Minorities Rights Day: ‘Constitution expressly protects minority rights despite their numbers’

Minorities Rights Day: ‘Constitution expressly protects minority rights despite their numbers’

President Ruto said the Constitution obliges the state to go beyond recognition and take deliberate action to protect and empower minority and marginalised communities.

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Forensic experts say Kenyan prisons are murder dens and bloodthirsty police let to go scot-free

Forensic experts say Kenyan prisons are murder dens and bloodthirsty police let to go scot-free

The UN Sub-Committee on Prevention of Torture Member and Head of Forensic Medicine at the University of Belgrade, Dr Djordje Alempijevic, echoed the need for elevated forensic standards drawn g from global experience.

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Resurgence of Boko Haram to northeast Nigeria means the region’s IDP return policy is in disarray

Resurgence of Boko Haram to northeast Nigeria means the region’s IDP return policy is in disarray

Much of Borno’s countryside has been depopulated by the 15-year insurgency. The army switched to a “super camp” strategy in 2019 after losing a series of remote outposts, concentrating its forces in fortified bases in key towns.

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Fears Tanzania on cusp of Gen Z uprising after Kikwete turned President Suluhu into a ‘lapdog’ to muzzle Christians, retain Muslim hegemony

Fears Tanzania on cusp of Gen Z uprising after Kikwete turned President Suluhu into a ‘lapdog’ to muzzle Christians, retain Muslim hegemony

It is remembered that in 2005 as Mkapa served his last term, he was forced to deport Kikwete from New York after he went missing from the president’s delegation, only to be fished out of a Harlem brothel as Mkapa’s delegation waited for him to sign funding agreements with the World Bank and International Monetary (IMF). As is custom, such financial commitment are signed by finance and foreign affairs ministers.

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State agency in Kenya warns that investor and business interests are tied to human rights

State agency in Kenya warns that investor and business interests are tied to human rights

The commission officer noted that, though Kenya was one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, economic and social progress, should be ethical, inclusive, and equitable to guarantee a significant impact on society as a whole.

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