Residents of informal settlements in Kenya’s capital brace for political violence as President Ruto and opposition trade out insults
Since the restoration of political pluralism in 1992, the informal settlement that straddles four constituencies – Westlands, Dagoretti North, Dagoretti South and Kibra, has predictably been theatre of politically triggered inter-ethnic violence.
Civil society, trade unions enter pact to fight back political coalitions accused of frustrating Kenyans
MAC, an umbrella body representing eight workers’ unions in Mombasa, will work with CCSNHR to jointly identify, review and update priority areas of collaboration based on emerging needs.
Kenyan civil societies want independent probe by ICC of election atrocities in Tanzania
Scores went missing, prompting fears that they may have been killed by the political bodies dumped in mass graves as may be the case with hundreds – civil society allege thousands – with Tanzanians suspected to have been buried in unidentified graves.
Committee for Protection of Journalists says Kenyan police inserted spyware on detained filmmakers’ phones
Activists had linked the filmmakers’ detention with a BBC documentary about security service killings during anti-government protests last year, despite the BBC saying none of the men was involved in the film, “Blood Parliament”.
