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Jan 15, 2021
Populism faces test in Uganda and Kenya
As he sits atop the roof of a Toyota Landcruiser, a bulletproof vest covers his red overalls, with a matching, military-like helmet...
Jan 14, 2021
Kenya arrests top rights activists over Uganda protest
The head of HAKI Africa, a rights group, and three other activists were arrested on Wednesday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi for...
Jan 13, 2021
Kenya drops charges against officials due to testify against ex-finance minister
Kenya dropped charges on Tuesday against two senior former officials who prosecutors said had agreed to provide testimony against a...
Jan 12, 2021
Tanzania’s ‘denial of coronavirus’ derails efforts to fight pandemic along Kenyan border
The move by Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli to declare his country free of Coronavirus is greatly interfering with Kenya’s...
Jan 11, 2021
Kenyans must reject populist conmanship
Populism is the belief in the power of ordinary people to have control over their government as a right and not having a small group of...
Jan 7, 2021
Kenya sacks dozens of striking doctors
Dismissed doctors vow to take government to court Medical faculty students stage a rally to support the doctors, who have been on strike...
Jan 6, 2021
Kenya: Is the pandemic causing a surge in female genital mutilation?
Students rehearse a poem that they will recite at an event advocating against female genital mutilation at the Imbirikani Girls High...
Dec 24, 2020
'Sex for sanitary pads': how Kenya's lockdown led to a rise in teenage pregnancy
Girls who got free sanitary products at school were pushed to desperate measures in what is being called a shadow pandemic A 17-year-old...
Dec 21, 2020
Kenyan doctors go on strike protesting inadequate benefits, PPE
Kenyan doctors working in government hospitals began a countrywide strike on Monday over inadequate insurance benefits and lack of...
Dec 17, 2020
Kenyan government takes another shot at infringing privacy and digital rights
The Kenyan government has signed a new bill that will let it demand access to data from its citizens’ cell phones, laptops, and other ICT...
Dec 14, 2020
Kenya’s black market baby trade: A mother’s choice
Adama has returned to live in her village. "Life has been so hard," she said. Photograph: Tonny Omondi. Last month, BBC Africa Eye...
Dec 11, 2020
Kenya to compensate rape victims from violence 13 years ago
Opposition supporters protest in front of riot police in Nairobi's Kibera slum December 29, 2007. Machete-wielding gangs fought, looted...
Dec 8, 2020
Uganda, Tanzania lead among migrant detainees in Kenyan jails
One in every 50 detainees in Kenya’s prisons is a migrant, largely from the East African region even though these countries have a joint...
Dec 4, 2020
Nairobi’s air has been polluted for decades: new review suggests a path forward
According to the State of the Global Air 2020 report, ambient air pollution was responsible for around 5,000 premature deaths in Kenya in...
Dec 3, 2020
Why Kenyans should reject latest round of proposed constitutional changes
By Dr Western K. Shilaho Kenya’s Building Bridges Initiative, which seeks sweeping amendments to the 2010 Constitution, is driven by a...
Nov 26, 2020
Pandemic created new class of Kenyan poor, World Bank says
Photo: AP/Patrick Ngugi An additional two million people in Kenya have been pushed into deprivation as the coronavirus pandemic increased...
Nov 25, 2020
Kenya's LGBTQ community faces increased abuse during pandemic
Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the...
Nov 24, 2020
Kenya: Police reopen cases of post-2007 polls violence
During election violence that marred aftermath of 2007 Kenyan polls, over 1,000 were killed, half a million displaced Kenya on Monday...
Nov 23, 2020
Kenyan online cartel is luring girls to orgies, police warn
Police in Kenya are investigating an "online cartel" that targets girls stuck at home because of coronavirus and lures them under false...
Nov 20, 2020
Shackling body and mind: The torments of Kenya’s mentally ill
Many are locked away, few receive proper care Sunday worshippers at the Holy Ghost Coptic Church of Africa, where services often last for...
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