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Journalists Assaulted, Threatened, Harassed In Kenya

Kenyan media didn’t have much to celebrate on World Press Freedom Day. Kenyan police and senior state officials have continued to...

May 5, 2020

Outrage as Kenya spends virus funds on tea and snacks

Kenyans online are outraged after the ministry of health spent huge sums on tea, snacks and mobile phone airtime for its staff in the...

May 1, 2020

Mike Sonko's Bizarre Rant on Twitter 'Power Ends'

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Tuesday had a message for leaders whom he described as ‘drunk with power’. In a rant posted on...

Apr 30, 2020

Covid-19 boosts police power and brutality in Kenya

Kenyans fear the securitisation of the government’s coronavirus policies as impoverished citizens bear the brunt of widespread police...

Apr 29, 2020

Stamping out misinformation in Kenya's COVID-19 fight

Maureen Akinyi has experienced a lot in her seven years as a front-line volunteer for Kenya Red Cross - but nothing like this. "It's...

Apr 27, 2020

Kenyan quarantine centres are in worse state than jails

Like people around the world, Rachel Gachuna is extremely worried about catching coronavirus. But she is just as fearful about being...

Apr 23, 2020

Six killed by Kenyan police enforcing coronavirus curfew: HRW

At least six people have died in Kenya from police violence during the enforcement of a dusk-to-dawn curfew implemented to curb the...

Apr 23, 2020

Kenya: Police Brutality During Curfew

At least six people died from police violence during the first 10 days of Kenya’s dusk-to-dawn curfew, imposed on March 27, 2020 to...

Apr 22, 2020

The fear of being sentenced to a Kenyan quarantine centre

Like people around the world, Rachel Gachuna is extremely worried about catching coronavirus. But she is just as fearful about being...

Apr 20, 2020

Somali intelligence funding Shabaab to attack Kenya

Strong links exist between Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency and al Shabaab, a confidential report from an insider in...

Apr 17, 2020

Kenya police kill more during curfew than COVID-19

The Kenyan police have killed 12 people in an attempt to enforce a dawn to dusk curfew in the wake of coronavirus. This figure is greater...

Apr 17, 2020

Poor Kenyans despair as coronavirus quarantine extended over unpaid bills

Kenyan travellers say they are being held in a government quarantine centre after the expiry of their mandatory 14 days of isolation...

Apr 16, 2020

Kenyan governor blasted over plans to include Hennessy in coronavirus care packages

The governor of Nairobi, Kenya was blasted on social media after announcing his plans to include “small bottles of Hennessy” in food...

Apr 16, 2020

Stampede in Kenya as Slum Residents Surge for Food Aid

Thousands of people surged for food aid in a brief stampede Friday in Kenya's capital, desperate for help as coronavirus restrictions...

Apr 14, 2020

MPs have let Kenya down by refusing to take pay cut

The Covid-19 pandemic has made a dent in our economy, and indeed, the economies of many countries across the world. The gravity of the...

Apr 13, 2020

Funds misuse in Bungoma derails Covid-19 war

Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati has been taken to task on how Sh11 million given to the county coronavirus response team has been...

Apr 10, 2020

Tackling Kenya’s Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19 Crisis

For 4 days, Juliet M., a 16-year-old Kenyan, was held captive by a man and sexually assaulted. She was rescued by neighbors and is now...

Apr 9, 2020

Anger as mandatory quarantine on returnees is extended in Kenya

Hundreds of people held under mandatory quarantine in Kenya after returning from abroad are up in arms after the government extended...

Apr 8, 2020

Kenya’s COVID-19 fight gets boost from seized funds

Kenya’s battle against the novel coronavirus received a boost Tuesday when its emergency fund to fight the pandemic received millions of...