Kenyan activists Faith Kasina and Gathanga Ndung’u deliver powerful and sharp criticism of the role of the Kenyan police as the oppressor of the masses. They...
Reforms have failed to transform the Kenyan police force from one that is driven by a colonial logic of control to one of service to the...
Growing up in Mathare, we all start out with beautiful dreams. A dream of becoming a doctor, police, engineer, professor, pilot, and so many more. Teachers...
A feature on police brutality in Kenya since the COVID-19 curfew.
If things continue as they are, 2020 will be one of the deadliest years on record for the police. By 1st June 2020, 95 people had...
The immediate image of the nationally declared curfews has been police beating up hapless citizens at the ferry crossing. The local counties therefore presents a complex...
The imposition of a curfew in Kenya in response to COVID-19 has been accompanied by increasing levels of violence against civilians by the police. This has,...
Seven years after an independent oversight body was formed to monitor and investigate police misconduct and abuse, Kenyans are still suffering under the hands of an...
The anger fostered by the response of the police to protests in 2017 has not been addressed by the “handshake”. There is a growing sense amongst...
Moi Avenue at this time of night is like a river, with predators on both sides of the banks. Herds are crossing the valley oblivious that...
Rather than destroying the colonial system, what Kenyan leaders desired at independence was to replace the coloniser. So they saw no need to reform the police...