Mukuru Social Justice Centre Stories

Rights groups fear cover-up in Mukuru kwa Njenga mass deaths
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 18, 2025

Community members reported being blocked from recovering more bodies after six were retrieved from the water-filled quarry on July 12, 2024.

Fresh report on femicide in Kenya paints a dark future if no action is taken
Barack Oduor  |  Jan 27, 2025

The report comes just a fortnight after President William Ruto appointed a 42-member task force to address the alarming rise in femicide cases in the...

Activists oppose bill limiting protests, threaten mass action
Barack Oduor  |  Nov 08, 2024

The proposed Assemblies and Demonstrations Bill 2024 seeks to bar protests on highways and other public spaces, claiming they disrupt public order.

Amnesty International, Mukuru Social Justice Centre fault state over killings
Barack Oduor  |  Oct 26, 2024

Anami Daudi of Mukuru Social Justice Centre suggested that the killings should be declared as a national disaster.

Update: LSK secures release of seven arrested for participating in 'illegal' assemblies in Nairobi
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 06, 2024

The assemblies held in Mukuru, Dandora, Mathare and Mlango Kubwa proceeded till the end allowing locals to engage in governance issues affecting the c...

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