe the...
Jul 16, 2020
Wealthy Kenyans bank Sh45bn in dollars during lockdown
Rich individuals and big companies, seeking a safe haven for their wealth, stockpiled a record Sh45.5 billion in dollars in the three...
Jul 16, 2020
Tundu Lissu on why he moved to Kenya
Tanzania's opposition leader Tundu Lissu, took to Kenyan TV on Wednesday evening, July 15, to set the record straight on why he moved to...
Jul 16, 2020
‘On our own’: Kenyan activists feel alone in the fight against police brutality
A global movement is pointing a spotlight at police brutality, which is rampant in Kenya, and so grass-roots human rights activists here...
Jul 13, 2020
UNHCR must address suffering of LGBTI refugees in Kenya
LGBTI activists in the U.S., Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, the U.K. and other countries are expressing a growing concern about the...
Jul 10, 2020
Arrests at Nairobi protest against police brutality
Kenyan police fired tear gas and detained protesters in the capital Nairobi demanding an end to police brutality. About 100 people took...
Jul 8, 2020
MPs want EACC to investigate 11 state agencies
At least 11 state corporations could be the subject of anti-graft investigations over wide-ranging irregularities including flawed...
Jul 7, 2020
Kenyan protestors torch police station after killing
Angry protesters on Monday set fire to a police station following the killing of a local businessman from the southwestern Kenyan town of...
Jul 7, 2020
Kenya not experiencing constitutional moment
Since Kenya became an independent country, certain laws have been relied upon to minimise the democratic space and political...
Jul 3, 2020
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