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Goons storm the Kenya Human Rights Commission offices in Lavington, Nairobi, on July 6, 2025.[Jacinta Mutura, Standard]
The Kenya Human Rights Commission has called on the public to help identify men who stormed its Nairobi offices on Sunday, accusing the government of using a militia to intimidate rights defenders ahead of Saba Saba protests.
Closed-circuit television footage (CCTV) shows several unmasked men entering the offices at 2:08 p.m., slapping and pushing mothers of police brutality victims while destroying property and media equipment.
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