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More Kenyans disappeared during anti-riot operations than during anti-terror operations in 2024, report shows
Mary Wambui  |  May 08, 2025

A total of 55 incidents of enforced disappearances occurred between January and December 2024.

Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

At least 40 to 50 students, their hands cuffed with plastic zip-ties, were seen being loaded into New York Police Department vans and buses outside Bu...

Gen Z-led protests, floods dent Kenya's economic growth in 2024 to 4.7 per cent
Alfred Onyango  |  May 06, 2025

Kenya's economy grew much slower than anticipated in 2024, recording a GDP growth rate of 4.7 per cent against the projected 5.7 per cent.

Political leaders condemn shoe-throwing incident on President Ruto in Migori
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 05, 2025

Strategic Communications Advisor Fred Okang’o emphasised the need to separate personal political views from respect for national institutions.

Justice for our Mashujaa: Parents of Gen Z anti-finance Bill protest victims petition state over killings
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 04, 2025

Munyao, the mother of 19-year-old Rex Masai, who was fatally shot on Moi Avenue during the protests, is spearheading the petition, which has already a...

Freed but not silenced: Fury erupts over arrest of BBC filmmakers behind Gen Z protest exposé
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 03, 2025

The creative industry and civil society have interpreted the police action as part of a broader pattern of repression targeting independent voices tha...

Filmmakers behind BBC’s ‘Blood Parliament’ arrested in Nairobi amid outcry over police killings
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 03, 2025

The documentary has generated a significant public outcry, raising questions about the use of force by the Kenyan security forces during the protest.

Kenya faces UN scrutiny over police brutality and human rights abuses
Mary Wambui  |  May 02, 2025

Local human rights organisations submitted that, despite the largely peaceful nature of the protests, there were credible allegations of excessive and...

Treasury revives plan to grant KRA real-time access to personal data in push for more tax
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 02, 2025

The move comes barely a year after similar proposals in the Finance Bill, 2024 were dropped following fierce resistance from the public and civil righ...

Kanja orders police to support IPOA probes amid pressure over Gen Z protest killings
Mary Wambui  |  May 01, 2025

In a memo to all police commanders and heads of formation units, Kanja now wants the police to assist IPOA with the necessary documentation and inform...

Five Gen Z protest-related cases closed, others still under review - ODPP
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 30, 2025

Four other cases are still under investigation or awaiting further action, and two referred to public inquests set for mention or hearing in the comin...

MPs' reaction to BBC documentary sparks fury among Kenyans amid calls for accountability, justice
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 30, 2025

Mandera North MP Major (Rtd) Bashir Abdullahi claimed the documentary was interfering with the reconciliation that has been going on in the country si...

Court orders Sh2.2 million payout as Nairobi protest ban declared illegal
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 30, 2025

At the centre of the dispute was a press statement issued by Bungei on June 18, 2024, in which he declared that protests and public gatherings would n...

Medical interns to begin posting on July 1 after online balloting
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 29, 2025

KMPDU has insisted that interns be paid Sh206,000 as provided in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), while the government had proposed a reduce...

Amnesty International calls for accountability, transparency in KDF's role during Gen Z protests
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 29, 2025

Despite high-level promises from the government to ensure accountability, Amnesty pointed out that there has been little progress in holding those res...

ODPP presses IPOA to fast-track probe into Gen Z protest killings after BBC documentary
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 29, 2025

ODPP said several people had been captured on video or mentioned in the documentary and were of interest due to their presence during the incident.

BBC documentary "Blood Parliament" to be screened in Kayole despite government pressure
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 29, 2025

Attendees have been urged to dress warmly and carry shukas, as the screening will run late into the night.

Rights groups demand arrests of killers of protesters at Parliament following BBC exposé
Farhiya Hussein  |  Apr 29, 2025

The renewed demands follow the release of a BBC documentary, which identifies individuals allegedly involved in the deaths of three unarmed protesters...

IPOA issues status update on probe into June 25 protester killings after BBC exposé
Mary Wambui  |  Apr 29, 2025

The Authority's probe delved into several incidents in June 2024 across the country during mass protests against the Finance Bill, 2024, which saw cla...

Kenya stops screening of BBC documentary exposing protesters' killings
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Apr 29, 2025

BBC’s investigation also involved the review of over 5,000 images, which showed that many of those killed were unarmed and posed no threat when they w...

Manyatta MP Mukunji urges action on BBC exposé, seeks compensation for protest victims
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 29, 2025

Mukunji said it was unfortunate for the country to rely on external sources to learn about events that should have been handled locally.

Amnesty Kenya calls for probe into June 2024 protests after BBC documentary
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 28, 2025

Amnesty revealed that the findings in the documentary aligned with joint investigations carried out with other human rights organisations, including t...

Kaluma calls for BBC Africa ban in Kenya over documentary on deadly Gen Z protests
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Apr 28, 2025

As the protestors stormed Parliament, some were shot outside the building, while others set fire to a section housing the parliamentary office.

BBC investigation links KDF officers to brutality during deadly anti-government protests
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 28, 2025

One of the findings was that one shooter had a unique dress code, unlike the plainclothes police officers at the scene, raising doubts about whether h...

MPs reject proposed controversial law on public demos over civil liberties concerns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 23, 2025

Critics warned that spontaneous protests would be made illegal and that police would be empowered to suppress any form of dissent.

Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US
Reuters  |  Apr 20, 2025

Other protesters waved Palestinian flags while wearing keffiyeh scarves, chanting "free Palestine" and expressing solidarity with Palestinians killed...

Journalist Silas Apollo died from blunt force trauma, broken ribs, autopsy reveals
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 14, 2025

The autopsy also confirmed significant internal bleeding as the cause of death.

Butere Girls' bold stand, tears of triumph after refusing to stage Echoes of War without audience
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 10, 2025

With tears in their eyes, they sang the national anthem, the only message they felt they could send to the government before running off the stage, st...

Pro-Palestinian Cornell student to leave US after officials asked for surrender
Reuters  |  Apr 01, 2025

President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign pro-Palestinian protesters and accused them of supporting Hamas, being antisemitic and posing for...

Police must be accountable for their actions - Ruto
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 01, 2025

Ruto said he had already taken decisive action by disbanding a rogue police unit that had been implicated in the killings.

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