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LSK wants the court to issue an order of habeas corpus, directing the government, including top government officials and law enforcement agencies, to...
Police Spokesperson Michael Muchiri warned that hiring youths for protest security is illegal and could lead to arrest for disrupting public order.
They appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Gladys Olimo on Wednesday, but the court was informed that no charge sheet had been filed.
Activist Boniface Mwangi and Kelvin Roy Omondi, are challenging the legality of the appointments and, through their lawyer, Paul Muite, have said they...
Mwangi was expected to appear before Milimani Court Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina to answer to the assault allegation, but failed to show up.
Speaking after a delayed post-mortem on Tuesday, activist Fred Ogola demanded that the state explain why Ojwang’s online platforms were taken over and...
At workplaces, they are defining the new work culture and ethics in a move that breaks away from the traditional past.
Dar es Salaam’s Special Police Zone Commander, Jumanne Muliro, rubbished the claims, describing them as personal opinions that should have been addres...
The Police Reforms Working Group – Kenya, a coalition of national and grassroots organisations, is pushing to petition Kenyan and Ugandan parliamentar...
Njeri created an online tool to help Kenyans oppose the proposed Finance Bill, 2025.
According to reports, Mafwele, aged 47, is accused of leading a criminal gang involved in numerous human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killin...
Atuhaire revealed that the officers stripped her naked and even inserted unknown substances into her body.
Mwangi and Ugandan journalist and activist Agather Atuhaire shared their traumatic experiences from a recent trip to Dar es Salaam, where they had gon...
Njeri's detention has triggered a storm of online outrage and drawn support from rights defenders who accuse the government of targeting civic tech in...
LSK claims that DCI officers denied her access to legal counsel and have continued to frustrate efforts by lawyers to secure her release on police bai...
Kenyans, particularly on social media, reacted not with silence but with satire: memes, parodies, and comedic impersonations of Tanzanian President Sa...
Nyanzi, who holds refugee status in Germany, said she was finally allowed back after a diplomatic meeting with embassy officials in Nairobi, ending a...
He directly addressed the government’s response to youth protests, warning that heavy-handed actions such as arrests and internet shutdowns only deepe...
Before Koimburi got out of the car, Gatana told the police that they helped him (Koimburi) tear his clothes to fake evidence of torture.
“From Tanzania, if we have wronged you in any way, please forgive us. Our friends from Uganda, if we have wronged you in any way, please forgive us,”...
National Assembly Majority Whip Sylvanus Osoro confirmed the Tanzanian leaders' attendance and invited them to join the Kenyan and Ugandan delegations...
The group costing of Martha Karua, Kalonzo Musyoka, Eugene Wamalwa, Justin Muturi and Mithika Linturi also pointed to recent incidents in Kakamega and...
Atuhaire said she was blindfolded, beaten, violently stripped, and sexually assaulted by individuals in plain clothes who detained her.
The civil society groups described these acts as “crimes against humanity and a betrayal of the democratic values our people have long fought for.”
Mudavadi urged Kenyans to understand the broader context, stressing that Kenya’s prosperity depends on building bridges with its neighbours rather tha...
While Tanzania released Mwangi on Thursday, he was dumped in Horohoro, on the Coast of Kenya, some 162 kilometres from the Lunga Lunga border, having...
Addressing journalists at Moi International Airport in Mombasa on Thursday, Mwangi said he was tortured so severely that he could barely walk.
Mwangi had been held by authorities in Tanzania under unclear circumstances, prompting concern among human rights defenders and the public.
The Ugandan government has written to Tanzanian authorities requesting access to Atuhaire, who is believed to be in custody at the Central Police Stat...
The activist’s detention had sparked widespread outrage, seen by many as an arbitrary move that violated both bilateral and international norms.
