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Irungu Houghton

Women MPs should listen widely on efforts to stop gender violence

New statistics released this week demonstrate violence remains a major threat to safety and dignity of nearly 29 million Kenyan women and girls.

Women MPs should listen widely on efforts to stop gender violence

Grace Mulei wants SHA to work, don't treat her like any criminal

Grace Mulei wants SHA to work, don't treat her like any criminal

Public pressure led to release of 4 abductees, now let police account

Public pressure led to release of 4 abductees, now let police account

A tragedy unfolds as Kenya faces cost of enforced disappearances

A tragedy unfolds as Kenya faces cost of enforced disappearances

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

According to the KNCHR, one person has been abducted nearly every week for the last three months.

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The Public Benefits Organisations Regulatory Authority 15-day notice to 2,802 PBOs to show cause why they should not be deregistered, unnecessarily summoned the ghosts of 2014-17 for many.

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Massive explosions have intentionally levelled entire neighbourhoods, destroyed essential infrastructure and denied life-saving humanitarian services to the Palestinian people.

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

This week, Kenya was downgraded from the “obstructed” to “repressed” category in the influential CIVICUS State of Civil Society report.

By 2 months ago

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Ten weeks ago, 36 of Besigye’s party members were abducted from a Kisumu workshop, transported across the border and charged with terrorism.

By 2 months ago

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat’s call for a national response while revealing the police are handling one death every 24 hours over the last three months was deeply worrying.

By 2 months ago

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has verified 61 police killings, 73 abductions and missing persons and 1,765 arbitrary arrests of protesters.

By 2 months ago

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

The last four months remind us that organised generations always rise to remind those in power that they rule with our consent.

By 3 months ago

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

What Kenya must do after joining credible UN Human Rights Council

Kenya can meet the remaining 11 out of 16 obligations documented as outstanding by the International Service for Human Rights and Amnesty International.

By 3 months ago

What Kenya must do after joining credible UN Human Rights Council

Kenya's future pegged on courage of everyone holding State power

Recent events have left me reflecting on the growing danger for state officers in important constitutional offices and our democracy.

By 4 months ago

Kenya's future pegged on courage of everyone holding State power

We must resist attempts to clip powers of data protection body

Parliament must resist new attempts to undermine the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner’s independence.

By 4 months ago

We must resist attempts to clip powers of data protection body

What IG Kanja must do to reform police, earn Kenyans' confidence

The season of public violence, abductions by secret squads, non-cooperation with IPOA and human rights organisations and contempt for court orders has polluted the national atmosphere

By 4 months ago

What IG Kanja must do to reform police, earn Kenyans' confidence

Kenya still needs commissions to check an overbearing presidency

Even where they have fallen short of keeping the Executive operating within the rule of law, constitutional commissions remain critical to Kenya’s governance architecture.

By 5 months ago

Kenya still needs commissions to check an overbearing presidency

Nairobi's disposal of 120 bodies could violate dignity of the dead

The idea of being buried as an unclaimed body in a mass grave is probably one of our worst nightmares.

By 5 months ago

Nairobi's disposal of 120 bodies could violate dignity of the dead

What Ruto's new Cabinet projects on integrity and public resources

From the perspective of leadership integrity, what do his recent choices communicate and what can be done to root out the impunity that snapped the nation’s patience recently?

By 5 months ago

What Ruto's new Cabinet projects on integrity and public resources

Kenya needs fresh ideas to tackle extreme religion and rogue clerics

Without new ways of leading by the nation’s imams and priests, Mutava Musyimi's taskforce report might as well be buried alongside the victims at Shakahola.

By 6 months ago

Kenya needs fresh ideas to tackle extreme religion and rogue clerics

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

According to the KNCHR, one person has been abducted nearly every week for the last three months.

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The Public Benefits Organisations Regulatory Authority 15-day notice to 2,802 PBOs to show cause why they should not be deregistered, unnecessarily summoned the ghosts of 2014-17 for many.

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Massive explosions have intentionally levelled entire neighbourhoods, destroyed essential infrastructure and denied life-saving humanitarian services to the Palestinian people.

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

This week, Kenya was downgraded from the “obstructed” to “repressed” category in the influential CIVICUS State of Civil Society report.

By 2 months ago

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Ten weeks ago, 36 of Besigye’s party members were abducted from a Kisumu workshop, transported across the border and charged with terrorism.

By 2 months ago

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat’s call for a national response while revealing the police are handling one death every 24 hours over the last three months was deeply worrying.

By 2 months ago

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has verified 61 police killings, 73 abductions and missing persons and 1,765 arbitrary arrests of protesters.

By 2 months ago

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

The last four months remind us that organised generations always rise to remind those in power that they rule with our consent.

By 3 months ago

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

What Kenya must do after joining credible UN Human Rights Council

Kenya can meet the remaining 11 out of 16 obligations documented as outstanding by the International Service for Human Rights and Amnesty International.

By 3 months ago

What Kenya must do after joining credible UN Human Rights Council

Kenya's future pegged on courage of everyone holding State power

Recent events have left me reflecting on the growing danger for state officers in important constitutional offices and our democracy.

By 4 months ago

Kenya's future pegged on courage of everyone holding State power

We must resist attempts to clip powers of data protection body

Parliament must resist new attempts to undermine the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner’s independence.

By 4 months ago

We must resist attempts to clip powers of data protection body

What IG Kanja must do to reform police, earn Kenyans' confidence

The season of public violence, abductions by secret squads, non-cooperation with IPOA and human rights organisations and contempt for court orders has polluted the national atmosphere

By 4 months ago

What IG Kanja must do to reform police, earn Kenyans' confidence

Kenya still needs commissions to check an overbearing presidency

Even where they have fallen short of keeping the Executive operating within the rule of law, constitutional commissions remain critical to Kenya’s governance architecture.

By 5 months ago

Kenya still needs commissions to check an overbearing presidency

Nairobi's disposal of 120 bodies could violate dignity of the dead

The idea of being buried as an unclaimed body in a mass grave is probably one of our worst nightmares.

By 5 months ago

Nairobi's disposal of 120 bodies could violate dignity of the dead

What Ruto's new Cabinet projects on integrity and public resources

From the perspective of leadership integrity, what do his recent choices communicate and what can be done to root out the impunity that snapped the nation’s patience recently?

By 5 months ago

What Ruto's new Cabinet projects on integrity and public resources

Kenya needs fresh ideas to tackle extreme religion and rogue clerics

Without new ways of leading by the nation’s imams and priests, Mutava Musyimi's taskforce report might as well be buried alongside the victims at Shakahola.

By 6 months ago

Kenya needs fresh ideas to tackle extreme religion and rogue clerics

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

According to the KNCHR, one person has been abducted nearly every week for the last three months.

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The Public Benefits Organisations Regulatory Authority 15-day notice to 2,802 PBOs to show cause why they should not be deregistered, unnecessarily summoned the ghosts of 2014-17 for many.

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Massive explosions have intentionally levelled entire neighbourhoods, destroyed essential infrastructure and denied life-saving humanitarian services to the Palestinian people.

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

This week, Kenya was downgraded from the “obstructed” to “repressed” category in the influential CIVICUS State of Civil Society report.

By 2 months ago

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Ten weeks ago, 36 of Besigye’s party members were abducted from a Kisumu workshop, transported across the border and charged with terrorism.

By 2 months ago

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat’s call for a national response while revealing the police are handling one death every 24 hours over the last three months was deeply worrying.

By 2 months ago

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has verified 61 police killings, 73 abductions and missing persons and 1,765 arbitrary arrests of protesters.

By 2 months ago

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

The last four months remind us that organised generations always rise to remind those in power that they rule with our consent.

By 3 months ago

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

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