Kenya: Rising Debt Burden Shrinking Govt Spending On Essential Services - KHRC

Kenya's rising debt burden and shrinking social budgets are pushing essential services to the brink, according to a new report by the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC). Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Faces Extreme Land Inequality. Could Land Value Tax Help Curb Hoarding?

Kenya's most valuable resource -- land -- remains concentrated in the hands of a tiny elite, fueling inequality, food insecurity, and economic stagnation, a new Kenya Human Rights… Read more »

Kenya: Maasai Elders in Narok and Kajiado Endorse End of FGM and Child Marriage

Maasai elders from Kajiado and Narok counties have made a historic declaration to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, marking a significant cultural shift in… Read more »

Kenya: COTU Wants Foreign Investor Filmed Assaulting Kenyan Worker Deported

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has demanded the immediate deportation of a Chinese manager filmed assaulting a Kenyan worker at the TCM Mabati Factory in Eldoret,… Read more »

Uganda: Questions About Safety of Kenyan Activists After Museveni's Fridge Remarks

Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei has dismissed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's controversial remark that two Kenyan activists were "put in a fridge,"… Read more »

Kenya: 'Our Ugandan Captors Beat Us, Then Gave Us Painkillers' - Freed Kenyan Activists

Two Kenyan activists detained in Uganda for more than a month have revealed chilling details of their ordeal, saying they were beaten during interrogations and handed painkillers… Read more »

Kenya: Rights Groups Say Suluhu Setting Up Kenyans for Xenophobia, Denounce 'Unfounded' Protest Claims

Three leading human rights organizations have expressed deep concern over statements by Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and other senior officials suggesting that foreign… Read more »

Tanzania: 'Through All Means and At All Cost' - Suluhu Vows to Crash Protests to Steady Nation

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has vowed to safeguard Tanzania's peace and sovereignty "through all means and at all cost," warning that her government will not tolerate any… Read more »

Tanzania: Suluhu Rejects Reform Calls, Dismisses Observer Criticism As 'Foreign Interference'

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has rejected calls for sweeping electoral reforms following Tanzania's disputed 2025 General Election, dismissing criticism from regional and… Read more »

Kenya: Online Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls Rising in Kenya, New Reports Warn

Online sexual exploitation and abuse (OSEA) of women and girls in Kenya is escalating, with predators using social media, dating apps, and digital tools to recruit, groom, and… Read more »

Kenya: Govt Urged to Demand Safe Return of Activists From Uganda

Former Chief Justice David Maraga has called on the Kenyan government to take strong diplomatic, economic, and legal measures to secure the immediate and safe return of Kenyan… Read more »

Kenya: 35 Ugandans Sue Kenyan Government Over Alleged Illegal Arrest and Deportation

Thirty-five Ugandans linked to the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party have filed a constitutional petition accusing the government of unlawful arrest, assault, and forcible… Read more »

Kenya: You Risk Sh1mn Fine or a Year in Jail for Mocking Persons With Disability

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has warned members of the public against mocking or humiliating persons with disabilities, saying such actions constitute a… Read more »

Kenya: High Court Petitioned to Quash New Computer Misuse and Cyber-Crimes Law

Renowned gospel musician Reuben Kigame and the Kenya Human Rights Commission have filed a petition seeking the High Court to nullify the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment)… Read more »

Kenya: Rights Group Identifies Two Kasarani Shooting Victims

Human rights organization Vocal Africa has confirmed the identity of two victims captured in viral photographs lying motionless inside Nairobi's Kasarani Stadium, where police… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Still a Trafficking Hub Despite Gains, U.S. Report Finds

Kenya remains a major source, transit, and destination country for human trafficking despite notable progress in tackling the crime, according to the 2025 Trafficking in Persons… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Stalls On Anti-Trafficking Reforms, U.S. Says Complicit Officials Untouched

Kenya has once again fallen short of meeting the highest global standards in combating human trafficking, with the United States' 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report ranking… Read more »

Kenya: Sixty Years On, the Malvinas Question Remains an Unfinished Decolonisation Challenge

Sixty years after the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 2065 (XX) -- its first call for a peaceful solution to the Malvinas Question -- the sovereignty dispute over the… Read more »

Kenya: Sodomised Mombasa Blogger Shocks Court By Asking Suspects to Be Freed

Mombasa Gang Sodomized Blogger Shocks Court By Asking Court Free Sodomy Suspects. Read more »

Kenya: BBC Child Trafficking Exposé Based On 'Falsified Accounts' - Govt

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has accused the BBC of basing parts of its explosive Mai Mahiu child sex trafficking documentary on fabricated accounts, saying some… Read more »

Kenya: Human Rights Commission Nominee Ojwang Turns Down Ruto Appointment

The vetting of Duncan Oburu Ojwang for the position of Chairperson of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) will not proceed after he formally declined the… Read more »

Kenya: Ruto's Advisor Defends Govt's Plan for Compensating Victims of Protests, Riots

The Principal Coordinator of the State Intervention and Compensation Framework has clarified that the government will compensate victims of protests and riots that occurred between… Read more »

Kenya: Maina Kiai Appointed KHRC Board Chairperson

Huma Rights activist Maina Kiai has been appointed as the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) Board Chairperson taking over from Davinder Lamba. Read more »

Kenya: Ruto Dismisses Hustler Fund Critics Following KHRC Report

President William Ruto has dismissed critics of the Hustler Fund, saying the initiative has transformed lives of millions of Kenyans. Read more »

Kenya: Activist Mwabili Mwagodi Found Dumped in Kwale After Abduction

Kenyan human rights activist Mwabili Mwagodi, who disappeared days ago under mysterious circumstances in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, has been found alive and is currently receiving… Read more »