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The order follows an urgent application filed by Mbijiwe’s mother, Jane Gatwiri, who sought judicial intervention to compel the government to immediat...
Mbijiwe's family is seeking orders requiring top state security agencies to account for his whereabouts, four years after he disappeared under mysteri...
The findings show that a clear plurality of Kenyans, 35 per cent, believe the police and other state security agencies are mainly responsible for extr...
LSK President Faith Odhiambo said lawyers pursuing matters of public interest had increasingly become the greatest targets in what she described as po...
Kibera Law Courts rejected an application by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (...
A series of recent developments in Nairobi have triggered concern in Washington, with US legislators now calling for a formal reassessment of the part...
He said he was still traumatised from his recent disappearance and urged the court to extend earlier protection orders, insisting he needed more time...
The application was filed after Kiangui's whereabouts remained unknown for over a week, raising concerns over possible enforced disappearance.
A video clip circulating online shows one of the abductors firing a gunshot into the air before the vehicle sped off with Chesoni.
Family members linked his disappearance to his recent efforts in promoting the Gen Z protest anniversary on his X (formerly Twitter) account.
The family claim DCI officers broke into Kinyagia’s house in Kinoo, Nairobi, on Sunday after a lengthy standoff with the caretaker.
They were reportedly bundled into unmarked Subaru vehicles by plainclothes men in full view of police officers stationed at the court premises, who to...
Njeri created an online tool to help Kenyans oppose the proposed Finance Bill, 2025.
In Kenya, the coalition called for the prosecution of all individuals implicated in the abduction, disappearance, and killings of youth since June 202...
Senior Principal Magistrate Robin Ondieki directed The Karen Hospital and Plainsview Hospital Ruiru Branch to give investigators certified copies of K...
The suspects have been barred from communicating with any of the witnesses in the case either by themselves or their proxies.
Cyrus Kieru Muhia, who, according to the police, is the owner of the Subaru Forester believed to have been used to execute the alleged abduction, was...
Murkomen dismissed claims that police were selectively fast-tracking the case of Kasipul MP Charles Were, while stalling on investigations into unreso...
IPOA told MPs on Wednesday that investigations into these cases are ongoing and that the perpetrators have not yet been identified.
Nairobi was the deadliest county for extra-judicial killings followed by Kiambu and Migori.
The chiefs are now in the custody of Kenyan officials and are expected to return home soon.
Ruto said he had already taken decisive action by disbanding a rogue police unit that had been implicated in the killings.
Shaffi was abducted by unidentified individuals moments after being acquitted of terror-related charges by a Garissa court.
Muturi disclosed that he has missed three consecutive Cabinet sessions held on January 21, February 11, and the most recent one on March 11.
The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss, Mohammed Amin had argued that the High Cour...
Muteti was reportedly abducted on October 22, 2024, in Timau, Laikipia County, by people believed to be members of the Special Operations Unit (SOU).
Law Society of Kenya President Faith Odhiambo noted that the arrest and detention of Mulei at Capitol Hill Police Station is a violation of her rights...
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations on Thursday evening sent a statement confirming the arrest.
According to the HRW report, the abduction squad otherwise known as the Operation Support Unit (OSU) operates within the precincts of The Directorate...
This is even as Human Rights experts argue that the incidents are not "abductions" but incidents of Enforced Disappearance, since a government cannot...
