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Society

Jul 2, 2025 597 admin

Say his Name: When police cells become coffins and speaking the truth becomes a death sentence in Kenya

On the afternoon of June 7, 2025, Albert Ojwang was arrested while having lunch with his wife and young son in their village in Kakoth, Homa Bay County. He was 31 years old, a father, a husban...

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Jul 2, 2025 651 admin

Where power violates: Sexual violence as a tool of political control

Much of the world has historically viewed Kenya as an island of peace and economic potential in a roiling sea of stateless chaos, genocide, dictatorships, child soldiers, and decades-long civi...

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politics

Jul 2, 2025 609 admin

Militarizing justice: The prosecution of civilians and the shrinking of civic space in Uganda

The growing use of military courts to prosecute civilians in Uganda raises urgent concerns about judicial overreach, authoritarian entrenchment, and the erosion of democratic protections natio...

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law

Jul 2, 2025 523 admin

Law as weapon: A study of criminal justice suppression of Civic Space in the East Africa Community

In the recent past and also in the present, there has been an increasing concern over the reaction of governments to dissenting voices and opposition. Governments throughout the East African C...

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politics

Jun 2, 2025 723 admin

Queen of Quiet Terror: Samia Suluhu’s Media Mirage, Secret Cells, and Tanzania’s Rule-of Law Rupture

This article critically examines the worsening human rights situation in Tanzania under President Samia Suluhu Hassan by focusing on the suppression of dissent, erosion of civil liberties, enforce...

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Jun 2, 2025 963 admin

The State of Rule of Law and Human Rights in East Africa

The East African region, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, has long been a focal point for discussions on governance, democracy, and human rights. Despite being...

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law

Jun 2, 2025 561 admin

Monitoring and evaluation of legislation in Kenya: The need to be Deliberate

The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 propagates several principles and ideals including; transparency, access to information and accountability. In essence these principles are akin to taking responsib...

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Society

Jun 2, 2025 441 admin

Message from the East African Civil Society Organisations Forum-(EACSOF)-Kenya Chapter

Cabinet Secretary Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Republic of Kenya Dear Sir, I have taken the liberty to write this open letter following your interview with the Citizen Television on Tuesday, 20...

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Jun 2, 2025 642 admin

Presumed innocent, treated as guilty: The forgotten crisis of remand centres in Kenya

Remand centres are intended to serve as temporary holding facilities for individuals awaiting trial, people who, in law and in principle, are still presumed innocent. The Kenyan legal framework, g...

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Society

Jun 2, 2025 425 admin

Youthful population’s digital activism: A force to reckon with

“All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution.” (Article 1(1) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010). Barely two years after ascen...

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Society

Jun 2, 2025 1,788 admin

Corruption is a way of life in Kenya: A hypothesis

While the definition of the word corruption may vary, the concept of corruption is rather constant. Corruption denotes dishonesty by a person or an organization vested with authority with the aim ...

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Technology

Jun 2, 2025 2,115 admin

Digital frontiers: Navigating the intersection of technology, freedom of expression, and privacy

Internet usage has grown exponentially, with Kenya recording 10.55 million social media users and 17.86 million internet users as of 2023. These statistics overtly pinpoints the internet\'s critic...

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