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Ichung'wah grilled over police brutality, graft and unfulfilled promises under Ruto regime
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 27, 2025

Ichung’wah strongly denied allegations of police involvement in the enforced disappearances of protesters during anti-government demonstrations, calli...

Wamuchomba reveals plans to ditch UDA in 2027 elections, condemns abductions of govt critics
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Feb 13, 2025

The lawmaker expressed disappointment that UDA had misled Kenyans with promises of economic empowerment, financial relief and fair returns for farmers...

Kenya’s Human Rights Crisis: Report exposes a year of crackdowns, abuses
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 12, 2025

HRW links last year's threats to probe 16 civil society organisations (CSOs) funded by the Ford Foundation over claims that they were funding the prot...

Crime surge: Kenya records alarming increase in criminal cases over last decade
Mary Wambui  |  Feb 12, 2025

The data confirms that while the country recorded its last major terror attack in 2019, Al-Shabaab militia is still making attempts to carry out its a...

Court of Appeal rejects police bid to halt abduction case
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 11, 2025

The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss, Mohammed Amin had argued that the High Cour...

Man reportedly abducted in Laikipia reunited with family after three months of agony
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 11, 2025

Muteti was reportedly abducted on October 22, 2024, in Timau, Laikipia County, by people believed to be members of the Special Operations Unit (SOU).

To fight dissent, Kenya clamps down on social media, AI
DW News  |  Feb 10, 2025

Kenya's government recently ramped up efforts to regulate social media and artificial intelligence. AI-generated content has helped fuel dissent and s...

Mlolongo abduction victims died from strangulation, blunt force injuries -Autopsy
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 05, 2025

The bodies of the two men were found to have decomposed significantly, with Njoroge explaining that the extent of decomposition made identification im...

Kalonzo says he is collecting evidence to take Ruto to ICC over crimes against humanity
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Feb 03, 2025

Musyoka accused Ruto's administration of sanctioning state-sponsored killings and abductions of young Kenyans who were exercising their constitutional...

Families of thousands who died under last regime could fill Uhuru Park - Duale
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 03, 2025

Duale downplayed criticism of President William Ruto’s administration over rising cases of abductions and extrajudicial killings, claiming that the sc...

Muturi's days as cabinet secretary numbered for daring President Ruto - MP Koech
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 03, 2025

Koech claimed Muturi’s recent criticism of the government, particularly on issues of abductions and extrajudicial killings, had made his position unte...

Abductions: State accused of silencing witnesses, families want ICC to intervene
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 02, 2025

Addressing the media on Sunday, victims and their families recounted harrowing stories of abductions, torture, and threats, urging the ICC to investig...

Kenya’s youth cannot stop state abductions on their own
Patrick Gathara  |  Feb 03, 2025

The history of enforced disappearances within Kenya can be traced to the tactics employed by the British to intimidate and subjugate the natives.

Kalonzo calls for independent Inquiry into abductions, extrajudicial killings
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 01, 2025

The party leader insisted on the need for a fair and impartial investigation to address these concerns.

LSK, rights groups demand answers over deaths of two men from Mlolongo
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jan 31, 2025

The families of the victims and human rights groups hope that the investigations will lead to justice for the victims and a broader reform of the coun...

CS Muturi to President Ruto: Bring an end to abductions, extra-judicial killings now
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 31, 2025

Muturi said there was an urgent need for the government to focus on these grave matters, calling them “gruesome” and warning that if left unchecked, t...

"Who is killing Kenyans?" LSK puts police on the spot over abductions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 31, 2025

Her remarks came after Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohammed Amin appeared in court and den...

Dragging IG of Police, DCI to court over abductions compromising national security - Murkomen
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 30, 2025

When he appeared before Justice Chacha Mwita, Kanja said he instructed the DCI boss to carry out swift investigations into matters of the disappearanc...

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