Protest | Irunguhoughton

Nov 93 min read

Selective police reporting will not reverse recent abductions, injuries and deaths

Selective police reporting will not reverse abductions, injuries and deaths. To avoid impunity, we need a more honest break with the past.

Nov 23 min read

Kenyans must not give up agitating for better governance

Kenya as an extreme sport. To win, we must organise our communities to claim our public institutions or lizards will become crocodiles.

Sep 143 min read

Emerging young leaders should engage politically

How emerging youth leaders could retain their political influence and deepen their recent human rights impact before next General Elections.

Aug 243 min read

Nairobi's mass disposal of 120 bodies could violate dignity of the dead

Nairobi County Government's intention to mass dispose of 120 bodies could violate their dignity without public oversight

Jul 263 min read

What lies ahead of the new Police leadership?

1 in 2 Kenyans still believe that there was no equality under the law. Can we expect any difference from the new police leadership?

Jul 193 min read

Resist repetitive compulsive disorder and act

Lets go beyond repetitive compulsion disorder and approach the current tensions differently.

Apr 203 min read

State officers need not be popular, but they must be rights based and public centred

A rare police interview, a death inquest and the re-opening of a social justice centre reminds us everything in Kenya is connected.

Apr 63 min read

The State must protect Senator Omtatah from constant attacks

This week Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah was attacked again. We have serious grounds to worry what might happen next.

Mar 233 min read

Health sector needs more than threats to heal

Haven’t we learned anything since Dr Odhiambo Olel organised that health strike in 1972? When will Kenya reach a lasting solution?

Feb 33 min read

Why we must still demonstrate

Last Saturday’s multi-county anti-femicide demonstrations refreshed protests that took place a decade ago.

Nov 25, 20233 min read

Grand corruption and abuse of office killing bottom-up dream

Kenya National Commission on Human Rights “State of Human Rights” Report is essential reading for all citizens and policymakers.

Jul 22, 20233 min read

Ruto's promise of non-partisan police service quickly eroding

Fuelled by a volatile cocktail of political and economic grievances, protests were met with increased police violence across several...