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IPOA reviews 20,000 complaints, inspects 5,000 police facilities in five years
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 18, 2025

This year, IPOA’s report on police response to protests held between June and July 2025 revealed serious violations of constitutional policing standar...

High Court extends order blocking EACC, ODPP from arresting Kiambu Governor Wamatangi
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 18, 2025

The ruling allows Wamatangi to continue performing his duties without the immediate threat of arrest or charges as investigations into alleged corrupt...

Three years of William Ruto: The successes and failures shaping his legacy as president
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 18, 2025

While there are many hits and misses, The Eastleigh Voice highlights three key successes and three major shortcomings of his "bottom-up" leadership.

Governor Sakaja vows to deregister private firms over illegal dumping of waste
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 17, 2025

Sakaja also highlighted the county government's plan to boost waste management by expanding infrastructure and increasing employment opportunities for...

Rights group sounds alarm over surge of gender-based violence on digital platforms
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 17, 2025

The coalition explains TFGBV as any harmful act committed, worsened, or amplified through online channels such as social media, messaging apps, or oth...

Shimba Hills residents plead for help as human-wildlife conflict escalates
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 17, 2025

Affected families said current measures, including electric fences, are insufficient to curb wildlife incursions, leaving them vulnerable to further a...

UN rights chief condemns Israeli strike in Doha as ‘shocking breach of international law’
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 16, 2025

According to reports, the Israeli military struck residential compounds in Doha on 9 September, reportedly housing members of Hamas’ political bureau

Over 200 warthogs poisoned at Muqder in Wajir County in shocking wildlife tragedy
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 16, 2025

He emphasised that the slaughter violated Islamic values and Kenyan conservation laws, both of which advocate compassion and the protection of all liv...

KMPDC orders hospital to release detained body, declares practice illegal
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 16, 2025

The Council emphasised that hospitals may still pursue unpaid bills through lawful means, but detaining a body as leverage is both illegal and a viola...

UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’
UN News  |  Sep 16, 2025

The international community is currently dealing with multiple humanitarian crises across the world, including conflict-driven crises in the Democrati...

Garissa mother pleads for help to trace 17-year-old son feared trapped in Libya trafficking ring
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 15, 2025

The Form 2 student at Horseed Secondary School went missing on Saturday morning after telling his mother, Makai Owl, that he was attending a wedding i...

UN Human Rights Council to debate Israel's recent military aggression against Qatar
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 15, 2025

The meeting, set to take place in Geneva, will be the 10th urgent debate convened by the Council since its establishment in 2006.

Section of SUPKEM members demand fresh elections amid protests over leadership
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 15, 2025

For the past two weeks, demonstrators have gathered at SUPKEM headquarters in Nairobi, expressing frustration over what they describe as a one-man sho...

Deadly attacks across Sudan's Darfur region leave nearly 100 wounded people in MSF-supported facilities
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 15, 2025

Over 650 injured people, who have managed to escape from El Fasher, have arrived at the MSF-supported hospital located 60 kilometres away from the bes...

How Kenyans perfomed at World Championships in Tokyo on day one
Erick Kariuki  |  Sep 13, 2025

In the women’s 1500m, Kenya showcased its depth and strength. World and Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon cruised through her heat in 4:02.55 to advance...

Should African countries lower the voting age to 16? Views from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria
The Conversation  |  Sep 13, 2025

For African countries, where young people make up the majority of the population but often feel shut out of politics, the question is especially press...

Human rights activists, lawyers condemn surge in violence, want insecurity declared national disaster
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 13, 2025

Human rights defenders have emphasised that the combined threats to lawyers, activists, politicians, and ordinary citizens make it imperative for the...

What is ableism? Words can hurt people but African culture offers an alternative
The Conversation  |  Sep 12, 2025

Microaggressions can be projected to Black people because they are expected to speak perfect English when it’s not even their language. Or because wha...

AU, IGAD and UN urged to push Sudan rivals back to negotiations amid worsening conflict
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

At a high-level meeting on Thursday, participants of the Nairobi Panel on the Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan called for an immediate end to military ope...

Kamukunji's Kiambiu residents flock to free mobile ID registration ahead of voter listing
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Sep 11, 2025

By 7:00 am, long queues—mostly of young people—had already formed at the registration point. Officials assured residents that the service was free, wi...

Court nullifies Mandera boundary delineation gazette notice
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 11, 2025

The court declared Gazette Notice No. 7482 unconstitutional, null and void, and suspended the delineation exercise until proper procedures, including...

South Africa jails seven Chinese nationals for 20 years each over human trafficking
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 10, 2025

Kevin Tsao, Chen Hui, Qin Li, Jiaqing Zhou, Ma Biao, Dai Junying, and Zhang Zhilian were jailed on Wednesday after being found guilty of 158 out of 16...

Tana River residents rage after 47-year-old man killed by elephant, MUHURI blames KWS
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 10, 2025

According to MUHURI, Muhamed was chased to the river and killed on the spot around 3 pm on Monday in what residents described as a horrifying and prev...

Marsabit on edge as boda boda riders clash with police over brutal killing
Issa Hussein  |  Sep 10, 2025

According to reports, a 22-year-old boda boda operator was ambushed and fatally stabbed by two men posing as passengers in the Manyatta Ginda area on...

127 civilians killed by IS Sahel in Niger since March - Human Rights Watch
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 10, 2025

One of the deadliest incidents, HRW says, took place on June 21 in Manda village, where gunmen stormed a mosque and opened fire on worshipers, killing...

Nairobi Chief Officer Geoffrey Mosiria leads crackdown on illegal dumping, hawkers in Eastleigh
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Sep 10, 2025

Mosiria supervised the removal of garbage that had been clogging the drainage channels. The sewer line along Athumani Kipanga had been blocked for wee...

DCI refutes harassment claims by Human Rights Watch official Otsieno Namwaya
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 09, 2025

DCI dismissed the claims a day after Otsieno Namwaya, the Associate Director of Human Rights, spoke to The Eastleigh Voice about his alleged harassmen...

Kenyans warned against fake police recruitment adverts as NPSC pledges transparent exercise
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 09, 2025

NPSC Chairperson Amani Yuda Komora said preparations for a genuine recruitment drive are still underway and will be announced formally.

KAM demands regulatory reforms to boost Kenya’s manufacturing competitiveness
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 09, 2025

KAM Chief Executive Tobias Alando noted that the private sector is the country’s second-largest employer of wages, after the government, underscoring...

Kilifi tightens fisheries oversight, urges fishermen to resolve conflicts amicably
Farhiya Hussein  |  Sep 09, 2025

At landing sites across Kilifi, BMU leaders have expressed concern over rising cases of conflict between fishing groups, particularly around prime fis...

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