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Moraa Obiria

Kenya

Contributor at Freelance

Senior Gender Journalist at Nation Media Group

Passionate about gender and development||Writes on gender,climate change and environment||All define development

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Articles

  • Cash for rape: Why civil suits may undermine justice in Kenya

    1 week ago | nation.africa | Moraa Obiria

    Can a victim of rape or defilement in Kenya pursue a civil suit to seek compensation from their attacker? According to Dennis Otieno, an advocate with the Federation of Women Lawyers-Kenya, the answer is yes, but only in theory. The implications of doing so, he warns, would undermine the spirit of the law meant to protect survivors. “In the jurisdiction of Kenya, this has been quite a non-occurrence,” Dennis says.

  • I wish they had killed me that day; Hidden victims of Kenya’s 2008 crisis

    1 week ago | nation.africa | Moraa Obiria

    In January 2008, Taram*, then a teenager living in Naivasha, Nakuru County, with his brothers, was paralysed with fear as chaos unfolded around him. There was blood everywhere as members of the majority ethnic community turned against those they considered aliens and enemies from minority groups, killing some, maiming others, and, worst of all, subjecting many to the horrors of sexual violence and brutal forced circumcision.

  • A rape survivor's 13-year journey secures precedent-setting victory against state

    2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Moraa Obiria

    One morning in late December 2007, while the country burned outside after a hotly contested general election, CNR* was deep in prayer inside her rented house in Kibra, Nairobi County, hoping the dark cloud would soon pass. Suddenly, she was jolted by her neighbour's shrill scream, warning her of an approaching gang of men wild with intent to harm. Terrified, she dashed to secure the gate, rushed back into the house, and locked the door. Her body trembled with fear; she shook.

  • Kenya joins Nigeria and Ghana in tackling gendered corruption

    2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Moraa Obiria

    What you need to know:Kenya will conduct its first gender-focused corruption survey starting next month. The initiative follows similar surveys in Ghana and Nigeria, where men were more likely to pay financial bribes while women faced higher rates of sexual corruption. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) will, from next month, conduct a survey to investigate the gender dynamics of corruption in Kenya.

  • When bars outnumber shops: The widows of living men uprising against Kenya’s alcohol crisis

    2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Moraa Obiria

    When men leave home and never return, only for their wives to be summoned to collect their bodies from illicit alcohol dens, it becomes more than just a matter of production, distribution, sale, and consumption of unlicensed brews.

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Moraa Obiria
Moraa Obiria @moraaobiria
11 May 25

#MothersDayInvisiblePain https://t.co/qbmFEfaNus

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Moraa Obiria @moraaobiria
8 May 25

RT @NationAfrica: Quiet hero: The sociologist turning the tide on HIV stigma in Homa Bay #NationGender https://t.co/Vgth6S7Oiw https://t.co…

Moraa Obiria
Moraa Obiria @moraaobiria
2 May 25

Know a classic example of what ending a culture of impunity for sexual violence survivors can look like in Kenya? Here's one #JusticeForSurvivors  #EndSGBV  #Accountability #GenderJustice #HumanRights #Kenya https://t.co/KwjorRk2nY