Victim Protection: Human rights groups want stiffer abduction penalties, criminalisation of enforced disappearances as election heat rises

Victim Protection: Human rights groups want stiffer abduction penalties, criminalisation of enforced disappearances as election heat rises

Speaking during the event, Grace Wangechi Kaguria, a representative of Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) and member of Missing Voices, said the organisations had convened their Police Reforms Working Group to address concerns surrounding missing persons and enforced disappearances.

Read more
Luo kamikaze missions: ‘We (Luo leaders) are the ones mobilising and funding youth to disrupt lawful gatherings’

Luo kamikaze missions: ‘We (Luo leaders) are the ones mobilising and funding youth to disrupt lawful gatherings’

My late father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, spent a lifetime being punished – through detention, through the banning of his party, through decades in the political wilderness – simply for insisting that Kenyans deserved a real choice at the ballot. He was not alone.

Read more
Kisumu High Court sentences man to death for killing four family members but only first count will take effect as three others remain abeyance

Kisumu High Court sentences man to death for killing four family members but only first count will take effect as three others remain abeyance

Court records showed that although the accused initially denied the four counts of murder, he later changed his plea and admitted responsibility for the killings. Before entering the guilty plea, the Court ordered a psychiatric assessment, which found him mentally fit to stand trial. He was subsequently convicted on his own plea of guilty.

Read more
How ‘poor senator’ is taking the war to Kenya’s corrupt regime and bourgeoisie ‘eating like gluttons’ and ‘vomiting on the shoes’ of citizens

How ‘poor senator’ is taking the war to Kenya’s corrupt regime and bourgeoisie ‘eating like gluttons’ and ‘vomiting on the shoes’ of citizens

Critics contrast Ruto’s claptrap with Sifuna’s polished and suave delivery in Kiswahili and English: “By the grace of God and with your (Kenyans) support, we must fight corruption because this is an ill that is gnawing at the very heart and soul of the nation; Kenya’s economic and political stability.”

Read more