Security
Gender based violence has become one of the major rising issue facing the country—both in rural areas and urban areas, affecting people of all ages and gender; girls, boys, women and men. Though girls and women are the most vulnerable. Frank Burkybile (2025) GBV is a severe issue in Kenya, where at least 678 women and […]
In every thriving democracy, state institutions serve the people—not the political class. They enforce the law, protect citizens’ rights, and uphold justice without fear or favour. In Kenya, however, troubling signs point to a different reality: one where police, investigative bodies, and regulatory agencies are increasingly being used as political weapons. This is not only […]
The use of excessive lethal force by the police has resulted in deaths and injuries and now the opposition says it is seeking to have the international community involved. The opposition says it is also taking matters into its own hands by collecting evidence of police action against protesters right from the Saba Saba protests […]
The government has withdrawn security attached to Azimio La Umoja Party leader Raila Odinga ahead of his planned anti-government protests starting Wednesday this week. Security withdrawn includes more than 10 police officers that protect him on his daily duties as well as those guarding his homes in Nairobi, Kisumu and Siaya. Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka […]
Interior and national administration cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki has directed the reopening of 13 schools that had been closed due to wanton insecurity in West Pokot County. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement in West Pokot on Thursday 8th June, Kindiki further stamped the government’s commitment to weed out insecurity in the North, directing those in […]
Raila Odinga, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party leader, has adamantly reaffirmed that the opposition-led anti-government rallies will go forward as scheduled despite the State deeming them unlawful. Mr. Odinga has ordered his followers to demonstrate twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays, against the administration of President William Ruto and the high cost […]
National majority leader Kimani Ichung’wa has denied allegations of stirring attacks on the Northlands farm that belongs to the family of former president Uhuru Kenyatta. Ichung’wa has insisted that he only gave a warning to the former president to stop funding the activities of the Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party. In a press conference […]
Suspected Al-Shabaab militants, in the wee hours of Thursday morning, shot and killed two people along the Lamu-Garsen road in Lamu County. Reports say that at least 10 militants, clad in military attire, had set up an illegal roadblock on the road and were questioning motorists before GSU officers arrived at the scene and confronted […]
A five-storey building in Ruiru Town, Kiambu County has collapsed. The building collapsed hours after more than 100 tenants were evacuated when cracks were seen on its pillars on Sunday afternoon. Kiambu governor Kimani Wamatangi, together with Firefighters led the rescue operations on Sunday after receiving reports on the danger from the National Construction Authority […]
Kenya has rescued more citizens trapped in Myanmar after falling victim to an unscrupulous ‘job’ cartel with links in Nairobi. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said seven Kenyans were rescued from Myanmar over the weekend and taken to Thailand ahead of their repatriation home. Four others, meanwhile, were still held at the Chinese factories where […]
