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LSK faults CS Murkomen over defiance of High Court ruling on masked police officers during protests
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 16, 2025

LSK has urged the public to report any officers acting in violation of the ruling, saying it is prepared to take legal action against those found culp...

Forensic expert tells court live bullets killed student Rex Masai in Nairobi protests
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Sep 15, 2025

Senior Superintendent of Police and firearms examiner Alex Mdindi Mwandawiro said a bullet fragment recovered from the scene bore all the hallmarks of...

Libya's High Council of State welcomes Tripoli truce, calls it step toward stability
XINHUA  |  Sep 15, 2025

The deal, brokered and guaranteed by Turkish intelligence, took immediate effect.

Nepal: First woman PM takes charge, calm returns to streets
DW News  |  Sep 13, 2025

On Friday, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki took the oath as the interim prime minister, becoming the first woman to head the South As...

Ex-chief justice Sushila Karki poised to become Nepal’s interim prime minister
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 12, 2025

The country has been rocked by its most turbulent week in years, with 34 people killed and more than 1,300 injured in clashes as police tried to stop...

Ex-CJ Maraga demands drop of terrorism charges against protesters as prosecution seeks 21-day probe
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

Maraga argued that anti-terror laws are being misused to criminalise constitutionally protected rights, including the freedom to assemble and petition...

Ruto’s panel on compensation of victims seeks to overturn court order halting operations
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

The committee argued that the orders were obtained through concealment of facts and could frustrate its 120-day mandate.

73% of Kenyans believe government not doing enough to stop abductions, extra-judicial killings - TIFA Report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

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...

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...

International Justice Mission unhappy with debate over Ruto's police victims compensation team
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 09, 2025

LSK President Faith Odhiambo echoed the call for accountability, saying that cases involving police officers and those in authority should be expedite...

Nepal’s Prime Minister resigns after deadly protests over social media ban
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 09, 2025

The unrest, the worst in decades, erupted after Oli's government imposed a sweeping ban on 26 social media platforms.

High Court halts Ruto’s protest compensation plan as critics term it unconstitutional
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

In a ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Magare Dennis Kizito Ngwono suspended both the panel’s mandate and the implementation of the presidential pro...

St George’s Girls Secondary School closed indefinitely after students' unrest over alleged teacher assault
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

Reports indicate that the student had left the dormitory to observe the “blood moon” during the full solar eclipse when the alleged assault occurred.

MCK slams attacks on LSK president Odhiambo as unfair and unfounded, urges media to exercise fairness
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 07, 2025

The Council said the unwarranted criticism directed at Odhiambo and other Kenyans who accepted positions on the Presidential Panel of Experts on Compe...

Protest victim families demand justice, not just payouts, from compensation panel
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 07, 2025

The grieving families told the Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Demonstrations, Public Protests, and Riots that accountability for polic...

Kenyans demand justice as protest victims’ compensation panel sworn in
Mary Wambui  |  Sep 05, 2025

On social media, however, some Kenyans questioned the constitutionality of the panel's mandate and expressed concerns about potential state interferen...

MP Babu Owino demands Sh23 million minimum compensation for families of protest victims
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Sep 04, 2025

The MP argued that compensation should take into account the potential lifetime earnings of the victims, most of whom were in their 20s.

Why we declined to be part of victims' compensation panel - Activists Hanifa Adan, Hussein Khalid
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 04, 2025

Hussein revealed that he was contacted to be part of the team that will oversee the compensation of the victims of protests, but he declined because h...

LSK President Faith Odhiambo vows victim-centred justice for protest and riot victims
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 04, 2025

Odhiambo recounted her encounters with families of victims still waiting for justice, including baby Pendo, killed during a midnight police operation...

Families of protest victims wait as DPP examines 184 police misconduct cases
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 04, 2025

DPP Renson Ingonga said the files are being examined to determine whether the evidence is sufficient to pursue prosecutions, countering claims that hi...

Rights groups demand KNCHR to take charge of compensation plan for protest victims
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 30, 2025

The group noted that the panel that was created through a Presidential Proclamation on August 6, 2025, and a gazette notice published on August 25, 20...

Families of missing Kenyans lay bare frustrations in search of their kin as IPOA decry lack of capacity to handle cases
Farhiya Hussein  |  Aug 30, 2025

Despite these assurances, grieving families recounted harrowing experiences of loved ones abducted in broad daylight or taken from their homes, only t...

DPP granted 30 days to review Mawego Police Station arson case files
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Aug 28, 2025

Eight individuals are accused of torching the police station in Homa Bay County and are facing terrorism, arson, and malicious damage charges.

Three petitioners sue CS Duale, General Kahariri over deployment of KDF in protests
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Aug 28, 2025

In a fresh petition filed before the High Court, three citizens — Simiyu Chaungo, Terry Otieno, and Elvis Otieno — argue that the decision to deploy t...

Activist Boniface Mwangi enters 2027 presidential race with justice and equity agenda
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Aug 27, 2025

Mwangi stressed the urgent need for leadership that puts the welfare of ordinary Kenyans first and transforms their aspirations into practical policie...

Inside Githurai Social Justice Centre, where community voices refuse to be silenced
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 26, 2025

The Githurai Social Justice Centre, which today forms a key part of a growing movement across Nairobi's informal settlements, providing a space where...

Petition filed to stop Ruto's compensation framework for protest victims
Carolyne Kubwa  |  Aug 26, 2025

Lempaa emphasised that public participation, transparency, and accountability are constitutional requirements that must guide the executive and govern...

Pentecostal Voice of Kenya warns of worsening corruption, lawlessness in Kenya
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 24, 2025

The group pressed for accountability on the alleged bribes highlighted by the president, calling for arrests and prosecutions.

Journalists injured while covering Gachagua's homecoming, equipment and vehicles destroyed by goons
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 21, 2025

The goons pelted stones towards Gachagua's motorcade as it made its way out of JKIA, allegedly in a bid to block its entry to the CBD.

KHRC calls for disbandment of Ruto’s protest victims compensation framework
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 21, 2025

KHRC proposed that the mandate be given to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPO...

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