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4 days ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
Family members and friends overwhelmed with emotion after viewing and identifying the bodies of their relatives at the Nakuru County mortuary on June 3, 2025. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]The two mutilated bodies that had been dumped in Soin, Nakuru County, have been positively identified by families. Simon Yego, 45, and Collins Kipyatich, 22, are said to have been reported as missing after they were allegedly abducted by people believed to be police officers in Elgeyo Marakwet last week.
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4 days ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
Koigi Wamwere.[Standard]The recent deportations, abductions and torture of human rights defenders in Tanzania mirror the 1980s struggle for political pluralism in Kenya, which culminated in the 1992 constitutional reforms that introduced multiparty democracy. The incidents in Tanzania have sparked concerns over what many see as a coordinated effort by East African governments to suppress fundamental rights.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi addressing the press at the Moi International Airport in Mombasa County on May 22, 2025. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]The Geneva-based Institute for Human Rights (IHR) has called for an immediate investigation into the abduction and torture of Kenyan civil rights activist Boniface Mwangi and Ugandan human rights defender Agather Atuhaire by Tanzanian authorities.
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3 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Fred Matiang'i and Eugene Wamalwa during a thanks giving ceremony at Wamunyoro in Nyeri County on May 04, 2025. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]As the clock ticks towards the 2027 General Elections, regional kingpins are already stoking the fires of ethnic loyalties to rally their constituents.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
Former UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala. [File, Standard]When they threw their weight behind President William Ruto and helped him win the presidency by rallying support in their backyards, most were optimistic that their stay in Kenya Kwanza would be rewarded.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
CEO Haki Africa Hussein Khalid escape police dragnet along Muindi Mbingu street during Gen Z demos. July 25, 2024. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]The Geneva-based Institute for Human Rights (IHR) has expressed support for the BBC Africa Eye documentary that revealed the police killings of Generation Z protestors in June of last year, urging the government to conduct an investigation.
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1 month ago | 
informereastafrica.com | Steve Mkawale
The Office of the Ombudsman is seeking clarification regarding the late inclusion of six names in the shortlist for positions at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
In an inquiry letter dated April 16, the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ) is requesting that the IEBC selection panel clarify the late inclusion of these names to address public concerns about the transparency of the process for selecting new commissioners and the chairperson.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
Geoffrey Ruku and Hanna Cheptumo approved for the positions of Cabinet Secretaries, [Boniface Okendo, Standard]Parliament is once again in the spotlight due to accusations that it has become an extension of the executive branch. A majority of Kenyans now claim that the legislature has been captured. This time, the approval of two cabinet nominees by President William Ruto has brought the National Assembly into the limelight. Facts FirstThis story continues on The Standard INSiDER.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Charles Kahariri and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Norrdin Haji, violated the constitution by engaging in politics. According to the Institute of Human Rights (IHR), the involvement of the country’s top security chiefs in politically charged matters is against their constitutional obligations.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Steve Mkawale
The High Court in Naivasha has sentenced a university student to twenty-five years in prison for the murder of a 15-year-old girl five years ago. High Court Judge Grace Nzioka found twenty-two-year-old Fredrick Mwonjoria, a student at Machakos University, guilty of murdering the minor after she allegedly rejected his sexual advances.
