When Kenyan President William Ruto took office in 2022, he pledged to end police brutality. Such comments seem a long way ...

Kenya’s femicide crisis is so pervasive that even female police officers are not immune –– such as victim and mother-of-two Tiffany Wanyonyi.

Kenya’s pro-democracy anniversary protests on June 7, 2025, were marked by violence, looting and vandalism. Following these ...

Police shooting of Boniface Kariuki last month sparks mass grief and anger over state-sanctioned police brutality.

Kenyan police said Monday that 485 people had been arrested on murder, terrorism, rape and other charges following deadly ...

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has confirmed that nearly 1,500 people have been arrested in connection with the widespread violence and destruction reported during protests on June 25 ...

The Police Reforms Working Group (PRWG), a coalition of civil society organizations and legal watchdogs, has called on the Executive to "unequivocally uphold the Constitution, halt the use of live ...

“Protests should not be to destroy peace in Kenya. We do not have another country to go to when things go wrong. It is our responsibility to keep our country safe,” he said.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s president on Wednesday broke his silence over recent anti-government protests that left dozens dead, ...

The protests “help to show what is going to happen in 2027 — that it won’t be business as usual in terms of politics,” Mr. Kanyinga said of Kenya’s upcoming election.

Kenya’s leading opposition coalition, Azimio, resumed street protests on July 7, 2023, after it suspended earlier protests in May allegedly to pave way for talks with the government.

Kenya marked 35 years since the landmark pro-democracy protests of 1990 that pushed for an end to a one-party state, but the ...