Two chiefs in Homa Bay County have been accused of attacking a resident and gouging out one of his eyes after he was found outside past curfew hours. 22 journalists attacked between March and April 2020.This constitutes 37 per cent of the total violations during the monitoring period. Police have killed 11 people and injured […]
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Timeline of Attacks
Kenya is generally a peaceful and friendly country in terms of political activism, but it is common during elections, referendums, and other political votes for sporadic campaign violence to occur around the country. Although Kenya’s last national election in March 2013 was relatively peaceful, the previous election (December 2007) resulted in widespread unrest and violence. […]
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Each soldier was looking for the best place to hurt-Bobi Wine’s tear-jerking ordeal By Standard Reporter | Published Tue, September 4th 2018 at 09:31, Updated September 4th 2018 at 09:53 GMT +3 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Tortured: Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. MORE ON BOBI […]
53 suffer bullet, panga wounds in Kisumu riots
By MAURICE ALAL @alalmaurice Twenty five people, among them a child, are nursing gunshot wounds at hospitals after being shot by police.Jeremy Adongo, 4, was shot in the back while at their house in Kasule, Manyatta estate, and six protesters with critical injuries underwent surgery on Tuesday to remove bullets lodged in their bodies.The six, […]
Refugees must go, says Rotich despite UN plan on crisis
By Lonah Kibet and Kamu MuthoniKenya has maintained its stand on repatriation of Somalia refugees, arguing camps have become havens for terrorists. Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho cited ‘national security against a pervasive and persistent terrorist threat’ for the planned closure of the two largest refugee camps in Dadaab and Kakuma, which have more than […]
jubilee used Flying Squad to kill Juma over his stand on corruption, Raila insists
Cord leader Raila Odinga has said Jubilee used the Flying Squad to kill businessman Jacob Juma.Speaking after he led his supporters in observing a moment of silence in honour of the city businessman just before the demonstration at the IEBC offices yesterday, Raila blamed Jubilee for the murder.“Juma was brutally killed and the murder was […]
Nine year old girl defiled by man who inherited her grandmother in Kakamega
By Jackline InyanjiA nine-year-old girl has been defiled by a man who inherited her grandmother. The 40-year-old suspect reportedly inherited the girl’s 55-year-old grandmother six years ago. The standard three pupil was home alone when the incident happened. “Grandfather was unwell and granny asked me to accompany her to the pharmacy to buy medicine as […]
Rwandan mayors go on trial in France over 1994 genocide
Octavien Ngenzi and Tito Barahira go on trial for allegedly playing a direct role in the massacre of hundreds of Tutsi refugees in a church. In Summary The pair were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by Rwandan people’s courts, known as gacaca, in 2009. The defence has denounced that verdict as “political” and is […]