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Kenyans denied rights to life, justice and health: Report

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Amnesty International Executive Director Irungu Houghton gives his presentation before the Senate ADHOC Committee investigating the Shakahola deaths at Parliament on July 5, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The latest report by Amnesty International has implicated the Kenyan government for either committing or staying silent on some of the worst human rights violations against its citizens.

According to the report, rights to life, health, justice, privacy, economic and social rights in addition to freedom of expression are some of the provisions Kenyans were denied from 2023 to the present.

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