Vocal Africa Stories

Activists blast Ruto, Murkomen over use of live bullets in protests, call for police accountability

Farhiya Hussein | Jul 14, 2025

The groups expressed outrage over threats to deploy live ammunition against civilians during protests and called for swift action against police offic...

Vocal Africa accuses Murkomen of sanctioning lethal force as Saba Saba death toll rises

Barack Oduor | Jul 08, 2025

Vocal Africa CEO Hussein Khalid, who joined families of those who lost their kin during the Monday protests in viewing their bodies, wondered how almo...

Revealed: Boniface Mwangi, Agather Atuhaire not deported, still held by Tanzania immigration

Lucy Mumbi | May 21, 2025

Kenyan activists including VOCAL Africa CEO Hussein Khalid, expressed concern over the whereabouts of both Mwangi and Atuhaire following their apprehe...

Ex‑CJ Mutunga, Hussein Khalid and Hanifa detained at Tanzanian airport ahead of Lissu trial

Lucy Mumbi | May 19, 2025

The three had travelled to Tanzania in solidarity with opposition CHADEMA party leader Tundu Lissu, ahead of his trial.

Ruto under fire as rights group disputes claim all protest victims have returned home

Rachael Mutabasi | May 13, 2025

The organisation argued that President Ruto’s remarks, made during a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, overlook the painf...

Activists demand dismissal of Tana River security officials amid rising violence

Lucy Mumbi | Oct 16, 2024

The violence intensified recently, with four additional fatalities reported on October 12 in Meti Village, Tana North sub-county.