Editorial

Kongamano la Mapinduzi condemns arrest of Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu and deportation of Kenyan human rights defenders

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, May 19 –Kongamano la Mapinduzi has strongly condemn arrest of Tanzania opposition leader Tundu lissu last month on trumped-up treason charges. In a statement issued KLM similarly criticize yesterday’s arbitrary detention and deportation of Kenyan comrades who had travelled to observe the case including former Justice Minister Martha Karua, former Chief…

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Medical Camp Provides Critical Healthcare Services to Women in Kibera

By Njeri Irungu NAIROBI, Kenya, May 9 – The large scale medical camp organized by DeckerMed Africa Trust and Lavington Rotary Club provided essential healthcare services to hundreds of women in Kibera’s D.O Health Centre the initiative targeted neglected women’s health conditions that often go untreated in underserved communities. Comprehensive camp offered free screenings and…

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East Africa human rights activists reaffirms collaboration to protect human rights, defend civic space and expose violations

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 17 – Human Rights defenders and civil society actors from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have raised an alarm over deteriorating state of human rights in East Africa noting that civil space ‘the oxygen of democracy ‘ is being suffocated through draconian laws, intimidation, surveillance and state of violence. They highlighted enforced disappearances…

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CSOs lauds EACC crackdown on Kiambu County Officials, calls on ODPP and Judiciary for swift prosecution

KIAMBU, Kenya, Apr 16 – Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have raised an alarm over countinues growth of corruption in County governments citing repetitive adverse of Audit reports by Auditor General. They noted that in Kiambu County since current administration took power there have been adverse audit reports on each succesive financial year with Auditor General…

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