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Kenyan Police Killed Three People in Clashes Sparked by a Dispute Over a Face Mask
Kenyan police killed three people and injured five others Thursday in an incident that began with a motorbike taxi driver not wearing a...
Jun 29, 2020
A decades-old assault on the separation of powers has left Kenya a fractious legacy
The bulwark of Kenya’s democratisation is the rule of law – specifically the implementation of the 2010 constitution. The supreme law,...
Jun 25, 2020
Kenya: Law school officials accused of $1.8M fraud
The Kenyan government has decided to charge officials of a law college for alleged fraud worth over a million dollars, local media...
Jun 24, 2020
Kenya policeman charged with murder after curfew killing of teenager
A Kenyan policeman has been charged with the murder of 13-year-old Yasin Moyo, who was shot as he stood on a balcony in March watching...
Jun 24, 2020
Graft case that drove a wedge between DCI Kinoti and DPP Haji
On March 3, Principal Magistrate Kennedy Cheruiyot allowed former Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) boss Daniel Manduku and the Kenya Revenue...
Jun 22, 2020
COVID-19 - in Kenya, Confusion and Corruption While Politicians Flout Lockdowns
Kenya was engulfed by a cloud of apprehension on 12 March 2020, when the Ministry of Health confirmed the country's first case of...
Jun 16, 2020
State of the nation: Is Kenya hurtling towards dictatorship?
When the new Constitution was promulgated on August 27, 2010, the air was filled with optimism. Many Kenyans, especially those who had...
Jun 12, 2020
Three Kenyan police held after dragging woman behind motorbike
Arrest of three officers comes after video posted online sparks further outrage over police violence in Kenya. Three Kenyan police...
Jun 12, 2020
A national stain: The legal system in modern-day Kenya
Malawi’s Constitutional Court took an unprecedented and widely celebrated step in February. The previous May, President Peter Mutharika...
Jun 11, 2020
Why Kenyans are begging their president for freedom
In our series of letters from African journalists, Joseph Warungu captures the frustrations of Kenyans who have been pleading with the...
Jun 10, 2020
Kenya’s Chief Justice Accuses President of Undermining Courts
Kenya’s chief justice strongly criticized President Uhuru Kenyatta for “routinely” disregarding court orders, saying his behavior doesn’t...
Jun 9, 2020
Kenya’s policing is steeped in violence. Here’s what must change
Kenya has a long history of policing with excessive force, often resulting in unnecessary deaths. Recently at least six people died from...
Jun 9, 2020
Kenya Charges Police Officer with Murder for Coronavirus Curfew Death
Kenya’s Independent Policing Oversight Authority (or IPOA) on Thursday announced a police officer was being charged with murder in the...
Jun 5, 2020
Kenyans protest as police accused of killing homeless man
Residents of a slum in Kenya’s capital have protested the death of a homeless man who they say was killed by police for violating a...
Jun 3, 2020
Kenya's National Council of Elders has condemned the ongoing wrangles between politicians
The National Council of Elders has condemned the ongoing wrangles pitting politicians allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta, his deputy...
Jun 2, 2020
Catch me if you can: Did Kenya harbour the ‘Eichmann of Africa’?
One of Africa’s most wanted men has finally been caught. Félicien Kabuga’s arrest in a third-floor apartment in a Parisan suburb brought...
Jun 1, 2020
Kenya’s repeated denials of complicity in high places under scrutiny
In August 2001, seven years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the Rwanda government issued an official statement stating that...
May 27, 2020
Kenya Evicts 7,000 from Slums Despite Coronavirus Pandemic
Kenyan authorities have forcibly evicted more than 7,000 people from land in Nairobi slums over the last month, defying a court order....
May 20, 2020
Tyranny of state power won’t unite Kenya
Jubilee Party announced on May 10 that it had entered into a coalition agreement with Kanu, the independence party. A parliamentary group...
May 14, 2020
Kenyans Riot in Nairobi After Demolition of Homes
Police in Nairobi on Friday reportedly used water cannons, tear gas and live ammunition on demonstrators after they took to the streets...
May 11, 2020
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