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Irungu Houghton

Sudan needs neighbours more than ever during worst conflict

Why Sudan’s neighbours must step up amid escalating conflict.

Sudan needs neighbours more than ever during worst conflict

Pheroze must be proud of Butere girls' spine to express themselves

Pheroze must be proud of Butere girls' spine to express themselves

Nduta and many women are mere mules in drug trafficking network

Nduta and many women are mere mules in drug trafficking network

What Dutch royal couple's visit portends for Kenya's justice bid

What Dutch royal couple's visit portends for Kenya's justice bid

You can withdraw from ICC, but dictators will pay for their sins

The moment all authoritarians dread showed up this week.

You can withdraw from ICC, but dictators will pay for their sins

How Kenya and Africa should respond to Trump, global shifts

How ready is Kenya’s national and devolved governments to govern in line with the Constitution and their 2022 promise to the electorate?

How Kenya and Africa should respond to Trump, global shifts

Lessons from protests seeking release of Besigye

The behaviour of Kenyan police this week sharply contrasted from a long season of violent protest policing and must be commended.

Lessons from protests seeking release of Besigye

Fill the gaps left by USAID freeze to combat healthcare challenges

The state must find creative ways of stepping into the gap left by USAID. Only this will stop a new surge in HIV prevalence and spike in non-communicable diseases.

By 2 months ago

Fill the gaps left by USAID freeze to combat healthcare challenges

Let's create dignified spaces for all to express love to those they love

In a significant departure from previous years, men from diverse backgrounds chose to mark Valentine's Day by declaring “Safisha Rada”.

By 2 months ago

Let's create dignified spaces for all to express love to those they love

Perpetrators of DR Congo crisis must be punished to find peace

As Heads of States arrive in Dar es Salaam today for a joint Summit of the EAC and SADC, close to a million Congolese are on the run.

By 2 months ago

Perpetrators of DR Congo crisis must be punished to find peace

Women MPs should listen widely on efforts to stop gender violence

New statistics released this week demonstrate violence remains a major threat to safety and dignity of nearly 29 million Kenyan women and girls.

By 2 months ago

Women MPs should listen widely on efforts to stop gender violence

Grace Mulei wants SHA to work, don't treat her like any criminal

Grace Njoki Mulei and the SHA are trending again. As the 61-year-old patient and whistleblower was arraigned in court yesterday.

By 2 months ago

Grace Mulei wants SHA to work, don't treat her like any criminal

Public pressure led to release of 4 abductees, now let police account

Their release must be celebrated. It diverted the public relations disaster and increased conflicts among the political class and between the government and the public over the abductions.

By 3 months ago

Public pressure led to release of 4 abductees, now let police account

A tragedy unfolds as Kenya faces cost of enforced disappearances

The last day of 2024 saw the national crisis over the enforced disappearances of young citizens unfold dramatically in three courts, watched by millions.

By 3 months ago

A tragedy unfolds as Kenya faces cost of enforced disappearances

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

According to the KNCHR, one person has been abducted nearly every week for the last three months.

By 3 months ago

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The Public Benefits Organisations Regulatory Authority 15-day notice to 2,802 PBOs to show cause why they should not be deregistered, unnecessarily summoned the ghosts of 2014-17 for many.

By 4 months ago

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Massive explosions have intentionally levelled entire neighbourhoods, destroyed essential infrastructure and denied life-saving humanitarian services to the Palestinian people.

By 4 months ago

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

This week, Kenya was downgraded from the “obstructed” to “repressed” category in the influential CIVICUS State of Civil Society report.

By 4 months ago

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Ten weeks ago, 36 of Besigye’s party members were abducted from a Kisumu workshop, transported across the border and charged with terrorism.

By 4 months ago

Besigye abduction in Kenya raises critical questions on public safety

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat’s call for a national response while revealing the police are handling one death every 24 hours over the last three months was deeply worrying.

By 5 months ago

Femicide is not homicide: Urgent, specific actions need to be taken

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has verified 61 police killings, 73 abductions and missing persons and 1,765 arbitrary arrests of protesters.

By 5 months ago

Missing protesters and abductions are thorny issues crying for answers

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

The last four months remind us that organised generations always rise to remind those in power that they rule with our consent.

By 5 months ago

Kenyans must not give up their agitation for better governance

What Kenya must do after joining credible UN Human Rights Council

Kenya can meet the remaining 11 out of 16 obligations documented as outstanding by the International Service for Human Rights and Amnesty International.

By 6 months ago

What Kenya must do after joining credible UN Human Rights Council

Kenya's future pegged on courage of everyone holding State power

Recent events have left me reflecting on the growing danger for state officers in important constitutional offices and our democracy.

By 6 months ago

Kenya's future pegged on courage of everyone holding State power

We must resist attempts to clip powers of data protection body

Parliament must resist new attempts to undermine the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner’s independence.

By 6 months ago

We must resist attempts to clip powers of data protection body

What IG Kanja must do to reform police, earn Kenyans' confidence

The season of public violence, abductions by secret squads, non-cooperation with IPOA and human rights organisations and contempt for court orders has polluted the national atmosphere

By 6 months ago

What IG Kanja must do to reform police, earn Kenyans' confidence

Kenya still needs commissions to check an overbearing presidency

Even where they have fallen short of keeping the Executive operating within the rule of law, constitutional commissions remain critical to Kenya’s governance architecture.

By 7 months ago

Kenya still needs commissions to check an overbearing presidency

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

The idea of being buried as an unclaimed body in a mass grave is probably one of our worst nightmares.

By 7 months ago

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

What Ruto's new Cabinet projects on integrity and public resources

From the perspective of leadership integrity, what do his recent choices communicate and what can be done to root out the impunity that snapped the nation’s patience recently?

By 8 months ago

What Ruto's new Cabinet projects on integrity and public resources

Kenya needs fresh ideas to tackle extreme religion and rogue clerics

Without new ways of leading by the nation’s imams and priests, Mutava Musyimi's taskforce report might as well be buried alongside the victims at Shakahola.

By 8 months ago

Kenya needs fresh ideas to tackle extreme religion and rogue clerics

You can withdraw from ICC, but dictators will pay for their sins

The moment all authoritarians dread showed up this week.

You can withdraw from ICC, but dictators will pay for their sins

How Kenya and Africa should respond to Trump, global shifts

How ready is Kenya’s national and devolved governments to govern in line with the Constitution and their 2022 promise to the electorate?

How Kenya and Africa should respond to Trump, global shifts

Lessons from protests seeking release of Besigye

The behaviour of Kenyan police this week sharply contrasted from a long season of violent protest policing and must be commended.

Lessons from protests seeking release of Besigye

Fill the gaps left by USAID freeze to combat healthcare challenges

The state must find creative ways of stepping into the gap left by USAID. Only this will stop a new surge in HIV prevalence and spike in non-communicable diseases.

By 2 months ago

Fill the gaps left by USAID freeze to combat healthcare challenges

Let's create dignified spaces for all to express love to those they love

In a significant departure from previous years, men from diverse backgrounds chose to mark Valentine's Day by declaring “Safisha Rada”.

By 2 months ago

Let's create dignified spaces for all to express love to those they love

Perpetrators of DR Congo crisis must be punished to find peace

As Heads of States arrive in Dar es Salaam today for a joint Summit of the EAC and SADC, close to a million Congolese are on the run.

By 2 months ago

Perpetrators of DR Congo crisis must be punished to find peace

Women MPs should listen widely on efforts to stop gender violence

New statistics released this week demonstrate violence remains a major threat to safety and dignity of nearly 29 million Kenyan women and girls.

By 2 months ago

Women MPs should listen widely on efforts to stop gender violence

Grace Mulei wants SHA to work, don't treat her like any criminal

Grace Njoki Mulei and the SHA are trending again. As the 61-year-old patient and whistleblower was arraigned in court yesterday.

By 2 months ago

Grace Mulei wants SHA to work, don't treat her like any criminal

Public pressure led to release of 4 abductees, now let police account

Their release must be celebrated. It diverted the public relations disaster and increased conflicts among the political class and between the government and the public over the abductions.

By 3 months ago

Public pressure led to release of 4 abductees, now let police account

A tragedy unfolds as Kenya faces cost of enforced disappearances

The last day of 2024 saw the national crisis over the enforced disappearances of young citizens unfold dramatically in three courts, watched by millions.

By 3 months ago

A tragedy unfolds as Kenya faces cost of enforced disappearances

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

According to the KNCHR, one person has been abducted nearly every week for the last three months.

By 3 months ago

Abductions could spark fear and more violence if left unchecked

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The Public Benefits Organisations Regulatory Authority 15-day notice to 2,802 PBOs to show cause why they should not be deregistered, unnecessarily summoned the ghosts of 2014-17 for many.

By 4 months ago

Deregistering PBOs in one swoop kills trust, puts much needed jobs at risk

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Massive explosions have intentionally levelled entire neighbourhoods, destroyed essential infrastructure and denied life-saving humanitarian services to the Palestinian people.

By 4 months ago

The world must seek justice for Palestinians suffering genocide

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

This week, Kenya was downgraded from the “obstructed” to “repressed” category in the influential CIVICUS State of Civil Society report.

By 4 months ago

Kenya sliding into repression as leaders plot to silence the critics

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